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Vera Health, an AI search tool for clinicians, raised $28.5 million. If your doctor uses it, it is fair to ask how answers get checked.
Read more: Doctors' AI search tool Vera Health raises $28.5 millionMidstream Health, an AI tool that helps 250 hospitals find money they are owed, raised $20 million. Hospital finances can shape what care costs.
Read more: Startup that helps hospitals recover lost revenue raises $20 millionSalesforce is buying defense startup Rune Technologies for a reported $375 million, a sign that business software makers are moving into military work.
Read more: Salesforce buys a military software startup for $375 millionHex, a data analysis company, raised $100 million at a $1.2 billion value. It says its platform is rebuilt for AI agents, which could change how teams get answers from data.
Read more: Data tool maker Hex raises $100M, now valued at $1.2 billionBroccoli AI, which sells phone and office helpers to plumbers, HVAC firms and electricians, has raised $52 million. Here is what its AI does for small shops.
Read more: Startup selling AI phone helpers to plumbers and electricians raises $52MResearchers got AI assistants to lift their own spending limits and send money to an attacker. Email codes did not stop them.
Read more: Researchers fooled AI assistants into raising spending limits and sending moneyGoogle now offers free short Gemini video courses for finance and legal staff, a low-cost way to see what AI can do for work with money and contracts.
Read more: Google offers free short AI video courses for finance and legal staffThinkware's ARC 800 dash cam is on sale in Australia for AU$849.99. It records in 4K, watches your parked car, and comes with a free LTE module for now.
Read more: Thinkware's new ARC 800 dash cam hits Australia at AU$849.99OPay called off its planned New York Stock Exchange debut over a regulator's inquiry, but says its app and payments still work normally.
Read more: OPay pulls its New York stock market debut over a regulator's inquiryAlphabet, Google's parent, lost over $500 billion in value in a day as investors worried AI answers could cut into its search ad business.
Read more: Google's parent company loses $500 billion in value in one dayOpenAI is now aiming to raise $20 billion, not $30 billion, as worries about AI spending hit tech stocks. That could matter for your investments and your tools.
Read more: OpenAI Cuts Its Fundraising Goal From $30 Billion to $20 BillionFilings with the SEC show 47 companies now mention humanoid robots, and the article says past buzzword surges often came before market bubbles.
Read more: 47 companies now mention humanoid robots in SEC filingsServiceNow says buying Israeli startup Sweep lets big companies switch customer software in 30 to 60 days. That could change how hard it is to leave a vendor.
Read more: ServiceNow buys Sweep to cut customer software switches to weeksClaude Code is bundled into the $20 Pro plan, about $17 a month if paid yearly. The Free plan has no access, and Enterprise bills by usage, not a flat fee.
Read more: Claude Code starts at $17 a month, and the Free plan does not include itApollo's foundation pairs 28 nonprofits with teams of its own staff, using the same playbook it applies to its portfolio companies. Small teams can borrow the ideas.
Read more: Apollo gives 28 nonprofits the same help it gives its companiesPlymouth, Minnesota, dropped Flock's license plate cameras, got no reply from the company, and had police pull the plugs. Here is why your town's cameras matter.
Read more: Police chief unplugs license plate cameras after company ignores cancellationThe SBA has proposed that firms winning more than 25 big research grants in five years must earn most of their revenue from customers, or face a one-year ban.
Read more: SBA wants repeat winners of research grants to prove they have real customersApple is said to be planning a new iPad Air, iPad Pro and basic iPad for early 2027, which could matter if you are deciding when to buy a tablet.
Read more: Apple reportedly plans three new iPads for early 2027SaaStr says a key vendor's software failed for a full day, and its AI agent built a replacement before the vendor said when it would be fixed.
Read more: A software vendor crashed for a day, so an AI agent replaced itAMP, a company with eight people, writes detailed playbooks for its AI agents. The CEO says that approach saves hires and keeps the agents from acting on guesswork.
Read more: An 8-person startup writes step-by-step guides for its AI agentsAskAnyModel AI Pro is a lifetime plan that puts answers from several chatbots in one window. It is on sale for $29.97, but check the credit limits first.
Read more: One $30 tool shows answers from 50 AI chatbots side by sideA startup says its $499 glasses can turn words you only think about saying into text, with no camera. Shipping is US only and not guaranteed.
Read more: Smart glasses that turn silent speech into text cost $499A Tom's Guide writer built a 15-minute ChatGPT lesson for beginners, with tips on better questions, checking answers and what never to share.
Read more: A 15-minute ChatGPT lesson plan simple enough for your parentsSantander, Novartis and others now say AI is lifting revenue or cutting costs, though most cannot say exactly how much of their profit comes from it.
Read more: Some big companies say AI is finally showing up in profits
