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Lyft scoops up taxi app FreeNow in 175m cash deal to enter Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lyft-scoops-up-taxi-app-freenow-in-e175m-cash-deal-to-enter-europe/
Hybrid growth in SaaS is great for customers, tough on finance Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/hybrid-growth-saas-finance-brnd/
Going East: How to take your startup overseas Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/east-startup-overseas-sifted-talks/
Figma warns Lovable to stop using the term Dev Mode in trademark row Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/figma-warns-lovable-to-stop-using-the-term-dev-mode-in-trademark-row/
No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/microbiome-startups-pets/
xAI adds a ‘memory’ feature to Grok Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations. Now, if you
Zoom restores service after an hours-long outage Zoom says its platform is back online after suffering an outage for much of Wednesday afternoon. “Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding,” Zoom said in a post on X at around 2
Chapter, a Medicare startup with links to Vance, Thiel, and Ramaswamy, just raised a round at $1.5B valuation Chapter, a Medicare advisory startup co-founded by former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has closed a $75 million funding round at a valuation of $1.5 billion led by private equity and venture
Trump administration reportedly considers a US DeepSeek ban The Trump administration is considering new restrictions on the Chinese AI lab DeepSeek that would limit it from buying Nvidia’s AI chips, and potentially bar Americans from accessing its AI services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The restrictions are part
Rippling wants Revolut to reveal who paid off Deel’s alleged ‘spy’ Another highly valued startup has just been added to the mix in the ongoing legal drama between Rippling and Deel: U.K. fintech giant Revolut. In his blockbuster affidavit that reads like it’s straight out of a movie, Irish Rippling