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1. 👀 Perplexity Offered to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5Bn
Imagine Google not owning Chrome. That’s the world AI startup Perplexity wants after it make an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s browser today. The figure is higher than the startup’s current valuation but the company reportedly has several investors agreeing to back the deal. (CNBC)
2. 🧠 You Don’t Have a Time Problem. You Have a Task Problem.
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3. 📝 Anthropic’s Claude AI Can Now Handle Longer Prompts
Great news for long-winded folks. Anthropic is increasing the amount of information that enterprise customers can send to Claude in a single prompt as part of an effort to attract more developers to its popular AI coding models. Claude Sonnet 4 now has a 1 million token context window (approx. 750k words or 75k lines of code). (TechCrunch)
4. 👂 This Startup Quietly Built One of Meta’s Top VR Games. Now Open to Investors*
AEXLAB is the studio behind VAIL VR, one of the highest-rated multiplayer games on Meta Quest - with 365K+ monthly players, 47K+ reviews, and $5.5M+ in lifetime revenue.
Now they’re expanding into a full VR gaming franchise - and opening their raise to retail investors on StartEngine.
5. 💬 A Google Vet Raised $8M to Bring AI to Group Chats
David Petrou, founding member of both Google Goggles and Google Glass, launched his own startup Continua in 2023, a consumer-facing company that uses AI agents to enhance collaboration and interaction in group chats on SMS, iMessage, and Discord. Continue just raised an $8 million seed round led by GV. (TechCrunch)
6. 📂 Microsoft Released a Lightweight Office Task Bar for Windows 11
Microsoft is starting to roll out lightweight taskbar apps for Microsoft 365 users on Windows 11. The taskbar apps, which automatically launch at startup, provide quick access to contacts, file search, and calendar straight from the Windows taskbar. (The Verge)
7. 🛰️ SpaceX Rival AST SpaceMobile is Prepping to Deploy 40-50 Satellites
Watch out, SpaceX. Satellite designer AST SpaceMobile is preparing to deploy nearly five dozen satellites to power cellular-based broadband networks to compete with Elon Musk’s dominant company. The satellites are fully funded and preparing for deployment with more than $1.5 billion on its balance sheet. (CNBC)
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