⚾ An old classic returns: Backyard Baseball '97 is coming back, baby. The classic baseball video game will be rereleased on Steam on October 10 — 27 years after its initial release. I hope a Backyard Soccer reboot is next. Read more
🚀 Space plane! Radian Aerospace, a startup that is working to make a reusable space plane that takes off and lands like a regular airplane, reached a new milestone: It was able to complete a set of ground tests this summer. Read more
🌉 Back to the Bay: At Y Combinator's virtual Demo Day today, YC president and CEO Garry Tan said that the next Demo Day will return to being an in-person event. This makes sense, as the accelerator cohorts went back to in-person two years ago. Read more
👀 Mozilla, mo' privacy? Mozilla, the nonprofit developer of Firefox, is usually known for bolstering users' privacy rights, but not today. European Union privacy rights group NOYB says a new feature by the company is tracking users without their permission. Read more
🤏 More models: Do all AI models have to be large and built by deep-pocketed tech companies? Ai2 says no. Today, Ai2 released Molmo, a multimodal AI model that is small, open source, and completely free to use. Read more
🤝 AI pact: The European Commission released the initial 100 signatories of its AI Pact, an initiative meant to encourage companies to release "voluntary pledges" on how they approach and deploy AI. While many of the names on the list were expected, Meta and Apple aren't on there. Read more
💰 Blockchain builder: VC Tomasz Tunguz thinks one of the reasons blockchain hasn't seen wider adoption is that decentralized services are hard to build. Tunguz thinks he's identified a company that solves that problem, Initia, and led its $14 million Series A round. Read more
💻 A YC favorite: Supabase, an open source developer platform and Postgres database service used by 40% of the latest YC batch, raised new funds. The company landed a hefty $80 million Series C round amid a surge in demand due to AI. Read more
💸 Raise for Raycast: Raycast, a company looking to create a "shortcut to everything" by concentrating workflow tools into one place, raised a $30 million Series B round. The funding will be used to bring its app to Windows and iOS. Read more
