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ElevenLabs partners with Stan Lee Universe for AI voice
TL;DRElevenLabs has partnered with Stan Lee Universe to bring the late Marvel co-creator’s AI-generated voice and likeness to its platform. The deal puts Lee’s voice on the Iconic Marketplace...
Netherlands blocks US firm from buying DigiD cloud host
TL;DRThe Netherlands blocked IBM spinoff Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity, the cloud provider that hosts the Dutch digital identity system DigiD. It is the first US acquisition the Dutch Investment...
PerPlant raises €1M to put AI cameras on tractors, and 200,000 hectares in the bank
The Copenhagen agtech has already mapped nine times more European farmland than every Danish agricultural drone combined. Two well-known Nordic investors want the United States next. The pitch behind PerPlant is...
The Apple Watch is 11 years old and losing momentum. Screenless rivals are winning the next phase.
TL;DRApple Watch innovation has stalled as Whoop, Oura, and Fitbit Air redefine wearables. Key health execs are leaving. Oura has filed for IPO. The Apple Watch generated an estimated...
Berlin’s Peec AI more than doubled revenue to $10M ARR in six months. Its product helps brands show up in ChatGPT.
TL;DRBerlin’s Peec AI hit $10M ARR six months after a $21M Series A at $4M. It helps brands optimise for AI search results. Peec AI, a Berlin-based startup that...
London’s Fresha hits unicorn status with KKR-led $80M raise
The London-based beauty and wellness booking platform has joined the UK unicorn club at a $1bn-plus valuation, in a deal that lands while the broader SaaS complex is busy...
Grok’s federal stall is undercutting SpaceX’s IPO growth story
Downloads have fallen from 20m in January to 8.3m in April, paid conversion is a fifth of ChatGPT’s, the $0.42-per-agency GSA deal is now stalled, and SpaceX has rented...
How one startup turned backers into believers: MAGFAST broke the crowdfunding mold
TL;DRMAGFAST survived the pitfalls that kill most hardware crowdfunding projects by choosing radical transparency over spin. Founder Seymour Segnit rebuilt manufacturing from scratch and kept communicating through every setback,...
Feldwerke pulls a €12M revolving credit facility behind a 100 MW agri-PV roll-out
The Munich-based developer behind Germany’s largest agri-PV facility plans to build 100 MW across the next 18 months. The new debt line is the working-capital plumbing that turns a...
Two crypto billionaires sit behind both the Trump family token and Iran’s sanctions-evasion engine
Reuters traced $2.3bn in Iranian exchange Nobitex’s flows since 2023 to Tron and BNB Chain, the blockchains established by World Liberty Financial’s two most prominent early backers. No party...
Faraday Future raised $25 million for its robotics pivot. The fine print tells a different story.
TL;DRFaraday Future raised $25M in convertible notes for its robotics pivot. Half is locked in investor-controlled accounts. Faraday Future announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million through...
Anthropic commits $200M with Gates Foundation to deploy AI in global health, education, and agriculture
TL;DRAnthropic and the Gates Foundation have committed $200 million over four years to fund AI programmes in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility. The partnership will use...