Oprah’s departure from WeightWatchers sent the stock tumbling.

Sam Altman’s 8.7% stake in Reddit is worth $435M.

Webull will go public via a $7.3B SPAC deal.

Duolingo’s stock surged after reporting 44% YoY revenue growth. 

Ozempic is predicted to boost the U.S. economy by $1T in just a few years.

Reddit’s IPO is apparently a clear 'AI play.’

Stripe sealed a $65B valuation in a deal offering liquidity to employees.

Uber’s CEO unlocked $136M in shares after Uber hit $120B valuation.

Nvidia is now the most desirable place to work. 

Montage, the hotel brand, received $250M from Goldman, BlackRock, and others.

The White House doesn’t want people to program in C/C++. 

Apple & Tesla veterans are helping Japan design AI chips.

Microsoft released ‘Copilot for Finance.’

First moon lander in half a century ‘died’ a week after tipping over on touchdown.

Tesla will earn billions by opening its charging network to Ford and others. 

Apple’s CarPlay has a 90% market share for model-year 2023 U.S. vehicles.

Paris-based Mistral AI launched Mistral Large, rivaling GPT-4 in reasoning capabilities.

Superhuman launched AI 2.0, with automatic email draft replies.

Financial Times launched a venture arm.

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is launching a $1B VC fund.

All-time VC crypto funding has reached $90B.

Founders Fund co-lead a $27M seed round in the modular blockchain project Avail.

Only 1.7% of consumer startups that raise Series B go public.

The PayPal mafia launched an AI-powered email assistant called Mindy backed by Peter Thiel and Sequoia. 

Humanoid AI company Figure raised $675M from Bezos, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, Intel, OpenAI, and others.

BounceBit lets you earn a yield from your idol Bitcoin (raised $6M Seed).

Sway makes a compostable plastic alternative made from seaweed (raised $5M Seed).

Pelag is using stem cell biology to address hair loss (raised $17M Series A).

Oishii is using vertical farming to grow strawberries (raised $134M Series B).

Ingrediome is an Israeli-based startup making alternative meats from actual animal genes (raised $2.46M).

Exodigo creates complete and accurate underground maps of pipes and systems using AI and drones (raised $105M Series A).

Anthro makes flexible batteries that are safer and tougher (raised $20M Series A).

Power helps patients find new treatments by browsing clinical trials by condition, location, and drug type (raised $12M Series A).

Collov uses AI to visualize interior redesign projects (raised $10M Series A). 

Vibe makes it easy to advertise on leading streaming apps and TV channels (raised $22.5M Series A).

SimpleClosure is the easiest way to shut down your startup (raised $4M Seed).

Fervo is delivering 24/7 carbon-free geothermal energy (raised $244M).

Ad-Shield is a marketing tool that tells you if your ads were blocked by ad-blockers (Raised $2M pre-Series A).

New York shut down a Ponzi scheme run by a Harvard MBA. 

The business behind inflatable nightclubs.  

NATO countries reject Macron’s suggestion to send troops to Ukraine. 

Ninja released a premium chocolate milk.

Police were called to a Fyre-Festival-like "Willy Wonka Experience." 

Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018. 

Rolex dominates the luxury watches with a 30% market share.

YouForm is a free alternative to Typeform.

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