12:38 PM PDT · October 5, 2026 Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post that the firm has…
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Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account |
Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion as of its latest funding round, is expanding into group chats. The startup announced on Monday…
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout |
11:29 AM PDT · October 5, 2026 TikTok announced Monday that it’s launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets…
At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI |
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for…
Hot Girl Hotline is like 'Dear Abby' for the AI era |
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like “Dear Abby,” letters to Cosmo, or just chatting with girlfriends. In…
5 startups that caught VCs' attention at the latest PearX demo day |
There isn’t a shortage of accelerators for startups, but one of the few that investors watch closely is PearX, a 12-week program that caps its…
HackerRank's AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become |
What happens when AI moves from helping job candidates to evaluating them? HackerRank, a platform used by companies to assess and hire developers, is offering…
Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI 'agent fleet' |
In Brief Posted: 7:35 AM PDT · October 5, 2026 A new fleet of AI agents is making its presence felt on the internet. On…
Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database |
In Brief Posted: 7:58 AM PDT · October 5, 2026 The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and…
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a 'significant rise' in AI submissions |
In Brief Posted: 1:31 PM PDT · October 4, 2026 Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open source bug bounty…