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Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event.Further fall 2023 prod

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Somani’s Offline secures $2M to build community for top Indian startup founders

Utsav Somani, who helped AngelList launch in India and oversaw its local operations for five years, is gearing up to find more ways to help founders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.

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Google-backed Indian audio platform Kuku FM raises $25 million

Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper inroads with its audiobook offerings in the South Asian market. Learn more about y

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Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments

Legit Security, a cybersecurity company developing a platform to identify app from code, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by CRV with participation from Cyberstar

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Database startup MotherDuck lands $52.5M to grow its DuckDB-based platform

A few weeks ago, it was reported that MotherDuck, the company the lightweight database platform DuckDB, was in talks to raise new capital from VC firm Felicis.Learn more about your ad

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iPhone and watches and wallpapers, oh my

Today on the flagship podcast of the Action Button:03:34 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Allison Johnson and Dan Seifert about their reviews of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.41:02 - Victoria S

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European cyber insurance startup Stoïk raises $10.7 million and expands to Germany

French startup Stoïk offers a cyber insurance product to small and medium companies —a bit like Coalition in the U.S. And things have been working well in France. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

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Babbel acquires language learning browser extension Toucan

Babbel, the popular language learning service, today announced that it has acquired Toucan, the well-funded language learning browser extension. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

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Dragos raises $74M to secure industrial control systems from threats

Dragos, a company building software to secure the control systems for manufacturing and industrial equipment, has raised $74 million in a Series D round extension led by WestCap.Learn more about your

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After 10 years covering startups, former TechCrunch EIC Matthew Panzarino tells us what's n

TechCrunch is one of the most important trade publications in the world of tech and startups, and its annual Disrupt conference is where dozens of major companies have launched… and some have failed.M

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Roam unveils new EV bus model to tap Kenya’s mass transit sector

Kenya-based EV startup Roam has unveiled a new shuttle bus model dubbed Move, coming as the East African country continues to push for the adoption of electric vehicles. Learn more about your ad choic

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Pixis, an AI-powered full-stack marketing platform, raises $85M

Pixis, an AI-powered platform for brands to monitor and orchestrate their marketing campaigns, today announced that it raised $85 million in a Series C1 round.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

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Can AI make a hit song?

In episode two of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce sits down with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and music producer Ian Kimmel to share how they made an entire song from scratch using a

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Databricks raises $500M more, boosting valuation to $43B despite late-stage gloom

Data analytics and AI software maker Databricks has raised a Series I round worth more than $500 million, earning a valuation of $43 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Apple mysteries and Google trials

It's been a week! The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz rejoin the studio to process all the tech news and announcements. Apple had its annual hardware event where the iPhone 15 and ne

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Access code: Evidence brings open source BI to technical data teams

From Tableau and Looker, to PowerBI and beyond, there are no shortage of business intelligence (BI) tools designed to help companies unlock insights from their vast swathes of data.Learn more about yo

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Mecho Autotech raises $2.4M, ventures into wholesale spare parts distribution

Mecho Autotech, a startup offering automotive spare parts, vehicle repairs and maintenance services, has raised a $2.4 million pre-Series A round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

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Mighty Buildings raises $52M to build 3D-printed prefab homes

Mighty Buildings, a startup building tech for prefabricated, ostensibly homes, today announced that it raised $52 million in a funding round co-led by Waed Ventures and Bold C

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Kolors acquires Urbvan to transform corporate bus travel in Mexico

Kolors, a Mexico City-based startup that connects intercity bus riders with bus drivers, is acquiring B2B van pooling provider Urbvan for $12 million cash.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap

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Taiwan-based lifestyle app FunNow merges with Eatigo to broaden its Southeast Asia reach

FunNow, the Taiwan-based app that lets users book activities on-demand in five Asian countries, is growing its reach in Southeast Asia through a merger with restaurant booking app Eatigo. Learn more a

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iPhone 15: the good, the bad, and the titanium

After attending Apple's fall hardware event, The Verge's Nilay Patel, Allison Johnson, Dan Seifert and Victoria Song break down the biggest announcements: the iPhone 15, 15 Pro, the new Apple Watch Se

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Ascento’s robots aid overstretched security guards

Like in many industries, there’s an acute shortage of security guards. This means guards still on the job have to pull extra hours and are more likely to make mistakes because of fatigue. Learn more a

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Scala Biodesign makes it easy to re-engineer proteins one molecule at a time – or 50

There’s a gold rush on in biotech as AI and other tools are used to find new drugs and treatments. With $5.5 million in new funding, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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More than Sally Ride: Loren Grush explains how NASA’s first women astronauts changed space

The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts, from longtime space reporter and Verge alum Loren Grush, is out today.It’s been 40 years since Sally Ride became the first American woman

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Perfios raises $229 million for its real-time credit underwriting solutions

Perfios, an Indian fintech that provides real-time credit underwriting solutions to banks and non-banking financial institutions, has raised $229 million in a new funding round as it looks deepen its

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Low-code platform Retool makes it easier to bring AI smarts to business apps

Retool started out as a platform for building apps, but over the last few years, the well-funded startup added a number of backend services as well, including, most recently, a workfl

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AI voices are taking over the internet

In part one of The Vergecast's AI mini series, David Pierce dives into the boom of voice synthesis and artificially generated speech. The process is a lot more accessible for everyone, but how realist

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Compliance and risk management startup Certa raises $35M

Certa, a compliance, governance and risk management platform for enterprises, today announced that it raised $35 million in a Series B round.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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SimpleClosure raises $1.5M in less than 24 hours to help companies shut down faster and che

It’s easy to start a startup. But it’s far more difficult to shut one down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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How the iPhone 15 could still surprise us

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, and Dan Seifert discuss what to expect at Apple's iPhone 15 event, the drama behind the scenes with Disney's CEOs, and some more gadget news.Furth

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U.K. rejoins Europe’s Horizon R&D program after prolonged Brexit stalemate

The U .K. is set to rejoin the European Union’s (EU) preeminent science R&D funding program, after a three-year hiatus resulting from a Brexit fallout.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

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Josys, a SaaS management platform, raises $93M

Google-backed audio content platform Kuku FM has raised $25 million in a new funding round as it looks to make deeper inroads with its audiobook offerings in the South Asian market. Learn more about y3