Goldman Sachs acquires Industry Ventures for up to $965 million as alternative VC exits surge
Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy San Francisco-based Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old investment firm with $7 billion in assets, CNBC first reported on Monday. The agreement highlights the growing importance of secondary markets and buyouts as traditional venture exits remain sluggish. The investment bank will pay $665 million in cash and stock, with up to […]
Oura is gaining young women and losing gym rats, but that’s okay
Dorothy Kilroy has seen her company’s smart rings on some very famous fingers. Mark Zuckerberg also wears it. So is Jack Dorsey. Prince Harry too. But when Oura’s chief commercial officer sat down with this editor at the Elevate conference in Toronto last week, she surprised me by saying that the company’s fastest-growing user base […]
California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a landmark bill regulating AI companion chatbots, making the state the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for their AI companions. This law, SB 243, aims to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with the use of AI […]
As enterprise AI competition heats up, Salesforce introduces Agentforce 360
Salesforce on Monday announced the latest version of its AI agent platform as it seeks to draw businesses to its AI software in an increasingly crowded market. The customer relationship manager giant announced a brand new platform called Agentforce 360 ahead of its annual Dreamforce customer conference starting October 14th. This new version of Agentforce […]
Palmer Lucky returns to its VR roots with Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet
In the latest bid by a Silicon Valley defense company touting a unique solution to the Army’s mixed reality ambitions, Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled EagleEye, a helmeted computing system that aims to transform soldiers into AI-enhanced combatants. The launch is notable considering it is being led by Anduri co-founder Palmer Lucky. He previously founded […]
Nvidia’s AI Empire: An Overview of Major Startup Investments
No company has leveraged the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Since the introduction of ChatGPT over two years ago and the many competitive generative AI services launched since then, the company’s revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed. Its stock price soared, making it a company with a market capitalization of $4.5 trillion. The […]
Dating app Cerca reveals how Gen Z actually dates at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
No matter what city you live in, it’s a universally acknowledged truth that the current dating scene sucks. Everyone has a story. And everyone is dissatisfied. Let’s take the example of Miles Slayton. He completed a banking internship in New York City and witnessed how he and his friends struggled to find love in the […]
Apple says goodbye to Clips app
Apple appears to be ending support for Clips, with the company removing it from the App Store and saying it will no longer update it. On a support page on the Apple website, the company says that as of October 10, new users can no longer download Clips, but existing users can continue to use […]
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan highlight the negative impact social media has on today’s youth
Guests sipped Prosecco and chatted while dessert was served at the 3rd Annual Project Health Mind Gala in New York on Thursday night. The night was coming to a close, but there was still one big prize to be awarded. It’s the Humanitarian of the Year Award, which honors Prince Harry and the Duke and […]
President Trump hits back at China’s rare earth mineral limits with threat of 100% tariffs
President Donald Trump on Friday declared he would impose 100% tariffs on all imports from China, as well as impose export controls on “any and all critical software” from the United States. This is the latest move in what appears to be an escalating trade war between the United States and China. In a post […]