My note to Scale employees today—
STARTUPS
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Comet AI Product Nears Final Testing Stage Before Release
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Comet is peerless. Can’t wait to get everyone on it. More invites will go out this week as we near the final stage of testing ahead of the release.
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Salesforce acquires Convergence: enterprise AI market signals
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This startup acquisition helps reveal where enterprise AI is headed. Salesforce bought Convergence a month ago, less than one year after launch Was disappointed with it (both UI and performance) when I tested it two months ago. Convergence raised $12M from Shopify, SFDC, and
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Google’s Legal Practices Against Underfunded Startups Examined
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And, again, the most publicly documented case of this in tech is an obscure startup that couldn’t afford lawyers, Google.
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Small AI Teams Building Massive Revenue Per Head
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This data shows small AI teams are building massive empires. Startup revenue per head is hitting all-time highs. And it's cutting across multiple types (powerpoint decks, code writing, voice generation, image generation), though not all types are performant (ex: AI detection).
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AutonomizeAI Raises $28M Series A for Healthcare AI
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Excited to share that @AutonomizeAI has raised a $28M Series A. We’re building Agentic AI that helps healthcare work better — reducing admin burden, improving patient experience. Onward! Sharing the non-paywalled link to our exclusive story in @axios :
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Robotics Today: NEO Gets Smarter, NVIDIA Unveils New Tools
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Top stories in robotics today: – NEO now thinks and moves more like humans
– Altman-backed delivery bot startup grabs $80M
– NVIDIA unveils new robotics tools
– XRobotics nabs $2.5M for pizza-making bot
– Quick hits on other robotics news Read more: https://
robotnews.therundown.ai/p/neo-humanoid
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IndiaAI Leads Global Digital Transformation at VivaTech2025
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IndiaAI at #VivaTech2025 – Powering the Next Global Digital Wave India’s digital drive was on full display as IndiaAI led transformative dialogues with global tech leaders, startups, and research institutions. From AI and Quantum Computing to R&D ecosystems and
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Genspark launches AI browser with Autopilot features
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ICYMI: Genspark released an AI browser with Autopilot web browsing support, sidebar chat and more!
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 12 juin 2025
Users can use Genspark chat to open and control tabs as well as navigate and operate pages to query information via logged-in profiles. pic.twitter.com/Y8gRzcWk4rICYMI: Genspark released an AI browser with Autopilot web browsing support, sidebar chat and more! Users can use Genspark chat to open and control tabs as well as navigate and operate pages to query information via logged-in profiles.
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Kenya VASP Bill Threatens Innovation With Regulatory Overreach
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The Kenya VASP bill is bad. It’s a gift to rent seekers and a blow to innovation that punishes startups with red tape. Loose definitions of virtual “assets” and “tokens” increase uncertainty and allows regulatory overreach. PDF: http://
parliament.go.ke/sites/default/
files/2025-04/THEVIRTUALASSETSERVICEPROVIDERSBILL20252.pdf
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