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M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital left for quick commerce and more

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Fal.ai, which hosts media-generating AI models, raises $23M from a16z and others

Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it’s raised $23 million in funding from investors including Andreessen...

Greenlite, founded by an ex-Gopuff exec, automates construction permitting

Construction permitting often involves drafting lengthy applications, leading to unpredictable timelines for developers and businesses. There are tens of thousands of jurisdictions —...

DryMerge promises to connect apps that normally don’t talk to each other — and when it works, it’s great

Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a minute (see: Zapier). But they have not...

Some startups and investors are more risk-averse than others

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Howbout raises $8M from Goodwater to build a calendar that you can share with your friends

There are plenty of calendar and scheduling apps that take care of your professional life and help you slot in meetings with your...

LineLeap lets users pay to skip the line at bars

No one likes standing in line. I was reminded of just how awful the experience can be last Saturday, while being herded like...

Connectly, now backed by Alibaba, taps AI to personalize text messages to customers

Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were...

Atomico backs Tem to help businesses buy renewable energy directly from sources

A U.K. startup wants to do for utilities what neobanks have been doing for the financial sector for more than a decade: disrupt...

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