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Scene, a new iPhone shopping app from startup Dalet Labs, fills your feed with AI-made images of real products. It raised $7 million, so expect more of this.
Read more: A new shopping app shows you AI-made photos of real productsCompanies that wind down failed startups are selling their code and workplace records to AI labs, and one founder earned tens of thousands of dollars.
Read more: AI companies are buying the data of failed startups to train their modelsAbout $100 billion in loans tied to software companies comes due in 2028 and 2029, and lenders are already nervous. Here is what that could mean for vendors.
Read more: Software companies owe about $100 billion that comes due in 2028 and 2029Etsy beat Wall Street's forecast with $692.5 million in quarterly revenue, and a one-time gain from selling Depop pushed its profit far higher.
Read more: Etsy sales grow 11% to $692.5M as it books a big gain from Depop saleSmall business sales dropped 7% in Q3 2026, but the median price rose 17% to $350,000, mostly because bigger, more profitable companies made up more deals.
Read more: Fewer Small Businesses Are Selling, but the Ones That Sell Cost MoreAnthropic told investors its public push for AI safety could make it a target for government retaliation, a risk that matters to anyone who relies on Claude.
Read more: Anthropic warns investors its AI safety stance could draw government paybackSupply'd, food business software, now has an AI that checks supplier invoices and suggests fixes, with human approval switched on by default.
Read more: Food business software adds AI that checks supplier invoicesThe FCC approved Amazon Leo's $11.5 billion purchase of Globalstar, the company behind satellite emergency features on compatible iPhones and Apple Watches.
Read more: Amazon gets approval to buy the company behind iPhone satellite SOSDoorDash moved its earnings date up by almost a week as reports say it is in talks to take over Instacart, which could affect fees and choices for shoppers.
Read more: DoorDash reports earnings early as Instacart takeover talks are reportedFragment, a startup that uses AI to fix purchasing and payment problems for manufacturers, came out of stealth with $56 million in funding.
Read more: Fragment, an AI purchasing startup, raises $56 millionEndurance Energy ran a power plant on an undersea volcano off Oregon and made more power than it used, but only briefly. Here is why that still matters.
Read more: Startup Makes Power From an Undersea Volcano, but Only for 8.7 SecondsMonte Carlo launched Bayes, an AI tool that watches other AI programs and the data behind them, and fixes problems. Companies choose how much it does alone.
Read more: Monte Carlo Launches an AI Helper That Fixes Other AI ProgramsA startup says it got into Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours. Anthropic says it took days. Here is what was and was not exposed.
Read more: Startup says it broke into Anthropic's systems; Anthropic disputes timingDropbox says it will cut about 200 jobs and its chief technology officer will leave. Nothing in the report points to changes for customer accounts.
Read more: Dropbox to cut about 200 jobs as its tech chief steps downFoundry, which builds robot-run factories for other companies, raised $100 million. It could make renting factory capacity a real option for product makers.
Read more: Startup that builds robot-run factories raises $100 millionMicrosoft and Alphabet report earnings this week, and investors are watching how much AI spending is cutting into profits. It could touch your stocks and retirement fund.
Read more: Investors Worry Big Tech's AI Spending Is Eating Into ProfitsThe SBA gave $3.75 million for free, in-person training that helps veteran-owned small businesses compete for federal contracts. Here is who can join.
Read more: SBA Funds Free Federal Contract Training for Veteran Business OwnersT-Mobile is taking $1,000 off the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL when you add a line on a top plan, and no trade-in is needed.
Read more: T-Mobile offers $1,000 off the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL with a new lineApple has priced the 512GB Mac Studio at $22,299, a setup built for very heavy work that most people and businesses will not need.
Read more: Apple's top Mac Studio with 512GB of memory costs $22,299Google reported record search growth, but its search revenue missed estimates and shares fell about 10%. Ads in AI answers are the fix, so expect more of them.
Read more: Google gets more searches than ever, but earns less from each oneA top Goldman Sachs banker is still bullish on AI but says investors are sorting strong companies from weak ones as borrowing costs rise.
Read more: Goldman banker says AI investors are getting pickierA New York firm launched a free tool that shows whether AI chatbots name your company or only your brands. Its L'Oréal test found most answers skipped the parent.
Read more: Free tool shows how AI chatbots link companies to their brandsArticul8 released Bivia, a model that makes the small yes-or-no calls inside AI agents, aiming to cut the cost of running them. The test results are the company's own.
Read more: Articul8 launches Bivia, a cheaper AI that makes decisions for agentsEmpacer, a new AI assistant for small business owners, turns a spoken request into a draft post or reply, and nothing goes out until the owner approves it.
Read more: New AI assistant lets small business owners speak a task and approve the result
