Compute startup Andromeda raised new funding from Paradigm at a $1.5B valuation, bringing Paradigm's total to $60M; it passed a $100M revenue run rate in 2025 (Upstarts Media)
https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/andromeda-ai-compute-startup-raises-60m
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Why This Jump in Gas Prices Feels Different (Francesca Paris/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/upshot/gas-prices-lookup.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p118#a260318p118
such a fun label & will pretty much check out anything they put out, but as a non-londoner i had no idea about their main activity as promoters. https://social.lol/@thetonearm/116217980473411117
A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points,
unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.
Taylor Rehmet,
a local union leader and first-time candidate,
defeated the Republican, Leigh Wambsganss,
by double digits
— 57 to 43
— in the historically conservative district.
I found this very upsetting. The security guys deciding a priori that it's hard to do so we don't need to concern ourselves. That hasn't worked out well in the past. You think they'd learn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJ6NJkmDAo
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Sharon Jones:
🎵 This Land Is Our Land
#SharonJones
https://ubiquitycompilations.bandcamp.com/track/this-land-is-our-land
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Cm21plz1VgfodObf4F1kZ
Berlin-based Upvest, which builds trading APIs for neobanks and retail lenders, raised $90M in equity, sources say at a $735M valuation, up from ~$413M in 2024 (Arno Schütze/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam AI announces two models at the AI Impact Summit that it says are tailored to Indian languages and cultures (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/upstart-sarva…