Atlassian Didn’t Buy the Future of Browsers. It Bought a Fixer-Upper
The Browser Company was trailing in the AI browser race. Atlassian’s looks to turn it into an enterprise tool before rivals pass it by
Retail
How retailers and consumer brands run AI in production.
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Coca-Cola Bets on Generative AI to Save Oranges and Drive Global Innovation
Coca-Cola joins MIT’s Generative AI Impact Consortium with “Save the Orange,” a bold initiative to fight citrus greening and secure the future of global agriculture.
List
6 Reasons AI Startups Are Raising Faster in 2025
AI startups are raising capital faster than ever in 2025 as enterprises deploy solutions at scale and investors back ventures that deliver measurable impact and real business results.
Sierra Raises $350M at $10B Valuation
Sierra’s platform streamlines enterprise workflows, improves service accuracy, and boosts customer satisfaction.
Exa Raises $85M to Build Search for the AI Era
Company aims to deliver “perfect search” for enterprises and AI developers
Recall.ai Raises $38M to Make Conversation Data Instantly Accessible for Developers
I cannot function well without context, and spoken conversation is the largest untapped dataset. We are building the infrastructure that makes it accessible.
Opinion
DeepL Goes Broad When It Should Go Narrow
Customers asked for more, but sometimes the smart move is to say no
Claude Code Rockets Anthropic to $183B With $13B Series F
Investors pile in as coding tool drives growth and rivals like OpenAI, xAI chase bigger rounds
OpenAI Adds Statsig to Its Billion-Dollar Acquisition Streak
I don’t want to go to a large company. I don’t want to go to a startup. I want to do my own.
Opinion
“Every Product Must Be Refounded” Says Airtable's Howie Liu
CEO Howie Liu is reorganizing teams, rewriting roles, and gambling on speed to outpace rivals
Google Avoids the Worst with Chrome Ruling
Still, a mandate to divulge search data can upend the AI race
Kite Raises $18 Million to Build Infrastructure for AI Agents
The platform aims to enable merchants on Shopify and PayPal to connect with AI-powered shopping agents.
Video
Agentic Observability: The Third Eye
We’re starting to see different players, agent to agent interactions, multi-turn architectures, and that actually makes things exponentially more complex.
Taco Bell’s Drive-Thru Pause Shows Where Automation Stumbles
Taco Bell’s AI-powered drive-thru promised speed and efficiency but glitches, prank orders, and frustrated customers reveal the limits of automation. Can tech really replace human touch in fast food?
Salesforce Eliminates Nearly Half Its Support Staff After Deploying AI Agents
Marc Benioff says automation reduced 9,000 roles to 5,000, challenging industry claims AI would only augment workers
WIBEY Marks the Next Phase of Walmart’s Agent Push
Instead of cutting back, the retailer is consolidating hundreds of agents under a handful of super agents
Leadership move
Lightspeed Systems Names Dr. Donal McMahon Chief AI Officer
“I’m looking forward to joining Lightspeed and working alongside the team to put data and AI to work in ways that make a real impact,” said Dr. McMahon.
The Researchers Leaving Meta, And Where They’re Headed
New hires exit within weeks, as internal memos reveal canceled projects and a focus shift to product delivery
Accenture Buys NeuraFlash as AI Reorganization Looms
Mid-market focus comes as the firm prepares for a sweeping internal overhaul
Midjourney’s Collaboration with Meta Signals a Shift in AI Culture
We are trying to build a tool for imagination, not an ad platform.
