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The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

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Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google's biggest acquisition ever.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."

Honda's decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America.

These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.

The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor.

Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup.

The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons.

Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content.

At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing.

The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations.

Kalanick's existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.

Gavriel Cohen is living an open source developer's dream as his project has achieved acclaim and a partnership with Docker in a matter of weeks.

When you edit your Taste Profile, you'll impact your personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, recommendations, and Wrapped.

According to Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 offer, antitrust review on both sides of the Atlantic, and an […]

Apple dropped its App Store commission rates to 25% in China, and commissions on auto-renewed subscriptions down to 12%.

The FBI believes a series of video games published on Steam in the last two years were embedded with malware by the same hacker.

Peacock is betting on new AI-powered video experiences, vertical clips, and mobile games to help its growth.