Instacart Buys Instaleap to Fuel Global Expansion
On Tuesday, grocery delivery giant Instacart announced the acquisition of Colombia-based software firm Instaleap to accelerate its international enterprise expansion...
OpenAI Acquires AI Financial Planning Startup Hiro
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, an AI-powered personal financial planning startup backed by high-profile venture capital firms...
CFTC Halts Arizona’s Criminal Case Against Kalshi
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) secured a temporary restraining order on Friday, halting Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes' criminal...
Is Adam Back Satoshi? Cryptographer Denies New NYT Report
British cryptographer Adam Back strongly denied claims on April 8, 2026, that he is Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, following...
Apple Takes App Store Fee Fight Back to Supreme Court
Apple Inc. announced in a new filing that it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling holding...
Cash App Debuts Controversial P2P ‘Pay Later’ Feature
Cash App, the popular peer-to-peer financial platform owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, has officially rolled out a new deferred payment...
Allbirds Sold for Just $39M After Once Hitting $4B
Silicon Valley's favorite wool sneaker brand, Allbirds, has agreed to sell all of its assets and intellectual property to American...
Meta Brings AI Product Summaries to Instagram, Facebook
Meta announced at the Shoptalk 2026 conference this week that it is testing new generative AI-driven shopping tools on Instagram...
Glimpse Secures $35M From a16z After Hard Pivot to Fintech
On Wednesday, dispute-tracking fintech platform Glimpse announced it secured a $35 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz...
Doss Bags $55M to Fix AI ERP Inventory Blindspots
On Tuesday, AI startup Doss secured a $55 million Series B funding round to scale its inventory management platform, solving...