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Quora's AI platform Poe now lets users engage in group chats with up to 200 people across AI models and bots.

Sphere helps automate registration, calculation, filing, and remittance obligations for companies. “We help companies collect tax on customer transactions,” Nicholas Rudder said, explaining that companies have to collect tax on purchases and remit it to authorities each month or quarter. 

Venture funds have longer timelines than anyone planned for, compelling LPs to rip up and rebuild their allocation models.

In a year that again saw AI assistants and tools climb the app store charts over and over, it's interesting to see a timer that helps you disconnect from your tech winning Google's highest app award.

Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, to be made immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface.

The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show "Below Deck."

The Indian edtech startup ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher than they were listed for, indicating that the country's edtech sector may still recover after years of gloom.

Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.

With consumers increasingly asking questions to ChatGPT, not Google, product discovery is changing — and the promise to give brands visibility and control over this fast-growing search channel has made Peec AI one of Europe's hottest startups.

A super PAC backed by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI, and other tech leaders has targeted New York Assembly member Alex Bores' congressional campaign, marking its first attack against a lawmaker supporting AI regulation.

On Monday, Meta introduced Facebook content protection, a mobile tool designed to detect when a creator's original reels posted to Facebook are being used without their permission. The new tool extends to Instagram too.

Amazon Autos, which kicked off last year with Hyundai, initially started with new cars. The deal with Ford pushes it into used car territory.

In 2025 alone, Ramp has leapt from being worth $13 billion to $32 billion with new rounds every few months.

Cisco has acquired Y Combinator-backed translation app EzDub to integrate it into its communication suite.

The fight comes at a perilous time for Luminar, which is running out of cash and under SEC investigation.

The startup said that until now, users had to either transfer the money to their Indian accounts or ask someone to handle the bills for them. The other option for them was to use their foreign cards and try and pay bills while facing high charges and payment failures.

To get started, users need to describe where, when, and how they want to travel. Flight Deals will then use AI to display the best bargains available.

The delivery giant said “no sensitive information” was accessed, and did not specify the number of customers, delivery workers, and merchants who were impacted by the breach.

PowerLattice, a startup founded by veteran electrical engineers from Qualcomm, NUVIA, and Intel in 2023, claims to have developed a groundbreaking approach that reduces the power needs of computer chips by more than 50%.

Jeff Bezos is partly backing a new AI startup called Project Prometheus that has raised $6.2 billion in funding, and will take on duties as co-chief executive.