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Siggy raised $6 million for a mental health service that uses AI to track patients between visits with licensed clinicians. It takes insurance in all 50 states.
Read more: Siggy raises $6M for AI-assisted mental health care with licensed cliniciansHumble Robotics raised $51 million to build driverless electric trucks with no cab, aiming at short routes that carry most US freight by weight.
Read more: Startup raises $51M for driverless electric trucks with no cabAtlassian's stock fell about 20% after its sales forecast fell short, a sign of how jumpy investors are about tech prices worldwide.
Read more: Atlassian shares drop about 20% after weak sales forecastIREN says a Microsoft request for equipment changes pushed back its $9.7 billion Texas AI data center, a sign that even giant AI projects run late.
Read more: Microsoft's change request delays a $9.7 billion Texas AI data centerOpenAI's president says a 2027 stock market debut is possible, and JPMorganChase will use OpenAI's security-focused AI tools to help protect the bank.
Read more: OpenAI says it could go public in 2027 and signs up JPMorganCyera, a cloud security startup, is reportedly raising about $800 million at a $20 billion value, up from $12 billion in June.
Read more: Cyera, a five-year-old security startup, may be worth $20BAxiom Math says its AI agents turned one of math's biggest libraries into code a computer can check, a method that could someday help catch software bugs.
Read more: Startup uses AI to double-check a giant library of math proofsMeta has bought Conductor, a tool for running several AI coding helpers at once. Its cloud service shuts down November 20, so users have a deadline.
Read more: Meta buys Conductor, a tool that lets one person manage many AI codersThe Nasdaq fell 5.5% on Thursday, a record dollar drop, after weak AI earnings and Democratic wins. Funds and local power bills could feel it.
Read more: Tech stocks lose $2.5 trillion in one day after election and weak AI earningsOpenAI's new ChatGPT Slides builds decks inside the chatbot, but reports say Japanese text can go wrong when you export to PDF.
Read more: ChatGPT can now build slide decks, but Japanese PDFs can breakAmazon is cutting more jobs. The latest round is small, but repeated rounds can leave workers feeling unsure about their future.
Read more: Amazon Announces More Job Cuts, and Repeat Rounds Worry WorkersWonder, the company that bought Grubhub, has filed in secret for a US stock market debut, which could let ordinary investors buy in and see its books.
Read more: Wonder, the food delivery company behind Grubhub, files for an IPOA new app called Oraku says it can turn a photo or one sentence into a short video in well under a minute, and it shows the credit cost before you start.
Read more: New App Oraku Turns a Photo or a Sentence Into a VideoDisney tech staff asked leaders when the next layoffs would come, and say they got no clear answer. The episode shows what silence does to a workforce.
Read more: Disney tech staff press bosses on layoffs they read about in the newsAirbnb says its own AI travel agent arrives in the first half of 2027, planning trips and handling refunds and rebookings inside the app.
Read more: Airbnb plans an AI travel assistant for the first half of 2027Perplexity has launched Teammates, AI helpers that work around the clock on business tasks. They require its $200 a month Max plan.
Read more: Perplexity launches AI helpers that work around the clockApple took about half of global phone revenue in Q3 as the average iPhone sold for a record $1,031, and rising memory costs are pushing prices up.
Read more: Apple takes half of all phone sales money worldwide in Q3The FAA says it is replacing 1980s-era systems, some tied to floppy disks, at air traffic control sites. The rollout is fast, and a watchdog has warned about planning.
Read more: The FAA is finally dropping floppy disks at air traffic control sitesAmazon will raise its average fulfillment fee by 19 cents per item in 2027, and goods that sit in its warehouses longer than six months will cost more to store.
Read more: Amazon Will Charge Sellers 19 Cents More Per Item in 2027Block began a second round of layoffs, hitting teams that support Cash App. If you use the app, support could change.
Read more: Block starts a second round of layoffs, hitting Cash App support teamsForward Financing is giving three $10,000 grants to small businesses, and one is meant for companies that adopt AI tools. Here is what is known so far.
Read more: Forward Financing offers three $10,000 grants to small businessesPayments company Priority reported 11.3% revenue growth in what is set to be its last earnings report before a $1.6 billion go-private deal.
Read more: Payments company Priority posts 11% revenue growth before going privateAirbnb's revenue grew 19%, its fastest pace in three years, and the company raised its yearly forecast again. Hosts and travelers may notice the effects.
Read more: Airbnb says it is back in growth mode after fastest sales gain in 3 yearsIonQ, a quantum computing company, now expects its yearly sales to nearly quadruple as governments and businesses spend billions on the technology.
Read more: IonQ now expects its sales to nearly quadruple this year
