Bluesky talks moderation: Social network Bluesky is developing initiatives to deal with fake accounts, harassment, and more. These include a tool to detect "rude" replies, one that can identify if multiple new accounts are being managed by one person, and some automation to help it detect fake or spam accounts. Read More
An AI notetaker stands out: Fathom, an AI notetaking startup, has raised a $17 million Series A. The company launched in 2020 and says — to no one's surprise — that its revenue has increased by more than 90x in the past two years. Read More
A CEO steps down: Karl Iagnemma, the CEO of the self-driving car company Motional, is stepping down as its president and CEO. He will transition into a senior strategy advisor role, while Laura Major, currently CTO, will become interim CEO. Read More
The robotics to advertising pipeline: Robotics company Kiwibot is acquiring advertising company Nickelytics for $25 million to start displaying ads on its robots that deliver food around the University of Utah and UCLA. Nickelytics' CEO will join Kiwibos as a co-founder. Read More
Another AI round: Developer platform Fal.ai has raised $23 million from a16z and others. The company hosts AI-generated audio, video, and images. Its Series A valued it at $80 million. Read More
India's UPI market share problem: India's UPI payment rail is very popular, but the problem is that it's dominated by 2-4 companies. The governing body overseeing UPI wants to change that but it can't find a good way to enforce its proposed 30% market share limit, so it is looking at easing the market share caps to 40%. Read More
Here's AI with the weather: Forecasting weather has long been an endeavor that has involved statistical and numerical modeling, and AI just happens to be great at that stuff. So, weather forecasting startup Brightband has designed its own weather model based on years of observation data, and it's just raised $10 million to further build it out. Read More
