• Apple released a new line of iPads and an upgraded Apple Pencil.

• Silicon Valley Bank agreed to sell its venture capital arm for $340M.

• Hubble Network has become the first company to establish a bluetooth connection directly to a satellite. 

• Apple is close to finalizing a deal with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its upcoming iOS 18 update. 

• Microsoft launched an air-gapped GPT for U.S. intelligence agencies.

• Saudi Arabia’s $100B AI fund claims it will divest China if the U.S. asks it to.

• Stripe acquired Indie Hackers, a community of bootstrapped startup founders.

• Tooth regrowth medicine is being tested in Japan.

• Microsoft banned police from using its AI services for facial recognition.

• Audible has 40k+ AI-voiced audio books.

• Helium is building a decentralized 5G cellular network. 

• Karius can identify 1k+ pathogens from a single blood.

• Dandi is an IVF care kit to help with every step of the IVF injection process. 

• Aven is a credit card that lets you use your home equity to get really low rates.

• Loyal For Dogs developed a longevity treatment for bigger dogs.

• Mmhmm lets you overlay yourself on top of your Zoom screen share.

• Worldcoin is a decentralized financial network and private human verification system powered by iris scans.

• Joey is a call and messaging app for kids with parent oversight built in.

• Roam lets you buy a home with a low-rate assumable mortgage where you take over the existing mortgage terms of the seller.

• Aisap is an AI-powered ultrasound diagnosis platform that can turn scans into reports in minutes and improve scan quality with real-time scanning assistance.

• Potential Motors built an advanced driver assistance system for off-roading vehicles. 

• Dexa is a search engine for podcasts. 

• Rapid Liquid Print is developing new 3D printers to produce soft and stretchable products.

• Elementary is using AI to detect defects on a production line.

• Lucid Bots is building drones with power washer attachments to clean windows. 

• Basedash uses AI to create admin panel dashboards automatically.

• Ghost is the largest B2B platform to buy and sell surplus inventory. 

• Opus turns long-form video into high-engagement short-form video. 

• Neurable makes over-ear headphones that can also identify and interpret brain signals to see when and where you work best.

• Giraffe360 makes an interior 3D scanning camera system.

• LTSE is a long-term stock exchange to help drive long-term profit for companies.

• Zeck is software to make board meetings faster and more fun. 

• Capsule is an AI-powered video editor for content and marketing teams.

• Danti is a search engine that helps users find relevant Earth observation data.

• Humanaut Health offers blood tests, body scans, regenerative care, and one-on-one health planning to help you live longer.

• Hona integrates and summarizes external medical records for doctors.

• Inside Micron Taiwan’s semiconductor factory. YOUTUBE

• 12 AI images that are almost impossible to comprehend as fake. TWITTER

• How bots and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out. NEW YORKER

• Establishing a case for emerging managers. PITCHBOOK

• Small action models. MEDIUM

• Equinox launched a $40k membership to help you live longer.

• Lifetime Fitness has rebranded itself to “Lifetime” to be more like Equinox.

• 33% of content writers updated their LinkedIn profile to add AI to their skills. 

• Activist groups trained students for months before the pro-Palestine campus protests.

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