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Startup news SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot as the agent race moves to office work Aug 12, 2026
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Startup news Crypto impersonation scams grew 1,400% as AI supercharged fraud Aug 12, 2026
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Startup news Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE? Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news SEC settles fraud case against Adit Ventures over fake SpaceX and Klarna pre-IPO shares Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news IBM bets $240m on cheap, open-source inference to take on the hyperscalers Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news An activist investor says the market has decided Lionsgate is an AI casualty. It wants the studio to prove otherwise or sell. Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news River AI raised $1.1bn to let companies train and keep their own models Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Meta and TikTok agree to fact-check border content after Ceuta tragedy Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Italian scientists ready a new solar instrument for a make-or-break eclipse test Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Target appoints its first chief AI officer as retailers scale up AI spending Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Tesla emptied its share of California’s new EV rebate in five days Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Nvidia stopped funding the AI boom alone, Saudi banks cannot fund theirs, and 500 US towns have banned the buildings Aug 11, 2026
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Startup news Quote of the day by Elon Musk: “Don’t confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard but the people that work for me did” Aug 11, 2026