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Chinese authorities have barred two Manus co-founders from leaving the country, heightening scrutiny over Meta Platforms' 2025 acquisition of the fast-rising agentic AI startup for $2 billion. China bans Manus AI co-founders Xiao Hong and…

Specialty trade contractors outnumber general contractors 400 to 1 in the U.S. construction market, which generates $2 trillion annually, yet legacy technology has been built primarily for GCs. That imbalance is the exact problem…

Granola's revenue grew by 250% in the quarter before the funding announcement — a data point that makes the rest of this story entirely predictable. On March 25, 2026, the company closed a $125 million Series C led by Danny Rimer at Index…

Prescription renewals account for roughly 80% of all medication activity in the United States — yet most of those transactions still trap patients in a loop of phone tags, scheduling delays, and administrative friction that can stretch for…

The AI-in-podcasting market has grown exponentially, expanding from $3.07 billion in 2024 to an estimated $4.06 billion in 2025 — and a brand-new platform wants to ride that wave directly into the hands of first-time creators. Rebel Audio…

Fervo Energy just secured a $421 million non-recourse loan for its flagship Cape Station project in Utah — a financial milestone that signals enhanced geothermal systems have crossed a critical commercial threshold. Non-recourse debt ties…

A $100 million funding round closed in April 2025 — but Bluesky stayed silent about it until now. That silence was strategic. While rivals chased headlines, Bluesky's team tripled its user base, scaled its developer ecosystem, and quietly…

Zomato hikes platform fee for the second time in under a year — and this time, the increase is harder to ignore. Effective March 20, 2026, the Gurugram-based food delivery giant quietly raised its platform fee from Rs 12.50 to Rs 14.90 per…

OpenAI's plan to acquire Astral — announced on March 19, 2026 — arrives as its AI coding platform Codex already claims over 2 million weekly active users, a threefold jump since January alone. This is not a defensive hedge. The decision for…

On-demand home services startup Snabbit is raising $50–60 million in fresh funding led by South Korea's Mirae Asset Venture Investments and existing backer Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) — a deal that signals a seismic shift in how…