YouTube Premium hits 150 million users while free tier ads concerns rise

Solink raises over $100M to turn security cameras into business data

Solink raised more than $100M led by Vertu Capital, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Golub Growth and Comcast Ventures joining. Its AI turns existing cameras in shops, restaurants and warehouses into data on theft, service and safety. It covers 35,000 locations in 65 countries.

SuperMe raises $20M for its network of AI expert profiles

SuperMe just raised $20 million to let you pester AI clones of Silicon Valley’s savviest people about your career.

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion

The Joshua Kushner-led Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT in an all-cash deal valued at $7.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 and will take ADT private, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.

‘There’s no magic money tree’: Alex Depledge on the Budget, startup lobbying and why she left the UK government

EA’s sale to Saudi-led consortium was “final nail in the coffin” for BioWare, says studio co-founder

One of BioWare’s famous doctor-founders, Greg Zeschuk, has finally spoken about the studio’s closure last week, saying it’s “kind of sad” and that EA’s leveraged buyout by a Saudi-involved consortium “was the final nail in the coffin”.

Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy

Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain, Coursera. It’s platform promises to help IT easily control enterprise agents