Duve, which offers AI-powered guest management tools for hotels, raised a $60M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth, bringing its total funding to $85M — SKIFT TAKE — Hotel tech investors are treating AI guest management as core infrastructure, not a side project.
Menlo Ventures: business spending on generative AI hit $37B in 2025, up from $11.5B in 2024; Anthropic's share of enterprise LLM spend grew from 24% to 40% YoY — AI Boom vs. Bubble — For all the fears of over-investment, AI is spreading across enterprises at a pace with no precedent in modern software history.
Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses …
Impressions from a test ride in London in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy — John Thornhill takes an autonomous spin through the city's tangled streets with the British start-up's chief Alex Kendall
President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have “to go through a process” and the deal creates “a big market share. It could be a problem” — President Donald Trump said Netflix Inc.'s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. will require a review …
An interview with Headspace CEO Tom Pickett on its AI chatbot Ebb, which he insists isn't for serious mental health issues, Ebb's upgrade to voice, and more — Tom Pickett says care is needed when chatbots take the role of therapists — Before meeting for this interview …
Sources: Aaru, which uses AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures at multiple valuation tiers, including a $1B tier — Aaru, a startup that provides near-instant customer research by using AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures …