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Moonvalley, which is developing "ethical" AI video models trained on licensed content, raised $84M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $154M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/moonva…

Moonvalley Rises $84 Million Funding Round From Comcast, CAA and More
AI research start-up Moonvalley announced $84 million in funding led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation by CAA and Comcast.

"How a New Data Platform Sheds Light on #OpenScience #Funding" @ Katina Magazine:

Denmark, Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/denmark-sweden-back-funding-us.html

Moonvalley, which is developing "ethical" AI video models trained on licensed content, raised $84M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $154M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/moonva…

Moonvalley Rises $84 Million Funding Round From Comcast, CAA and More
AI research start-up Moonvalley announced $84 million in funding led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation by CAA and Comcast.

Offshore-Windenergieausbau in Gefahr: Neue Flächen finden keine Bieter
Im August scheiterte eine Ausschreibung über Windenergie-Flächen in der Nordsee, weil niemand ein Gebot abgab. Schuld sollen die Ausschreibungsregeln sein.

Writer and activist Daniel Sherrell on finding joy in a difficult journey
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Writer and activist Daniel Sherrell on finding joy in a difficult journey – The Creative Independent
Writer and activist Daniel Sherrell discusses discipline, balancing activism with creative work, and when to listen to let yourself rest

"Anyone you’re talking to has had decreased funding, or lost almost all of their funding, or is having trouble continuing their funding...
That, along with the pretty pervasive and growing anti-science establishment narrative … have been strong motivators to look elsewhere,” Eric Schuster said.
Schuster is one of many budding academics reflecting what could become a significant American brain drain,
sending the brightest minds in the country to flee the US and take their…

Berlin-based Payrails, whose platform helps enterprises accept payments, issue payouts, and more, raised a $32M Series A, taking its total funding to $52.8M (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/06/12/payrails-ra

Payrails raises $32M Series A to boost payment performance for global enterprises
A global payment software company Payrails, has raised $32 million in Series A funding to further its mission of enabling enterprises to take control of their payment operations.  Founded by former fintech leaders from Delivery Hero, Payrails’ founding team brings deep experience building global, scalable financial infrastructure. With the continued backing of leading technology investors, Payrails is strengthening its position as a category-defining payment platform for large enterprises. …

The White House effort to claw back $9.4 billion of already allocated government spending faces a critical vote in the Senate this week.
Some Republicans have concerns about the cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting
as the clock ticks to Friday’s deadline to approve or modify the Trump administration plan.

Republicans face deadline to claw back funding for foreign aid and public media
The White House effort to cut back $9.4 billion of already allocated government spending faces a critical vote in the Senate this week. Some Republicans have concerns about the cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting as the clock ticks to Friday’s deadline to approve or modify the Trump administration plan. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

Datenleck bei McDonald's und der für Einstellungen beauftragten KI-Firma Paradox
McDonald's nutzt einen KI-Chatbot für Einstellungsgespräche, doch die dabei gesammelten Daten waren kaum geschützt. Sicherheitsforscher fanden einfach Zugriff.