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πŸ’°OpenAI-backed health AI hits $1B+ valuation

Ambience Healthcare, a startup building AI tools to eliminate doctors’ admin work, has raised $243M at a valuation above $1B.

The round was led by a16z and Oak HC/FT, with support from the OpenAI Startup Fund and others.

πŸ”Έ The product uses OpenAI models to transcribe visits, prep records, and generate billing codes
πŸ”Έ Clients include Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist, and St. Luke’s
πŸ”Έ CEO says goal is to β€œfully offload paperwork” so doctors focus only on care
πŸ”Έ OpenAI’s deeper push into biotech includes Chai-1, Retro Biosciences, and more

A quiet reminder: OpenAI isn’t just building AGI β€” it’s building billion-dollar verticals.


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πŸ”‘ 30 Key Terms Every Founder Should Know

Project management isn’t just for PMs β€” every startup founder runs dozens of micro-projects every week.

This cheat sheet covers 30 must-know terms: from backlog and scope creep to MVP, burn rate, and milestone tracking.

A great refresher or onboarding tool for early team members.


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🧠 The Perplexity story: From DeepMind intern to Google’s challenger

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas is quietly building what Google once dreamed ofβ€”an β€œanswer engine” that replaces search.

And the industry is starting to notice.

πŸ”Έ Srinivas grew up in the same Indian city as Sundar Pichaiβ€”his childhood hero
πŸ”Έ Inspired by Google’s origin story, he started Perplexity after a stint at DeepMind
πŸ”Έ Unlike OpenAI, the team refused to build their own modelβ€”focusing instead on product and UX
πŸ”Έ Their AI-native browser Comet is gaining traction with early adopters
πŸ”Έ Investors now value the company at $18B, while acquirers circle

Perplexity may be the most credible threat to Google’s search empireβ€”and it’s still playing the long game.


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πŸ«‚How small teams build big revenue

A new report from Growth Unhinged breaks down how early-stage SaaS startups structure their teams.

The takeaway?
You don’t need a huge headcount to hit $1M ARR.

Startups under $1M typically run lean β€” with just 7 people.
That’s your classic "two-pizza team."

Here’s what that usually looks like:
πŸ”Έ 3 engineers
πŸ”Έ 1 product/design
πŸ”Έ 1 sales
πŸ”Έ 1 support
πŸ”Έ 1 admin/ops

Some skip marketing hires early on β€” founders often handle GTM themselves. Others outsource one-off tasks instead of hiring full-time.

The key is not just who you hire, but how clearly each role maps to revenue. If a founder understands that every teammate should drive profit, not just burn cash β€” investors will notice.

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πŸ€– Neural Agent β€” your AI-powered desktop assistant

A powerful open-source AI agent that can take full control of your computer: search files, browse the web, fill forms, send emails, and more.

πŸ”Έ Automates all routine tasks while you code, design, or think
πŸ”Έ Runs on Claude, GPT-4, Azure OpenAI, and Bedrock β€” top-tier models
πŸ”Έ Fully integrated UI β€” type commands into a small bar and get results instantly
πŸ”Έ Simple setup with an easy-to-use API and step-by-step install guide

πŸ‘‰ check it out πŸ‘ˆ

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πŸš€ Australia's first orbital rocket lasted just 14 seconds in the air

Eris, the 30-ton rocket from Gilmour Space, launched from Bowen Spaceport β€” and promptly crashed. But the company is calling it a win.

πŸ”Έ First Australian-made rocket to launch from local soil
πŸ”Έ Flew for 14 seconds, with 23 seconds of engine burn
πŸ”Έ Crash caused no injuries or environmental harm
πŸ”Έ Valuable flight data collected for next test
πŸ”Έ Prior attempts were delayed by power surges and high winds
πŸ”Έ CEO: "Getting off the pad is a huge step forward"

πŸ’‘Even failure is a milestone when you're building a space industry from scratch. Australia's now officially in the orbital launch game β€” and they’re just getting started.


