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Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion

cnbc.com Ian Thomas 2026-03-19 15:57:08

Gecko Robotics announced on Thursday that it raised $125 million in a Series D funding round, raising the AI and robotics company's valuation to $1.25 billion. The new round of funding means the Pittsburgh-based company has reached unicorn status, roughly twelve years after it was founded by Jake Loosararian. The company's previous round of funding, a $173 million Series C in December 2023, valued it at $633 million. To date, the company has raised $347 million from investors including USIT, X

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WWDC25: Image Playground gets a boost with ChatGPT integration

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-18 08:15:06

Apple just announced a notable update to Image Playground, its AI-powered image generation tool introduced last year as part of the Apple Intelligence rollout. Now, ChatGPT will appear as a filter option. Here’s what that means. Since its phased rollout last year, Image Playground has offered users an easy way to create illustrations in styles like “Sketch,” “3D cartoon,” and “Animation”. However, users have complained that the app has often felt somewhat limited, both in the kinds of images it

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TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-03-18 13:05:32

Apple’s TestFlight app for distributing pre-release software has been updated with new features and performance gains. Apple released TestFlight version 3.9 today, introducing managed background asset testing and a speed boost for beta app installation on recent Macs. Introduction of managed background assets (self-hosted assets) and Apple-hosted background assets for testing Faster installation of macOS apps on Apple Silicon Stability improvements and bug fixes Apple announced Background A

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iOS 18.4 beta 1 adds new Image Playground style with Apple Intelligence

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-13 05:01:20

Today Apple released the first developer beta for iOS 18.4. In early December, iOS 18.2 introduced the new Image Playground app, and now it’s getting better with an iOS 18.4 enhancement. Sketch completes trio of Image Playground styles iOS 18.2 brought some of the most highly anticipated Apple Intelligence features to date, including ChatGPT integration, Genmoji, and Image Playground. Image Playground lets users create original images just by typing a description. You can use the tool in its

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Best Coffee Grinders for 2025: Oxo, Baratza and Breville

cnet.com Brian Bennett 2025-11-13 02:30:00

Our Picks Best overall Oxo Brew Conical Burr Grinder View details $72 at Amazon View details Easiest to use Baratza Encore Conical Burr Grinder View details $150 at Amazon View details Best for making espresso Breville Smart Grinder Pro View details $200 at Amazon View details Want the best-tasting coffee for your morning brew? Grinding your own beans can make all the difference. Preground coffee might be convenient, but freshly ground beans are the way to go if you want complete control over y

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Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn club

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-11-13 10:05:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup life is a story of births and deaths. This week confirmed this, and it confirmed that unicorn rounds are not dead. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Natalie Christman / Humane As happens often in the startup world, it’s been a week of beginnings and endings. Thinking machines: Thinking Machines Lab, the n

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BritCSS: Fixes CSS to use non-American English

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-13 04:15:20

BritCSS Fixes CSS to use non-bastardised spellings Permits using English (traditional) spellings for CSS properties, rather than English (simplified). Because this is implemented with a client-side script. You can use this to properise the CSS of any page. Demo on CodePen Usage To use this script, simply include it in your HTML: < script src =" https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/DeclanChidlow/BritCSS/britcss.js " > </ script > To enter debug mode: britCSS . debug ( true ) ; To stop the script

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Spore.Bio raises $23M to apply machine learning to microbiology testing

techcrunch.com Romain Dillet 2025-11-13 03:00:00

Recalls in the food and beverage industry due to contamination incidents can be catastrophic for a company. Not only do companies have to pay fines and damages, but the impacts on the brand’s reputation can be long-lasting. That’s why Spore.Bio, a Paris-based deeptech startup, is trying to reinvent microbiology testing to get ahead of the next PR crisis in the food industry. The company recently secured a $23 million Series A round, a little more than a year after it raised an €8 million pre-se

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Saronic raises $600M to mass-produce autonomous warships

techcrunch.com Charles Rollet 2025-11-13 03:11:17

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from its last round. Investor Elad Gil led the round, with General Catalyst joining existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and Caffeinated Capital, among others. That should make Saronic the second, possibly third, most valuable defense tech startup in the U.S. after Anduril’s last round valued it

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AI-coding startup Codeium in talks to raise at an almost $3B valuation, sources say

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-11-13 04:41:15

Codeium, an AI-powered coding startup, is raising a new round of funding at a $2.85 billion valuation, including fresh capital, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is being led by returning investor Kleiner Perkins, the people said. The new round comes just six months after Silicon Valley-based Codeium announced that it had closed a $150 million Series C at a $1.25 billion post-money valuation led by General Catalyst with participation of Kleiner Perkins and Greenoak

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Latest Tech News

Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion

WWDC25: Image Playground gets a boost with ChatGPT integration

TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

iOS 18.4 beta 1 adds new Image Playground style with Apple Intelligence

Best Coffee Grinders for 2025: Oxo, Baratza and Breville

Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn club

BritCSS: Fixes CSS to use non-American English

Spore.Bio raises $23M to apply machine learning to microbiology testing

Saronic raises $600M to mass-produce autonomous warships

AI-coding startup Codeium in talks to raise at an almost $3B valuation, sources say

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