More top reads Climate tech funding: If you think it's getting hot in here, it's just Furno developing a new way to make cement. It grabbed $6.5 million in seed funding to develop a cement kiln that's smaller, more efficient and more flexible than the massive ones favored by industry today. Meanwhile, Orbio Earth raised $4 million to find methane leaks that apparently are costing companies $9 billion this year. Waymo's robotaxi service is coming to Austin: When the autonomous vehicle company goes online in Austin by the end of the year, it will be the fourth one. Those in Los Angeles can see it in action this week. Making Ethereum faster: That's the goal of Sei Labs, which launched the Parallel Stack, a free tool for crypto developers that aims to improve the performance of transactions per second of Ethereum Virtual Machine–based layer-2 blockchains. Zendesk acquires Ultimate.ai: Generative AI is everywhere, and Zendesk is showing how much so with the acquisition of Ultimate, a German customer automation startup. Quit playing games with my DeepMind: Google DeepMind researchers have created a model that learns to play multiple 3D games like a human, and does its best to understand and act on your verbal instructions. Out of stealth: IO River is tapping into the changing world of content-delivery networks, enabling the ability to make it so you can easily mix and match them. Investors like it so much they poured $5.4 million into the company. 15-love: You'll always have a tennis partner with Volley. The new sports tech startup wants to launch balls at your head via its AI-enabled sports training machine. One of Withings' most requested features is now on ScanWatch: The menstrual cycle tracking feature enables users to log their cycle stages, including symptoms, flow and period dates. Once the app gets to know your typical cycle, it predicts future period dates, helping users create personal routines that align with their monthly needs and optimize sleep, activity and nutrition. Around the web: There's a generational shift going on in Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times. Meanwhile, CBS News reports that Dollar Tree is not looking too good, and MarketWatch reports some analysts are bearish on Tesla. | 
