Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work
AI browsers were all the rage in 2025. Companies large and small tried to build browsers that baked in AI…
Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls
Encore AI, a startup that studies companies’ customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents that can work alongside…
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation
Loading the player… With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the value…
DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business
DoorDash is building a drone delivery business, including its own aircraft, as part of an effort developed by its robotics…
Spotify adds a running mode to its app
Spotify is adding a new mode to its phone app for people who like to listen to music on runs.…
Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals
Aluminum has left an indelible mark on the world — more than 3 billion tons of red mud, a waste…
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it
New York-based AI detection startup Pangram is on a mission to combat the AI slop infestation spreading across the internet,…
Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents
Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, announced Tuesday that it signed a…
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by Insight Partners.…
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard for letting AI models and agents…