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A profile of Klay, whose app will let users remake songs using AI; Klay has raised ~$10M and is the first AI startup to close deals with the three major labels (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/secretive-startup-klay-jump…

Secretive Startup Klay Jumps Into the Fray Over AI Music
“So here’s a real surprise,” said Ary Attie, holding open a hidden door in the bowels of the Walker Hotel in the city’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. “There used to be a lot more cool, interesting places in New York—and there’s still a few left.” Attie, the 30-year-old founder of Klay, a new ...

KI-Slop: Regisseur Darren Aronofsky startet Clip-Serie „On This Day… 1776“
Der renommierte Regisseur hat eine Serie KI-generierter Clips auf YouTube veröffentlicht. Die Reaktionen der Nutzer sind einhellig.

Cardinals QB Jacoby Brissett to start vs. Cowboys; Kyler Murray (foot) could have role https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-qb-jacoby-brissett-to-start-vs-cowboys-kyler-murray-foot-could-have-role

Mumbai-based Snapmint, a BNPL partner to brands that lets consumers pay in monthly instalments via India's UPI, raised a $125M Series B led by General Atlantic (Shashank Pathak/Entrackr)
https://entrackr.com/news/bnpl-startup-snapmint-raises…

BNPL startup Snapmint raises $125 Mn led by General Atlantic
Buy now pay later startup Snapmint has raised $125 million in its Series B funding led by General Atlantic, with participation from Prudent Investment Managers. News

Nach Gerichtspleite: Bundesnetzagentur startet 5G-Frequenzverfahren neu
Die Vergabe der Frequenzen aus den Bereichen 2 und 3,6 GHz wird neu aufgerollt. Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht hatte das Verfahren von 2024 für ungültig befunden.

Tech startups have started to offer nicotine pouches as a free perk to employees, as some claim the products help them focus despite health hazards (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-star…

Schäden an Startrampe russischer Raketen könnten Versorgung der ISS gefährden
Nach erfolgreichem Sojus-Raketenstart zur ISS wurden Schäden am Launchpad festgestellt. Offenbar war ein tonnenschwerer Teil nicht ausreichend gesichert.

A look at the clash between Coinbase and Wall Street over the Clarity Act and whether crypto exchanges can offer stablecoin "rewards" (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-wall-street-a7895…

Michael Saylor's Strategy creates a $1.44B cash reserve funded by stock sales after cutting full-year profit and BTC yield targets due to bitcoin price drops (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/0

Michael Saylor and Strategy (MSTR) Raise Cash to Fund Preferred Dividends
Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company also added to its bitcoin holdings last week, bringing its total stack to 650,000 BTC.

Denver-based Northslope, which builds customized AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22M Series A led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/01/29/exclu…

Exclusive: Applied AI startup Northslope secures $22M
Palantir-native AI startup scales custom software