Chainalysis buys AI-agent security startup Alterya, sources say for ~$150M; Alterya is still in stealth mode but has clients including Coinbase, Square, Binance
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Sherpa Capital's Tina Sharkey and entrepreneur Ido Leffler launch consumer goods startup Brandless and announce $16M in funding, led by Redpoint
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Profile of Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat, an ex-Wall Street exec who is overseeing a fiscal tightening of the Other Bets divisions, prompting concern among Googlers
Leena Rao / Fortune : Tweets: @felixsalmon and @fortunemagazine . Thanks: @katiefehren Tweets: Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon : Wow. The CEO of GE's attitude to bearers of bad news who aren't named Ruth...
Sources: Wal-Mart is in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com; one source says Jet.com could be valued at up to $3B in private markets
Thursday, August 4, 2016 Mike Flacy / Digital Trends : Can a Jet.com acquisition help Walmart compete with Amazon? Teresa Novellino / Upstart Business Journal : Wal-Mart reportedly looking to acquire ...
Google launches Cast for Education to let students cast their screens to the classroom projector, debuts quizzes feature for Forms, and opens up VR Expeditions
The Most Magical Field Trip Is in VR Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Google for Education partners with TES to expand the reach of VR Expeditions content in classrooms Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Real...
Daydream is Google's VR platform, for new Android N phones only, which offers Android VR Mode, a full ecosystem that optimizes phone performance for VR
It's Enabling Everyone Else To Build One Leena Rao / Fortune : YouTube Launches Dedicated App for Virtual Reality Videos Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : Android N's first beta-quality release gets s...
New OpenTable CEO Christa Quarles says OpenTable made nearly 250M reservations in 2015, discusses global expansion, Premium Reservations, mobile payments, more
Leena Rao / Fortune : Tweets: @rachelking Tweets: Rachel King / @rachelking : Very fun/illuminating Q&A about restaurants and mobile tech, by @LeenaRao via @FortuneTech http://twitter.com/...
Stripe to expand Atlas to Cuba, enabling local entrepreneurs to incorporate US companies, set up US bank accounts, and accept payments with Stripe
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Stripe to expand Atlas to Cuba, enabling local entrepreneurs to incorporate US companies, set up US bank accounts, and accept payments with Stripe
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