Happy Tuesday.
TIL: European countries that have approved Tesla FSD (supervised):
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇳🇱 Netherlands
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Enjoy today's news.
Biotech company Insilico Medicine reports that its AI-designed drug rentosertib significantly reduced biological markers of aging in trials.
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XPENG launches the world’s first automated humanoid robot production line, aiming for mass production by late 2026.
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Mistral AI raises $3.5B Series D in Europe's largest-ever tech equity round, boosting its valuation to $24B.
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Unitree debuts a world model that enables fully autonomous, real-time humanoid robot combat.
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Anthropic walks away from acquiring Decart for $6B, ending talks following due diligence on its chip-efficiency tech.
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Tesla secures Full Self-Driving approval in Slovenia, marking its sixth European Union country launch.
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Huawei launches the Mate XT2, its first tri-fold phone with a built-in privacy display and U.S.-free core chips.
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Y Combinator hosts an "Own Your Intelligence" hackathon on Sept 27, challenging builders to create ambitious AI-native software and agent workflows.
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WhatsApp tests third-party AI agent chats on Android, letting users connect external bots without leaving the app.
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Robinhood lands its first official underwriting role in Oura’s IPO, expanding allocation access for retail investors.
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Indie hacker Marc Lou launches a $1,000-per-muscle ad auction, selling startup logo tattoos on his body for his first HYROX race.
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New Dalton + Michael episode: Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss why founders should keep working on their startups, how to escape the trough of sorrows, and why losing hope causes most failures.
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New Sourcery episode: Molly O'Shea tours Saronic's $9.25B autonomous boat factory with CEO Dino Mavrookas, covering its Corsair production line, new Mirage vessel, and vision for autonomous warfare.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Locked in, BC 😂
