AI video startup Moonvalley lands $53M, according to filing
Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million in new funding, the company has raised more, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing, submitted Thursday, reveals that Moonvalley actually landed (so far) around $53 million total from
Read moreTechCrunch and VivaTech Partner for the VivaTech Innovation of the Year
TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups. The VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates
Read moreSpotify responds to creator backlash at public podcast play counts
Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature — mainly, that it would further promote podcasts that already have large audiences while making smaller shows
Read moreOpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to
Read moreAfter adding its own billing option on iOS, Apple asks Patreon to move it to an external browser
Creator platform Patreon has to modify its app to comply with Apple’s guidelines after a recent update allowed U.S. users to make purchases via the web. The company says that its own web-based checkout option is now the default for U.S. fans, but it has to update its app so that
Read moreMystery investor’s attempt to stop Canoo asset sale shot down by judge
The judge in Canoo’s bankruptcy case has blocked an attempt by a mysterious financier to disrupt the sale of the EV startup’s assets. In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon ruled the financier, a U.K.-based man named Charles Garson, lacked standing to request the sale to Canoo’s own CEO
Read moreSurvey Reveals 80% of TikTok Forex Advice May Be Misleading
According to new research from forex broker experts at BrokerChooser, up to 80% of forex advice given on TikTok by ‘fin-fluencers’ may be misleading. Experts analyzed 100 TikTok videos on forex topics, revealing alarming misinformation. They found a lack of disclaimers and a high volume of videos promoting wealth and
Read moreQlik Introduces an Agentic Experience to Accelerate Data-to-Decision Journeys
Qlik® introduced its new agentic experience to provide a single, conversational interface allowing users across the enterprise to interact naturally with data, using specialized AI agents. Qlik’s engine is a key innovation in data exploration, visualization, and analytics. It indexes relationships across data, revealing unexpected connections. This engine enhances user
Read moreEskom’s Solar Clampdown: A Risk to Renewables & Business Confidence
Eskom’s latest push to enforce registration for all grid-tied solar systems, even those that don’t feed into the grid, has sent shockwaves through South Africa’s solar sector. As commercial and industrial businesses increasingly turn to renewables to escape erratic power supply, these new requirements raise serious questions about legality, cost,
Read moreHow is Fintech Shaping SA’s Digital Payment Infrastructure?
When we think of financial access, we often think of the ‘front’ door’—the point-of-sale, the payment link, the app. But beyond that door is a complex ecosystem that powers every transaction, every transfer, and every financial decision. In the past, fintech was a conduit, the pretty wrapper around payments. Today,
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