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Generative AI enterprise search startup Glean raises a $150M Series F led by Wellington Management, bringing its valuation to $7.2B, up from $4.6B in Sept. 2024 (Afshan Musani/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai…

Glean, gen AI enterprise search startup, raises $150 million in deal adding billions to valuation
Glean, a generative AI enterprise search startup, raised $150 million from investors in a deal that increased its valuation to over $7 billion.

heise | heise Update vom 11. Juli 2025: Lesetipps fürs Wochenende
Der wöchentliche Newsletter von heise dieses Mal mit Glasfasertarifen, Open-Source-Clouds, WSUS-Alternativen, Stalkerware enttarnen und überfülltem Erdorbit

"Can This Alternative Browser Make Search Good Again?" @ Katina Magazine: https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2025/can-this-alternative-browser-make-search-good-again
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At the end of June, Australia quietly introduced rules forcing search engine companies such as Google and Microsoft to check the ages of logged-in users (Ange Lavoipierre/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/1…

Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google
Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.

Bloomwell-Gründer: Cannabis-Pläne sind "Rückschritt in die analoge Steinzeit"
Künftig will das BMG den von Karl Lauterbach begrüßten Versand von medizinischem Cannabis wieder verbieten. Bei Anbietern und Patienten wächst die Sorge.

Memo: Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff in the knowledge and information organization, which includes core search and much of the ads organization (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-offers-buyouts-empl…

Google Offers Buyouts to Employees in Search and Ads Unit
Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in the knowledge and information organization, which includes the company’s core search and much of the ads organization, a senior executive told staff on Tuesday. The move comes as Google’s search business faces unprecedented threats from ...

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

Exclusive: Virtru, data security company, raises $50 million Series D as valuation hits $500 million
Virtru has recently raised a $50 million Series D, led by Iconiq Capital, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Laurel, which uses AI to map how workers spend time by integrating with tools like Slack and Outlook, raised a $100M Series C led by IVP at a $510M valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/06/10/exclusive-laurel-r…

Exclusive: Laurel raises $100 Series C to map where the time goes
Laurel has raised a $100 million Series C led by IVP, Fortune has exclusively learned. The deal values the startup at $510 million.

Agora, which offers a white-labeling service to let other companies launch their own, self-branded versions of its stablecoin, AUSD, raised a $50M Series A (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/07/10/exclu…

Exclusive: Stablecoin startup Agora raises $50 million Series A led by crypto VC giant Paradigm
Agora is run by Nick Van Eck, son of the asset management veteran Jan van Eck.

London-based Maze, which uses AI agents to stop cloud security breaches, launches with $31M in total funding, including a $25M Series A led by Theory Ventures (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-softw

Exclusive: Security startup Maze finds way to $25M Series A
The round was led by Theory Ventures.