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Say goodbye to your local Amazon Fresh store.
Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 💰 Anthropic Closed its Latest Funding Round Above $10Bn
Investors really like Claude, it appears. The AI chatbot maker Anthropic has closed its latest funding round above its initial $10 billion target at a $350 billion valuation, ending somewhere between $10-15 billion. To add more fuel to it, the figure could still grow if Microsoft and Nvidia decide to contribute per their previously announced plans. (CNBC)
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3. ✨ Airtable Launched its AI Superagent
When in doubt, launch a new AI product line. Airtable, which has shed two-thirds of its paper value since its $11.7 billion valuation in 2021, has launched Superagent, an AI agent-enabled database that lets anyone create custom software tailored to their workflows. (TechCrunch)
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5. 🏚️ Amazon is Closing Go and Fresh Physical Stores
Goodbye to Amazon’s innovative grocery stores. The tech giant is closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores and converting many into Whole Foods Market stores with 100+ new stores opened over the next five years and the expansion of Same-Day fresh grocery delivery to more communities. (Amazon)
6. 🧑🔬 OpenAI Launched Prism, a New AI Workspace For Scientists
ChatGPT is getting more experimental. OpenAI launched Prism, an AI-enhanced word processor and research tool for scientific papers. Now available for free to anyone with a ChatGPT account, Prism is integrated with GPT-5.2, which can be used to assess claims, revise prose, or search for prior research. (TechCrunch)
7. 🛒 AI Shopping Startup Phia Raised $35M
This startup wants to make shopping fun again. 10 month old startup Phia just closed a $35 million funding round led by Notable Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures and returning investor Kleiner Perkins. With hundreds of thousands of monthly active users, Phia has achieved 11x revenue growth since launch and onboarded 6,200 retail partners. (TechCrunch)
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