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Apple is working on a new ecosystem of smart home devices via a partnership with LG, Bloomberg has reported. The new devices — which include a smart lock, a thermostat, and a doorbell — are designed to integrate with the company’s smart home hub, another upcoming product that will reportedly launch on October 13. That […] More

Brimstone also suffered a major stumble last year, when the Trump administration revoked a $189 million grant intended to subsidize its next plant, a planned commercial demonstration project in Reno, Nevada.  Finke says the company continues to have fruitful conversations with the administration about restoring those funds, in which Brimstone has emphasized its potential to […] More

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Amazon collects data about you based on what you buy. If you buy a lot of cat litter, Amazon will probably infer that you have cats, or if you buy a lot of anti-acne skin products, then Amazon might guess you’re prone to breakouts. Even if we know […] More

Developed in 2013 in the Netherlands, SlamDam was initially tested and is still used today by regional water authorities in that country. WaveSave has since expanded into Africa and Southeast Asia, and customers have now deployed SlamDam in at least a dozen countries.  Key indicators Industry: Flood barriers Year the company was founded: 2017 City […] More

Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, marking what could be its last private round before a planned 2027 IPO, according to The Wall Street Journal. Coatue Management and Blackstone are leading the round.  A letter to investors reviewed by the Journal shows Lambda’s backlog grew from […] More

The company found that, over time, the drugs cause a wide slowdown in aging clocks—as much as 4 years in the case of a clock that looks at heart proteins. “I think it’s pretty clear that the organ age is shifting,” said Aguayo-Orozco. The studies are also a huge boost for the science of aging […] More

Four years into the defense tech boom that arguably began when Russia invaded Ukraine, the storied Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark is placing its first bet on a pure defense startup. The VC is leading a $25 million seed round into Furientis, a startup on a mission to mass-produce interceptor missiles. Just one year old, […] More

We urgently need to cut emissions and avoid climate change’s most harmful effects, and that’s where our 10 companies come in.  They’re working on everything from mobile flood barriers and semi-solid-state batteries to compressed-CO₂ energy storage and next-generation nuclear reactors. They also reflect the biggest shifts in climate tech—including the surging energy demands of AI […] More

Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based startup founded in 2019 to build fusion power plants, announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $200 million from investors. The funding helps the startup move up the ranks of the top-funded fusion power companies. But fusion is a costly field to work in. It sits at the cutting […] More

Today, their vision looks prescient. Disasters including hurricanes and wildfires continue to spur blackouts, and booming data center demand has expanded the market for energy storage even further. Moment now works with tech companies looking for ways to manage their power supply as well as customers preparing for potential outages. Ongoing trade battles between the […] More

Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post that the firm has invested in AI coding startup Factory. Menlo declined to comment on how much it invested but said the deal was part of Factory’s latest funding round announced last month at a $5 billion valuation. A source familiar […] More