September 16, 2025

Waymo approved to start testing autonomous vehicles at San Francisco International Airport: Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon Valley. Read More

Andrew Yang took inspiration from Mark Cuban for his budget cell carrier Noble Mobile: "I'm as guilty of doomscrolling as the next person, but knowing that doomscrolling is actually costing me money makes me feel dumb," Yang told TechCrunch. Read More

Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round: Figure raised more than $1 billion in a Series C round led by Parkway Venture Capital in addition to numerous other investors. Read More

When the pre-IPO investors behind Uber and eBay back a new company, people take note. That's the case with Pacaso. Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso brings co-ownership to the $1.3T vacation home market, already making $110M+ in gross profit in under 5 years. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO. Invest in Pacaso by the 9/18 deadline.

This is a paid advertisement for Pacaso's Regulation A offering. Please read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving the ticker symbol is not a guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the Nasdaq is subject to approvals.

OpenAI will apply new restrictions to ChatGPT users under 18: Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide. Read More

Silicon Valley bets big on 'environments' to train AI agents: A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley's next craze in the making. Read More

Salesforce launches 'Missionforce,' a national security-focused business unit: Salesforce's Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across such areas as personnel, logistics, and decision-making. Read More

Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases: Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems, and vendors. Read More

YouTube rolls out Studio updates, 'likeness' detection, lip-synced dubs, creator collabs, and more: YouTube launches a handful of updates for creators, including lip-syncing features for dubbed videos, likeness detection, collabs, an AI chatbot, and more. Read More

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YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts: YouTube teases new AI-powered tools for turning podcasts into video clips, even if they're audio-only. Read More

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September 16, 2025

Tesla probed for potentially faulty door handles: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received nine reports from owners who couldn't access their cars, including from parents whose children were stuck inside. Read More

YouTube rolls out Studio updates, 'likeness' detection, lip synced dubs, creator collabs and more: YouTube launches a handful of updates for creators, including lip syncing features for dubbed videos, likeness detection, collabs, an AI chatbot and more. Read More

Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases: Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors. Read More

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Salesforce launches 'Missonforce,' a national security-focused business unit: Salesforce's Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across areas including personnel, logistics and decision making. Read More

YouTube Live gets a major update, introduces dual-format streaming, minigames, and more: YouTube announced new features for livestreaming, such as letting creators play mini-games, AI-powered highlights, and more. Read More

YouTube Music launches new tools for artists to reward fans with exclusive merch and videos: YouTube Music users will soon be able to pre-save songs, see a countdown for album releases, get exclusive merch, and more. Read More

YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals, YouTube Shopping program: YouTube is going to allow creators to swap out brand sponsorships in long-form videos. Read More

YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts: YouTube teases new AI-powered tools for turning podcasts into video clips, even if they're audio-only. Read More

When the pre-IPO investors behind Uber and eBay back a new company, people take note. That's the case with Pacaso. Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso brings co-ownership to the $1.3T vacation home market, already making $110M+ in gross profit in under 5 years. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO. Invest in Pacaso by the 9/18 deadline.

This is a paid advertisement for Pacaso's Regulation A offering. Please read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving the ticker symbol is not a​​ guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the Nasdaq is subject to approvals.

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Nothing closes $200M Series C led by Tiger Global, plans AI-first device launch: Carl Pei's Nothing is raising $200 million in a Series C round from Tiger Global at a $1.3 billion valuation. Read More

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