ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

Many consumers ditched ChatGPT’s app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude’s downloads grew.

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center

Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.

Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue

The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.

India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year

Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India’s largely offline home services market.

The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear down

Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California’s 17th congressional district.

Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid US air strikes

Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran’s biggest cities, killing the country’s leader.

MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens

After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.

Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding

Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.

Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage

Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.

SaaS in, SaaS out: Here’s what’s driving the SaaSpocalypse

What’s behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.