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Gradium, a Paris-based AI voice startup, raised a $100M seed round backed by Nvidia and will open a Bay Area office to compete for talent.
Even Realities secures $150M in a pre-Series B at a $1B valuation led by Meituan and Tencent, backing camera-free, display-first smart glasses with privacy-forward tech and rapid international expansion.
Tinder will offer five free boosts to users who verify real identity via World’s orb; World, co-founded by Sam Altman, tested in Japan and is expanding to select markets including the United States.
Aspora, led by Parth Garg, pivoted from debt finance for Indian software firms to cross-border diaspora banking using stablecoins, amassing 700k NRIs, handling hundreds of millions of transfers monthly (~$4B/year), and closing Series A (Nov 2024) and Series B (Spring 2025) while pursuing multi-country licensing and a broader product slate.
Apple's MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in the March quarter at a $599 starting price, signaling early success in broadening Mac adoption and potentially capturing share in the $400-$699 notebook market, with strong demand in the US and India and competitive pressure from Dell.
Canada is quietly losing top talent to the U.S., driven by higher taxes and a lagging business- and investment-climate, with policy focus needed to improve competitiveness.
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