Happy Friday.
Thinking about that weekend brunch but still side-eyeing billion-dollar valuations and new app updates? Same.
Here’s what went down.
TikTok agrees to sell its U.S. business in a ~$14B deal, with the transaction expected to close in January.
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Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation.
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ChatGPT’s mobile app hits $3B in global consumer spending.
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It also opens the platform to third-party apps.
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Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers.
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Tinder updates with World’s verified human badge and age assurance.
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Mistral launches OCR 3, a high-accuracy document AI model for text, tables, and handwriting.
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A day in the life of TBPN host John Coogan.
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As promised, tech and startups in under a minute.
See you on Monday.
P.S. Nothing to see here, just a robot solving a Rubik’s Cube… in 0.103 seconds 😮
