Squint, which uses AI and AR to modernize manufacturing processes, raised a $40M Series B led by The Westly Group and TCV at a $265M valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/exclusi…
"Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act is First in Nation with Special Guarantees to Writers and Readers Against Censorship"
https://pen.org/press-release/rhode-island-freedom-to-read-act…
Selenskyj warnt: "Ungerechter Frieden" wird nicht lange halten
Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj warnt nach einem Telefonat mit dem türkischen Staatschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan vor einem ungerechten Frieden mit Russland. Ein nur vorgetäuschter Friede werde nicht lange halten und Russland lediglich ermutigen, noch mehr Territorium zu besetzen, schreibt er in den sozialen Medien.
Erdogan begrüßt dem türkischen Präsid…
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Sources: Stripe appoints Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang to serve as CEO of its planned Layer-1 blockchain Tempo; a source says Huang will remain at Paradigm (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/08/12/matt-huang-paradigm-stripe-tempo-blockchain-ceo/…
NYC-based Profound, which helps brands optimize visibility in AI search responses, raised a $35M Series B led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $58.5M (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/ai-search-startup-profound-rais…
Epic says it is bringing Fortnite back to iOS in Australia "at a date to be determined", after a judge ruled Apple and Google's app stores are anticompetitive (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/757885/epic-apple-google-australia-judgment
An Australian federal judge rules Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by misusing app store market power, but rejects some of Epic's claims (ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-12/epic-games-fortnite-v-apple-goo…
Virtru, which offers data security services to clients like the US DOD and Salesforce, raised a $50M Series D led by Iconiq Capital at a $500M valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/07/11/exclusi