Apple Maps may be about to get ads

Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”

Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund

As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.

Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund

London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.

Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months

Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit.

Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick

When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.

Insight Partners scrubs investment post about Delve amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations

After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal.

Agile Robots becomes the latest robotics company to partner with Google DeepMind

Agile Robots will incorporate Google DeepMind’s robotics foundation models into its bots while collecting data for the AI research lab.

Ultrahuman ramps up U.S. push with Ring Pro as Oura tightens its grip

Ultrahuman pushes back into the U.S. with Ring Pro, as Oura strengthens its lead in a market driving 60% of global demand.

Cauldron Ferm has turned microbes into nonstop assembly lines

The Australian startup says it has solved one of the biggest challenges facing synthetic biology companies, which it counts as customers.

Pinterest launches a new feature to promote a Pin

Pinterest is rolling out promoted pin feature to the users in the U.S. in coming weeks