☕ Apple to unveil the ‘thinnest iPhone ever’, Nvidia launches Cosmos AI models for robotics & AOL is shutting down dial-up internet after 34 years.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down, start new venture & More.
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CRV, a San Francisco based firm closed its latest fund at $750M.
Apple to unveil iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ in hardware event.
Nvidia launches Cosmos AI models for robotics and physical AI.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down, start new venture.
AOL is shutting down dial-up internet after 34 years.
Wikipedia may have to impose identity verification on readers.
Musk says xAI will sue Apple over alleged App Store bias.
Apple testing new Siri that can control apps entirely by voice.
Nvidia and AMD to sell AI chips to China with 15% US revenue cut.
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Liquid, a São Paulo, Brazil-based real estate startup, raised $2.1m in funding. The round was led by SaaSholic, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Honey Island by 4UM, and Crivo Ventures.
Tako, a São Paulo, Brazil-based AI powered payroll management startup, raised $18m in funding. The round was co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.
Novig, a NYC-based peer-to-peer sports prediction market, raised $18M in Series A funding. The round was led by Forerunner, with participation from existing investors Y Combinator, NFX, Perceptive Ventures, and Gaingels.
BinSentry, a Kitchener, Ontario-based technology company helping agriculture enterprises optimize feed supply chains through AI-powered sensors and real-time monitoring, raised $50M in Series C funding. The round was led by Lead Edge Capital.
Tahoe Therapeutics, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered models provider for the human cell, raised $30M in new funding. The round was led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Databricks Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, General Catalyst, Civilization Ventures, Conviction, Mubadala Capital Ventures, and AIX Ventures.
Chowdeck, a Lagos, Nigeria-based provider of an on-demand delivery platform, raised $9M in Series A funding. The round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Investment, Rebel Fund, GFR Fund, Kaleo, HoaQ and others.
EDGX, a Ghent, Belgium-based spacetech startup, raised €2.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by imec.istart future fund, with participation from the Flanders Future Tech Fund, managed by the Flemish investment company PMV.
Stackgini, a Hamburg, Germany-based company offering an AI-powered co-worker service for IT decision-making and demand management, closed its Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and xdeck Ventures, with participation from experienced angels including Julius Göllner, Dr. Niklas Hellemann, Frank Piotraschke, and Lukas Gottschick.
Swirltex, a Calgary, Canada-based wastewater treatment company, raised $1.2m in seed funding. The round was led by The Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN).
Aira, a Stockholm, Sweden clean energy-tech company, raised €150M in Equity funding. Backers included Altor, Kallskär, Kinnevik, Lingotto and Temasek.
Xpand, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based retail technology startup building autonomous, AI-powered retail stores, raised $6M in funding. The round was led by Ibex Investors and Emerge.
Certivity, a Munich, Germany-based RegTech company is developing a structured, AI-powered platform for managing technical compliance, raised €13.3M in Series A funding. The round was led by Almaz Capital and UVC Partners, with participation from existing investors Earlybird X, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and Plug and Play.
Lit, a Rome, Italy-based cleantech startup developing patented plug-and-play device and proprietary electricity load disaggregation algorithms, raised €570K in Funding. The round was led by Zero, with participation from CDP Venture Capital and Zest, along with Ortus Capital, Angels4Women, and business angels.
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CRV, a San Francisco, and Palo Alto, CA-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups since 1970, closed its latest fund, CRV XX, at $750m. The new vehicle will focus on leading seed and Series A rounds of startups in such areas as consumer, devtools, as well as AI applied to cybersecurity, to name a few sectors, always adapting to a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Speciale Invest, an India-based VC firm, will invest $69 million (₹6 billion) in early-stage Indian startups by 2029. The fund will target deep-tech sectors like AI, space tech, climate, and dual-use defence, with 18–20 companies expected to be backed. Founded in 2017, Speciale Invest has previously supported ePlane Company and Agnikul Cosmos. More than half of the new fund is earmarked for follow-on investments in high-potential companies.