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πŸ“£ Why Sam Altman Says You Shouldn’t Track User Growth Early On

In the early stages of a startup, it’s not about how many users you have β€” it’s about how much they love your product.

Altman explains why obsession with absolute growth is a mistake, and what you should focus on instead:

πŸ”Έ A small group of obsessed users is better than a wide pool of casual ones
πŸ”Έ Deep engagement signals product-market fit more than raw numbers
πŸ”Έ Retention and frequency are your best early metrics
πŸ”Έ Word-of-mouth is the ultimate validation

Almost all great companies start with a product that a few people love.


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πŸ“ˆ Figma stock pops on IPO debut, hits $47B market cap

Figma finally went publicβ€”and Wall Street couldn’t get enough. The design platform opened at $33, surged to $124, and closed at $115.50, ending the day with a $47B market cap.

πŸ”Έ IPO demand was so high, trading was briefly halted due to volatility
πŸ”Έ Retail buyers joked online about being allocated just 1 share
πŸ”Έ Market cap doubled Adobe’s failed $20B acquisition offer from 2023
πŸ”Έ After-hours trading stayed hot, with continued price action

Figma didn’t just rebound from a blocked dealβ€”it sprinted past it.


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🧊 Frozen for 30 Years: The Oldest Embryo Baby Born in the US

A boy named Thaddeus Daniel Peirce was born in Ohio from an embryo frozen 30.5 years ago β€” the longest-known frozen embryo to result in a live birth.

πŸ”Έ The embryo was created in 1994 and stored by Linda Archerd, who gave birth to one child that year and kept the remaining embryos frozen for decades, paying $1,000 annually.
πŸ”Έ With age and menopause, Archerd decided to donate the embryos, but only to a white, Christian, married US couple.
πŸ”Έ The Snowflakes program from Nightlight Christian Adoptions matched the embryos to Lindsay and Tim Peirce, a couple who had tried to conceive for 7 years.
πŸ”Έ Rejoice Fertility Clinic in Tennessee performed the transfer β€” one embryo didn’t survive thawing, but two implanted, and one led to birth.
πŸ”Έ Most clinics refuse to work with outdated freezing methods. Rejoice’s founder believes every embryo β€œdeserves a chance at life.”

A surreal mix of faith, biotech β€” and long-term moral investment.


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🧠 Y Combinator shares fresh ideas for AI-first startups

Ahead of its fall batch, Y Combinator revealed new directions it’s excited to fund β€” all rooted in the belief that modern startups should treat AI not as a feature, but as the foundation.

Here’s what YC wants to see πŸ‘‡

πŸ”Έ AI-powered training for skilled trades
Think plumbers and electricians trained via VR, with AI tutors giving live feedback and adapting lessons in real time.

πŸ”Έ Generative video as a building block
Not final product, but part of the stack β€” from no-code game creation to virtual clothing try-ons and AI β€œcalls” with digital versions of deceased relatives.

πŸ”Έ Infrastructure for multi-agent systems
Startups that can help developers manage huge webs of AI agents β€” prompt routing, context reliability, debugging at scale.

πŸ”Έ AI-native enterprise software
A new Salesforce or ServiceNow, but built for the AI era β€” tools that actually assist teams, not just log data.

πŸ”Έ Ultra-lean, AI-leveraged startups
YC believes a 10-person team can now build a $100B company β€” if it uses AI to move fast and stay small.

πŸ”Έ AI replacing legacy govtech
$100B/year goes to old software in the US government. YC wants startups like Caucus or Archon that cut this cost with modern, AI-native tools.

Applications for the fall batch close August 4.
And yes, they still offer $500K for 7% β€” plus another slice after your next raise.


The message is clear: build with AI at the core β€” or get left behind.


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πŸ–Œ Photoshop adds new AI tool for seamless image blending

Adobe has launched a new feature in Photoshop called Harmonize β€” it automatically matches lighting, shadows, and colors to blend one image into another in seconds.

