Happy Thursday.
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Enjoy today's news.
Stripe and private equity firm Advent offer to acquire PayPal for over $53B.
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Apple secures Chinese government approval for Apple Intelligence, partnering with Alibaba and Baidu to power AI features in iPhones.
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Uber bids $14.8B for Delivery Hero, expanding its food delivery business across 99 markets while addressing antitrust concerns.
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SpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build coding agent CLI on GitHub, resetting usage limits for all users.
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It also plans to open-source 𝕏's entire codebase and invite independent security reviewers to verify transparency.
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China bans chatbots from encouraging emotional dependency, aiming to curb virtual relationships and support real-world relationships and childbirth.
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Thinking Machines Lab launches Inkling, an open-weights AI model for coding, multimodal tasks, and customizable reasoning.
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Tesla partners with 7-Eleven Japan to install Superchargers at convenience stores nationwide.
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Pocket launches an AI voice recorder that transcribes conversations, generates summaries, and extracts action items across 120-plus languages.
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Pylon introduces an agentic customer support platform that automates ticket handling, escalations, and draft replies.
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Mio launches as a Slack AI coworker, learning workflows and automating tasks across 3,000-plus integrations.
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Neko Health raises $700M Series C at $7B valuation to expand its full-body scan technology into the U.S.
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Emergent raises $130M Series C, hitting a $1.5B valuation.
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Walden Robotics debuts with $300M in seed funding at a $1.1B valuation to deploy AI-powered factory robots tackling manufacturing labor shortages.
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New All-In episode: Jason Calacanis interviews former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on Intel's decline and Lovable CEO Anton Osika on building one million apps a week.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
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