Happy Wednesday.
When startup founders say they sleep like a baby…
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Enjoy today’s news.
Neuralink lets an ALS patient speak again by turning his thoughts into synthesized speech.
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OpenAI shuts down Sora app after weak user retention and growing concerns over deepfakes and moderation.
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Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics, maker of the 3.5-foot Sprout humanoid, as it expands into consumer robots.
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Shopify integrates with ChatGPT to enable direct purchases inside the chat.
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Revolut reports record $5.7B revenue and $2.2B profit in 2025, surpassing 68 million users.
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Amazon’s Zoox brings robotaxis to Austin and Miami, with rides starting later this year.
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Apple updates App Store Connect Analytics with 100+ new metrics, adding cohort analysis, benchmarks, and a redesigned dashboard.
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Funding news: legal AI startup Harvey raises $200M at an $11B valuation, AI meeting notes startup Granola raises $125M at a $1.5B valuation.
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Plaid acquires This Week in Fintech newsletter.
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Epic Games lays off over 1,000 employees and cuts $500M in costs as Fortnite engagement slows.
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Beehiiv launches integration with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI clients, letting creators manage newsletters and analytics via chat.
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37signals launches Basecamp CLI and expanded API, enabling AI agent access ahead of Basecamp 5.
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Eric Jorgenson releases The Book of Elon, distilling Elon Musk’s ideas from years of interviews and talks.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Figure’s F.03, the first humanoid robot to appear at the White House 🤖 🇺🇸
