Herodotus and StarkWare unveil a developer tool to verify data at any point in Ethereum's history, overcoming a current verification limit of 256 blockhashes — - London-based startup Herodotus, in collaboration with StarkWare, announced a tool that gives users the ability to verify data from any point in Ethereum's history.
AI hasn't stemmed the yearslong startup downturn; PitchBook: US venture funding fell by almost half in Q2 2023, as generative AI investments rose 65% to $3.3B — Venture investors are realizing that generative artificial intelligence might not be enough to stem yearslong startup downturn
Investor letter: Reid Hoffman won't be a GP for Greylock's next $1B fund, down from its $1.5B funds in 2020 and 2021; Hoffman made one deal in its 16th fund — Co-founder of LinkedIn is one of Silicon Valley's most influential AI enthusiasts — Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley's …
Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more — The failure and folly behind a $10bn bribe to not go to the shops — The inflation adjusted price for delivering you a packet …
Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book” — Users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will be able to make video and audio calls through …
Republican AGs from 16 states write to the SEC over concerns about Shein filing for a US IPO and urge the agency to order an investigation on using forced labor — A group of state attorneys general urged the S.E.C. to make the fast fashion company prove it doesn't use forced labor if it files to go public.
Samsung launches Food, a “personalized” AI-based food and recipe app in eight languages and 104 countries, drawing on a 160K+ recipes from Whisk, bought in 2019 — It builds on Whisk, an app it acquired a few years back. — As it promised last week, Samsung has launched Food …
A look at the wave of child safety legislation in the US to age gate minors' access to the internet, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike — By the end of this month, porn will get a lot harder to watch in Texas. Instead of clicking a button or entering a date of birth to access Pornhub …
Huawei quietly launches the ~$960 Mate 60 Pro, giving no advance notice and releasing no ads; some investors speculate that Huawei used its own 5G chip — Chinese chip stocks rallied on Wednesday following Huawei Technologies' (HWT.UL) launch of its new Mate 60 Pro phone …
Apollo.io, which offers sales and marketing tools used by 500K+ firms, raised $100M led by Bain at a $1.6B valuation, up from ~$900M after raising $110M in 2022 — - $100 million investment led by Bain Capital Ventures — Apollo's clients include Stripe, DocuSign, Utah Jazz
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal : UK-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale secures a $900M line of credit to expand its data center bui...
