US ‘drug boat’ strikes may be crimes against humanity, says UN
Australian healthcare AI startup Heidi raised $340M, including a $100M Series C led by Blackbird at a $900M valuation, taking its total funding to $430M+ (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
Fighting intensifies in Yemen's Taiz as civilians flee and aid access shrinks
Baselayer, which uses AI to help financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk, raised a $35M Series A led by M13, for ~$40M in total funding (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
UN aid in Gaza squeezed as Israel restricts access and movement
Robot 'apprentice' excels at making mooncakes #coolchina
Arteta agrees new Arsenal contract, BBC reports
a16z invests $35M in Horowitz Andreessen Academy, an independent, unaccredited two-year alternative to college; Anthropic, Meta, and others will provide compute (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)
AI Assistants Belong in Your Ears, Not on Your Face
Wall Street expects Meta's AI agent to shape into a new revenue engine