Frictionless Capital, a Miami, FL-based blockchain venture capital firm, is raising $60m for its third fund. According to an SEC filing. Frictionless Capital Fund II LP, has not raised funds, yet.
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Apple to unveil iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ in hardware event:
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 series on September 9, with upgrades including larger displays, improved cameras, new colors, and a rumored ultra-thin iPhone Air (5.5 mm) potentially replacing the Plus model.
Other announcements may include Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3, with possible features like blood pressure monitoring, satellite connectivity, and larger displays, plus AirPods Pro 3 with a sleeker design and better noise cancellation.
Predicted prices: iPhone 17 at ~$800, Pro at ~$1,050, Pro Max at ~$1,250, iPhone Air at ~$950, watches from $250–$800, and AirPods Pro 3 expected to feature the new H3 chip.
Nvidia launches Cosmos AI models for robotics and physical AI:
Nvidia introduced Cosmos Reason, a 7B-parameter vision-language model enabling robots to “reason” with memory and physics understanding for tasks like planning, data curation, and video analytics.
Other releases include Cosmos Transfer-2 for fast synthetic data generation, neural reconstruction libraries for 3D simulation from sensor data, and updates to Omniverse and the CARLA simulator.
New robotics infrastructure includes the RTX Pro Blackwell Server and DGX Cloud platform, as Nvidia pushes AI GPU use beyond data centers into robotics.
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down, start new venture:
Thomas Dohmke will leave GitHub at the end of 2025 to launch a new startup, ending a tenure marked by major AI advancements through Copilot.
Under his leadership, GitHub expanded globally, achieved U.S. FedRAMP certification, and doubled AI projects on the platform.
Microsoft developer division head Julia Liuson will oversee GitHub operations during the transition, with other leadership shifts planned.
AOL is shutting down dial-up internet after 34 years:
America Online announced it will discontinue its dial-up internet service at the end of September, ending the iconic online access method for people after more than three decades of operation.
The company is also ending support for its AOL Dialer software and the AOL Shield browser, which were designed to work specifically with older operating systems and dial-internet connections.
This decision follows a massive shift to broadband, with recent data showing just two percent of people in the European Union used dial-up connections to get online back in 2018.
Wikipedia may have to impose identity verification on readers:
The UK's High Court of Justice has dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's legal challenge against the Online Safety Act's regulations, which could classify Wikipedia as a high-risk Category 1 service.
Classifying Wikipedia as a Category 1 service could require user verification and swift content removal, which the foundation says would expose contributors to data breaches and authoritarian regimes.
Despite the ruling, the judge stated that regulator Ofcom has a responsibility to protect Wikipedia's operations, suggesting a more flexible interpretation of the rules may be necessary for the site.
Musk says xAI will sue Apple over alleged App Store bias:
Elon Musk claims Apple is unfairly favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT in App Store rankings, making it “impossible” for other AI apps like xAI’s Grok to reach the top spot.
Musk alleges Apple excluded X and Grok from its “Must Have” section despite their high rankings, calling it an antitrust violation.
The dispute comes amid increased regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s App Store practices, including EU fines and a US court ruling in favor of Epic Games.
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Apple testing new Siri that can control apps entirely by voice:
Apple is trialing an upgraded Siri that can perform actions across apps using voice commands, such as editing and sending photos, posting on social media, or logging into services.
The feature relies on a new version of App Intents, allowing developers to make specific app functions accessible through Siri, search, and Shortcuts.
Testing is underway with apps like Uber, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Facebook, with a broader Siri overhaul expected in spring 2026.
Nvidia and AMD to sell AI chips to China with 15% US revenue cut:
Nvidia and AMD will pay the US government 15% of revenue from sales of high-end AI chips, like Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308, to China in exchange for export licenses.
The arrangement follows the Trump administration’s partial reversal of an earlier sales ban, tied to Nvidia’s $500B US data center investment pledge and trade talks over rare earth elements.
Critics argue the move undermines national security, with experts urging the administration to reconsider allowing sales of advanced AI chips to China.
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