X is rolling out support for 4K video uploads

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May 1, 2025

What We're Reading

  • X is rolling out support for 4K video uploads [TechCrunch] 
  • Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI [TechCrunch] 
  • Figure AI sent cease-and-desist letters to secondary markets brokers [TechCrunch] 
  • OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’ [TechCrunch] 

Trending Companies

 

Thunes, a developer of a B2B payment infrastructure platform, raises $150MM Series D from Vitruvian Partners.

Fintech • Singapore, Singapore

 

1NCE, a provider of connectivity and software for IoT, raises $60MM Equity Funding from Undisclosed Investors.

Internet of Things • Cologne, Germany

 

Windfall, a company that develops a people intelligence and AI company that gives go-to-market teams actionable insights, raises $65MM Series B from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.

Analytics • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Etiome, a company that develops an end-to-end technology to characterize disease with increased resolution over time and accelerate the development of preemptive medicines, raises $50MM Equity Funding from Flagship Pioneering.

Drug Research • Cambridge, MA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Jericho, a firm that offers cybersecurity services, raises $15MM Series A from Lux Capital Management.

Cyber Security • Laredo, TX • Post-Money Valuation

 

Lightrun, an observability platform developer intended to solve production concerns, raises $70MM Series B from Insight Partners.

Workflow Management • Boston, MA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Gestalt Diagnostics, a firm that provides advanced technology, proven digital expertise, and artificial intelligence to enable pathologists to diagnose diseases faster and more efficiently, raises $7.5MM Series A from Cowles.

Health Care Technology • Spokane, WA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Veza, a company that offers a data security platform which empowers organization to control authorization relationships for any enterprise identity, raises $108MM Series D from NEA.

Data Integration • Silicon Valley, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Reducto, a developer of a software platform turns unstructured documents like PDFs, images, and spreadsheets into clean, structured data ready for any workflow, raises $24.5MM Series A from Benchmark.

Document Management • San Francisco, CA • Post-Money Valuation

 

Fora Travel, a travel agency that offers assistance in planning and booking trips, raises $40MM Series C from Thrive Capital.

Booking • New York, NY • Post-Money Valuation

 

NetFoundry, a company that offers secure platform through embeddable Zero Trust connectivity, empowering solution providers to seamlessly create and integrate scalable Zero Trust networks into their connected products for high-security deployments, raises $12MM Equity Funding from SYN Ventures.

DevOps • Charlotte, NC • Post-Money Valuation

 

Deferred, a company that operates an exchange platform intended to avoid paying capital gains taxes on selling a property, raises $3.6MM Seed from B Capital Group.

Fintech • Dover, DE • Post-Money Valuation
 

Food Science acquires Natural Dog, a firm that manufactures dog care products such as skin soother, paw soother, pawtection, snout soother, shampoo bars, canine clean dental scrub, and supplements.

Pet Products • Charlotte, NC • Deal

 

Creative Science acquires Astaria Global, a science-driven equine health firm for orthobiologic therapies - in pain management and equine asthma of horses.

Veterinary • Houston, TX • Deal

 

Smartlinx acquires Stafferlink, a software developer that provides of workforce management solutions for healthcare industry.

SaaS • Fayetteville, GA • Deal

 

Wenger acquires Creative Conners, a stage automation technology provider.

Automation • Warren, RI • Deal

 

Avathon Capital acquires OculusIT, an information technology services provider for the higher education sector.

IT Consulting • Summit, NJ • Deal

 

The Vortex Companies acquires Prism Contractors, a company that provides architectural, inspection, construction, and other structural services.

Construction • Williamsburg, VA • Deal

 

Palo Alto Networks intends to acquire Protect AI, a company that develops cybersecurity platform intended to focus on machine learning workflows and pipelines.

Cyber Security • Seattle, WA • Deal

 

Archer Review acquires PulsedIn, a company that operates a micro-learning and professional networking platform for nurses and healthcare institutions.

E-Learning • Oakland, CA • Deal

 

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