Techmeme

AI CRM software startup Lightfield raised a $47M Series A led by a16z; formerly Tome, it had raised $80M across earlier Series A and B rounds (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
Anthropic releases an interactive tool that lets users explore how AI might affect US economic growth, jobs, wages, and more by 2030 (Scott Horsley/NPR)
The American Federation of Teachers and Microsoft agree on AI privacy standards for schools, with legal protections that hold Microsoft liable for breaches (Madina Touré/Politico)
UK PM Andy Burnham declines to support a data center moratorium, saying it is "important" local communities see the benefits of building data centers (Jacob Reid/Bloomberg)
Enterprise AI security startup Cymphony emerges from stealth with $30M, including a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC, at a $100M+ post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Sources: Dell seeks to raise ~$4B via an investment-grade bond sale to refinance outstanding notes due in 2026, amid the AI-driven demand for servers (Bloomberg)
Latitude, a Texas-based payments infrastructure company founded by Stripe, Uber, Coinbase and Meta alumni, raised a $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
Sources: Iran's central bank has quietly relaxed foreign currency controls and encouraged traders to repatriate funds via cryptocurrencies to bypass sanctions (Najmeh Bozorgmehr/Financial Times)
Analog Devices agrees to buy privately held Alif Semiconductor, which makes low-power AI processors, for $1.35B in cash, with contingent payments up to $200M (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
Euno, whose platform reconstructs data flow, meaning, health, and more across data environments to give agents context, raised a $23M Series A led by N47 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
AI sales and marketing startup Clay raised $115M led by Wellington Management at a $7.1B valuation, up from $3.1B when it raised $100M in August 2025 (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
OpenAI says it is working with Samsung on its next-gen chips, and Samsung is one of the "largest-scale deployments of ChatGPT globally" (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)
Savvy Wealth, which provides RIA software for independent financial advisors, raised a $100M Series C led by Halo Fund, taking its total funding to $200M+ (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
Legal AI startup Harvey raised $550M co-led by Lightspeed and Diffusion at a $15.6B valuation, up from an $11B valuation when it raised $200M in March (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
Sources: PE firm Silver Lake intends to merge French software companies Cegid and Silae in a €10B+ deal, allowing them to combine data and integrate software (Financial Times)

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Engadget

No Man's Sky gets largest update yet to mark 10th anniversary
Mario Kart World is getting a bunch of courses from the SNES original
The excellent Resident Evil remakes are coming to Switch 2 on October 16
Metroid Ravenous, the latest 2D adventure for Samus Aran, arrives on January 28, 2027
Anthropic users are taking the company to court over Max subscription terms
Lyft is now offering Waymo rides in Nashville
Instacart now has its own AI assistant called Clementine
How to take full advantage of Gemini when planning your next trip
US authorities accuse Chinese AI companies of industrial-scale campaigns to copy American models
The first and latest Star Wars films are coming to IMAX 70mm in 2027
Apple event 2026 live: Will we see the foldable iPhone Ultra or Duo at today's 'Surprise and shine' keynote?
Audio-Technica's new wireless ATH-AL5NC completes its open-back headphone lineup
Suno trained its v6 AI music models with help from Warner and BMG
The foldable iPhone will reportedly be called 'Duo' and cost $2,000
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Is there any benefit to restarting your PC regularly?
SpaceX's recovered Starship 40 will take months to get back to Texas
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