AI’s ‘boys’ club’ could widen the wealth gap for women, says Rana el Kaliouby

AI investor Rana el Kaliouby warns that if women are shut out of AI funding and leadership, the consequences will be grim.

Apple acquires video editing software company MotionVFX

The move could help Apple better compete with Adobe Premiere Pro, and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1.64B

At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it just raise $143 million.

Fuse raises $25M to disrupt aging loan origination systems used by U.S. credit unions

The startup also announced a $5M ‘rescue fund’ to help credit unions ditch legacy software for its AI-native platform.

Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets

PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.

Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’

Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were “wrappers” as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates

The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition

Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google’s biggest acquisition ever.

US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate “procurement actions.”