🤳 Content creators cash out: While Facebook isn't the first place I think of when I think of content creators, the platform is definitely attracting them and paying them well. Meta said it has paid more than $2 billion to Facebook creators so far this year. Read more
🚛 TuAutonomous vehicle companies: Xiaodi Hou, the ousted former CEO and co-founder of autonomous trucking startup TuSimple, is back with another self-driving truck startup. The company is called Bot Auto and has already raised $20 million. Read more
🧮 ChatGPT needs a calculator: ChatGPT is bad at math. (Same, girl.) But considering AI is supposed to revolutionize technology and the world as we know it, this hurdle is odd. Kyle Wiggers dives into why chatbots can't get this right. Read more
📰 News hack: Global media conglomerate Agence France-Presse informed French regulators of a potential data breach after a cyberattack last week. The company has not confirmed yet whether this breach affects customer data. Read more
🚫 You can't do that: Starling Bank, a U.K. challenger bank, was hit with a ￡29 million ($39 million) fine for not having proper financial crime controls from 2021 to 2023. The Financial Conduct Authority said the company allowed 54,000 high-risk accounts to open. Read more
📦 Automating the warehouse: Despite being multi-trillion-dollar industries, manufacturing and warehousing are stuck on old software. Perfectly named Pallet is trying to change that and just raised an $18 million Series A. Read more
🧑🌾 Regenerative agriculture middleman: Permanent is looking to build a bridge between enterprise customers and regenerative farms. The company launched last year and just raised a $3.7 million seed round. Read more
💵 Capital from Kerry Washington: Many of the X challengers that have launched in recent years are not doing well. Some are, though, and Spill is one of them. The Black-owned Twitter alternative just raised money from award-winning actress Kerry Washington. Read more
