Lux Capital lands $1.5B for its largest fund ever

The 25-year-old firm is an early investor in Anduril, Applied Intuition, and Runway AI.

Roku’s $3 streaming service Howdy will be coming to other platforms, CEO says

At CES 2026, Anthony Wood, Roku’s founder, chairman, and CEO, offered a hint about the future of the company’s newest streaming channel, Howdy, and its ambition to become a broader competitor in the market.

Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm

Bonatsos spent 15 years at GC, and until last year led the firm’s seed investing strategy.

Larry Page loosens business ties to CA amid state’s proposed wealth tax, report

Larry Page is reportedly moving assets out of California over concern the state will vote in a tax on billionaires.

Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back

Several viral posts noticed that Artisan was banned. But the CEO tells us it wasn’t for the reasons many thought.

Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way

Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.

Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi

It sounds like “Oh hi.”

JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card

Apple expects the transition to take 24 months

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.