Esusu, which offers a rent reporting API to Zillow, banks, and others to help renters build credit scores, raised a $50M Series C at a $1.2B valuation (Krysta Escobar/CNBC)
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Esusu, platform for renters to build credit scores, valued at $1.2 billion in new funding round
Esusu raises $50 million at a $1.2 billion valuation as it helps more renters build credit scores and gain access to mortgages and other financial ...
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Esusu, which offers a rent reporting API used by Zillow, banks, and others to help renters build credit scores, raised a $50M Series C at a $1.2B valuation
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Prime Security, which develops AI agents that help with security design during software development, raised a $20M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners (Chris Metinko/Axios) https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/09/agentic-ai-prime-security-20m-series-a
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Prime Security, which develops AI agents that help with security design during software development, raised a $20M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners
By Chris Metinko / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.
SuperCircle, which offers an AI-powered reverse logistics and recycling management service for retail brands, raised a $24M+ Series A led by Foundry Group (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
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SuperCircle raises $24M+ to scale AI-driven textile waste platform - SiliconANGLE
SuperCircle raises $24M+ to scale AI-driven textile waste platform - SiliconANGLE
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SuperCircle, which offers an AI-powered reverse logistics and recycling management service for retail brands, raised a $24M+ Series A led by Foundry Group
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Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
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Kindle AI Can Answer Questions About What You're Reading, But Authors Can't Opt Out
Ask This Book provides AI-generated explanations of a book's plot or characters, but it's unclear how Amazon plans to prevent AI halluci...
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Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can
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Qargo, which offers a cloud-based transport management service for carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics, raised a $33M Series B led by Sofina (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu) https://tech.eu/2025/12/11/qargo-expands-ai-driven-transport-management-with-33m-series-b/
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Qargo, which offers a cloud-based transport management service for carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics, raised a $33M Series B led by Sofina
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Outset, which develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys, raised a $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures (Chris Metinko/Axios) https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/10/customer-research-chatbot-outset-radical
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Outset, which develops AI agents that help Microsoft and other companies conduct customer research and surveys, raised a $30M Series B led by Radical Ventures
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Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month "vesting cliff" that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-ends-vesting-cliff-for-new-employees-in-compensation-policy-change-d4c4c2cd?st=kkqC9C&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month “vesting cliff” that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests
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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, in a deal that may value Armis at as much as $7B (Bloomberg)
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ServiceNow Nears Up to $7 Billion Deal for Armis
ServiceNow Inc. is in advanced talks to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal that may be valued at as much as $7 billion and would represe...
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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, in a deal that may value Armis at as much as $7B
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The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual delivery" of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets (Micah Zimmerman/Bitcoin Magazine)
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CFTC Cuts ‘Outdated And Overly Complex’ Crypto Guidance
The CFTC is withdrawing outdated crypto delivery guidance, paving the way for updated rules amid expanding oversight.
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The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the “actual delivery” of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets
By Micah Zimmerman / Bitcoin Magazine. View the full context on Techmeme.
Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining superintelligence, its application in the medical field, universal basic income, regulation, and more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)
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Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman: ‘AI Is Already Superhuman’
The tech giant’s AI chief talks about superintelligence “red lines,” why AI will transform medicine and how he unwinds by chatting with Copilot.
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Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining superintelligence, its application in the medical field, universal basic income, regulation, and more
By Mishal Husain / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.