🦣 Pleistocene park: Startup Colossal Biosciences has raised $200 million at a $10.2 billion valuation to – as its name suggests – bring back woolly mammoths. Colossal is also trying to bring back the Tasmanian tiger and the dodo bird, in line with its goal to restore extinct species and enhance biodiversity. Read More
🚸 What’s privacy? U.S. school districts affected by the cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool told TC that hackers accessed all of their historical student and teacher data. For an idea of the scale of the attack: PowerSchool’s software is used by schools to support over 50 million students. Read More
🌪️ Spinoff time: Intel plans to spin off its corporate venture arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund. Intel will remain an anchor investor in the fund, but it’s doing this to give the fund “greater autonomy” and the “flexibility to attract external capital.” Read More
💥 Every CEO’s new fave app: Nikita Bier, creator of apps like Facebook-acquired tbh and Discord-acquired Gas, has created a new app called Explode, which helps you send disappearing messages through Apple’s iMessage. Perfect for avoiding discovery during those pesky subpoenas or having extramarital affairs. Read More
👯 Twinsies! Nvidia is all about digital twins lately, recently launching its Omniverse and Mega platforms. Now, it’s backing MetAI, a Taiwanese startup whose model can quickly generate “SimReady” digital twins using AI and 3D tech, with a $4 million seed round. Read More
🐦 Does Elon Musk actually work? The man tweets – I’m sorry, posts – so much that people have bet over $1 million weekly on prediction betting platform Polymarket to guess how many times he’ll regale the internet with his every thought. This is late-stage capitalism, people. Enjoy. Read More
🚁 Rise above the traffic: Sarla Aviation is an Indian electric air taxi startup building aircraft that can carry more weight in exchange for shorter range. The pitch landed with investors, including Accel, which led the startup’s $10 million round. Read More