Perfect for creators, meme lords, and anyone tired of manual tweaking.
Drop it in, harmonize, done.


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🧠 Qwen rolls out new reasoning-focused open model

Qwen just released Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 β€” a new medium-sized open model optimized for logical reasoning across math, science, and code.

πŸ”Έ Strong performance on logic-heavy tasks
πŸ”Έ Comparable output quality to top competitors
πŸ”Έ Supports 256K tokens of native context β€” expandable to 1M
πŸ”Έ Available now via chat.qwen.ai (select the β€œThinking” mode)

Qwen continues to quietly raise the bar for open-source LLMs β€” with serious context and reasoning firepower.


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🌐 Build landing pages in seconds β€” meet Pagy

Pagy just launched: a blazing-fast browser-based tool for creating websites and personal pages without writing a single line of code.

πŸ”Έ No installs β€” works entirely in your browser
πŸ”Έ Pick a template, edit text/images/links right on the page
πŸ”Έ No designer, no developer, no code needed
πŸ”Έ Built-in hosting and analytics
πŸ”Έ 100s of ready-made designs from devs and the community

πŸ‘‰ Try it here πŸ‘ˆ

A perfect tool for fast MVPs, link-in-bio sites, or spinning up ideas on the fly.

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πŸ«‚Your own AI team, no code needed

Eigent is a new app that lets you build a squad of AI agents to handle work tasks for you β€” like NPCs, but productive. Think of it as a plug-and-play stack of paid neural networks, working for you in the background.

πŸ”Έ Set up custom AI workflows without writing code
πŸ”Έ Agents take on tasks like cleaning files, reading PDFs, and crunching data
πŸ”Έ Handles everything from accounting to market research
πŸ”Έ Use cases include: sorting downloads, processing lab results, parsing CSVs for finance
πŸ”Έ Feels like Zapier meets AutoGPT β€” but actually usable

This isn’t just another AI toy β€” it’s a quiet power-up for anyone drowning in digital busywork.


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πŸ’°Why an AI engineer turned down $1.5B from Zuckerberg

In his bid to build the ultimate AI dream team, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly offered ex-Meta engineer Andrew Tulloch a staggering $1.5B deal to return β€” a 4-year package of salary, equity, and performance bonuses.

But Tulloch said no❕

πŸ”Έ He currently owns 3.75% of his AI startup, Thinking Machines
πŸ”Έ Based on current market buzz, that stake could be worth $3B in the next round
πŸ”Έ Turning down $1.5B wasn’t irrational β€” it was mathematical
πŸ”Έ Now it’s a race: will Thinking Machines hit IPO before the AI bubble deflates?

Zuck offered a fortune. Tulloch bet on more.


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πŸ“£ Bezos on the power shift from marketing to product

In a 2012 interview, Jeff Bezos predicted a major change in how companies should think:
Word-of-mouth is more powerful than it has ever been before.


He argued that the old playbook β€” 70% marketing, 30% product β€” was dying.
In the past, you could win with a mediocre product if your marketing was strong enough.

But in the age of social media and instant feedback?
If I build a great product or service, my customers will tell each other.


Bezos’ takeaway: focus relentlessly on product. In a world where people talk, quality sells itself.

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🎬 The ultimate AI toolkit for video creators β€” in one link

We found a goldmine for content creators: a browser-based platform with every top AI video tool in one place.

πŸ”Έ Text-to-video, subtitles, noise removal, face cloning β€” it’s all here
πŸ”Έ Supports trending models like Veo 3, Minimax, Kling, and more

πŸ‘‰ Save your dream video editor πŸ‘ˆ

Perfect for creators who want speed, quality β€” and less post-production pain.


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πŸ” ChatGPT agent controls live cam, finds boat on request

A ChatGPT-powered agent was given access to a public webcam overlooking a marina β€” and asked to locate a specific boat.

It moved the camera, zoomed in, scanned the docks… and found it.

The line between digital agents and physical tasks is getting thinner by the day.


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