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Sam Altman’s World unveils a mobile verification device May 05, 2025

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Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded, plans to unveil Wednesday a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference between a human and an AI agent. The company, which is debuting the device during its its “At Last” event in San Francisco.

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Supio, an AI-powered legal analysis platform, lands $60M May 02, 2025

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Supio, a startup that uses AI to automate data collection and analysis for legal teams, has raised $60 million in a funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures.

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Startups launch products to catch people using AI cheating app Cluely May 02, 2025

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AI cheating startup Cluely went viral last week with bold claims that its hidden in-browser window is “undetectable” and can be used to “cheat on everything” from job interviews to exams. But some startups are claiming they can catch Cluely’s users.

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Grouphug is a stealth-mode startup that plans use AI inside WhatsApp groups May 01, 2025

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Veterans of the European startup scene, who’ve launched multiple consumer apps in the past, are partly coming out of stealth Tuesday with a new app. On the face of it, Grouphug will simply generate memes from the archive of a group WhatsApp chat.

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Near Space Labs nabs $20M to take its high-res imaging Swift robots into the stratosphere May 01, 2025

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When it comes to creating images of the earth from above, satellites, drones and planes are the air and spacecraft that tend to come to mind. But a startup called Near Space Labs is taking a very different approach to high-resolution photos from up high.

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Hoofprint Biome boosts cow nutrition while slashing methane burps Apr 30, 2025

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The startup's enzymes modify a cow’s microbiome using enzymes, slashing methane while boosting the nutrients available to the cow.

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From coding tests to billion-dollar startups, Ali Partovi’s eight-year experiment is paying off Apr 30, 2025

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In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition.

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RepAir Carbon is making carbon removal machines inspired by batteries Apr 29, 2025

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RepAir recently raised a $15 million extension to its Series A.

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Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla Apr 29, 2025

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A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it’s about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn’t come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn’t even painted.

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Datadog acquires AI-powered observability startup Metaplane Apr 28, 2025

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Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Metaplane, an AI-powered data observability startup, for an undisclosed amount. In a press release, Datadog said that the deal “accelerates” its expansion into data observability, building on the launch of related products.

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