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Lee Linden, former founder Fund GP Briansingman and co-founder and managing partner of Quiet Capital Lee Linden, is seeking more than $500 million from a new fund called GPX. A significant portion of GPX's funds are as large as 50%, up to 50%, from Peter Thiel, co-founder of the founder fund. GPX uses two strategies: The company will invest approximately 20% of its capital in funds managed by emerging VCs targeting pre-seed and seed stage startups. The remaining capital will be directed towards partnering with emerging managers on major late investments in the breakout company (probably in Series B). This…

Matt Miller, a former partner at Sequoia, has already locked $355 million for his new VC company, Evantic. Last December, Miller announced his departure from Sequoia 12 years later. [his] A unique fund focused on the great founders of Europe. ” Despite the European focus, TechCrunch's understanding is that Evantic actually invests in both sides of the Atlantic, focusing on Series B and growth stage B2B companies. However, the activity will take place in London, where Miller moved from California in 2021. Before moving to the UK, Miller was already leading the Sequoia expansion into Europe, eventually joining Sequoia's European…

Meta announced on Monday that it would take additional steps to crack down on accounts that share “non-original” content on Facebook. This year, Meta has already removed around 10 million profiles that are pretending to be large content creators, it said. Additionally, they took action against 500,000 accounts who were engaged in “spam behavior and false involvement.” These actions include demoting account comments and reducing content distribution to prevent account monetization. The update from Meta follows just days after YouTube said it has clarified its policy on non-original content, including mass-produced, repeated videos. Like YouTube, Meta says that users who…

The huge episolus of medical billing has informed millions of people across the United States that their personal and health information had been stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year. According to a listing of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the violation has affected more than 5.4 million people, making it one of the biggest healthcare violations to date. Owned by Optum, a subsidiary of Health Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Group, Episource provides billing adjustments to doctors, hospitals, and other organizations working in the healthcare industry. That's why the company processes large amounts of patient personal and medical…

The Trump administration plans to spend $1 billion over the next four years on what is called “offensive cyber operations.” The provisions of one big, beautiful bill, a Trump landmark, have not said what these “offensive cyber operations” are, nor do they say that certain tools and software qualify. The budget focuses on the cost of improving and improving the capacity of the US Pacific Command, which operates in the Asia-Pacific region, including China, the US's biggest geopolitical rival. The move to spend 1 billion on cyber comes as the US faces an ongoing cyber threat from China, as newly…

Google Chrome and Apple's Safari currently dominate the web browser market, and Chrome holds a large share for Tech Giant's ongoing innovation, especially when integrating generated AI into search capabilities. However, users looking for alternatives will find a variety of browsers aimed at challenging these industry giants. To navigate the competitive landscape of browser wars, we've compiled an overview of the top alternative browsers available today. These include browsers that utilize AI, open source browsers that promote customization and privacy, and “mindful browsers.” This is a new term that refers to browsers designed to enhance user well-being. AI-equipped browser Image…

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok pivoted from anti-Semitism to anime girl Waifus. Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that it was now available on the Grok app for “Super Grok” subscribers, where AI peers pay $30 a month. According to a post shared by Musk, it appears there are at least two available AI companions. Annie is an anime girl wearing a tight corset and a short black dress with thigh-high fish nets and a 3D fox creature Bad Rudy. “This is pretty cool,” Musk wrote, sharing a photo of a blonde goth anime girl. Given this paywall…

Google is turning Notebooklm, a popular AI-powered research and note taking assistant, into more destinations. On Monday, the company announced it will add a series of featured notebooks from a variety of authors, publications, researchers and nonprofits that will allow NoteBookLM users to explore a wide range of topics, from health and life advice to travel tips and financial analysis. The first collection, including notebooks from the works of Economists, Atlantic, and even professors, writers, and even Shakespeare, is designed to provide users with working examples of how to use notebook lums to dig deeper into the subject of interest.…

According to a new report from App Revenue Management Platform Adapty, weekly subscriptions are now one of the most popular ways iOS apps can make money, with these plans contributing 46% to bottom-line profits. The survey, which observed revenue of $1.9 billion across more than 11,000 apps, noted that weekly plans increased 9.5% this year compared to one-off purchases. Other paid plans, including monthly and annual lifetime subscriptions, are immersed in growth. Adapty said prices for the weekly plan are also rising with growth. The average weekly subscription prices for the EU and the US increased to $8.3 and $8.1,…

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