Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle…
A payment app can be global and still stop at the border. Apple Pay launched in the Philippines in early August 2026, bringing the service to a market where digital payments were already widely used. At launch, eligible Visa and Mastercard debit, credit, and prepaid cards from Chinabank, GoTyme Bank, Metrobank, and UnionBank were supported….
We’re finally getting the Silo answers we’ve long been craving. Last week we found out who was behind the silos’ construction, and this week we learned why they were built in the first place, as well as what might be the cause of the apocalypse that first drove everyone under ground. SEE ALSO: ‘Silo’ Season…
The UK government has six months to decide whether to terminate a deal worth more than $400 million between the country’s National Health Service and American software company Palantir. If one part of the NHS is already doing without Palantir, politicians are asking, why can’t the rest of the country? In 2023, the UK commissioned…
The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom for a cohort of data-labeling startups. One of these fast-growing businesses is Micro1, a four-year-old startup that expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million over the past eight months, according to a…
Google and Samsung have priced their newest Android smartwatches within $20 of each other, making the cheaper option easy to identify. The real decision comes down to phone compatibility, battery life, and which health features you can actually use. Pixel Watch 5 costs $399.99 for the 41mm Bluetooth/Wi-Fi model and $429.99 for the 45mm version….
Today’s Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you’ve ever doodled in class before. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist…
I was delighted to get Hibiscus (otherwise known as hot pink), but there’s also a more subtle Pistachio (warm green), and the usual Frost (white) and Obsidian (black). I’m sad they cut Indigo (surely everyone’s favorite from last year). Like Apple, Google seems to save the fun colors for the regular Pixel, and the Pros…
Nevada, get ready for the robotaxis. The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved three permits Thursday that will allow Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to operate commercial robotaxi services in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. Together, these permits would deploy up to 8,000 robotaxis across the county over the next 12 months. Tesla’s permit allows it…
Windows updates and inconvenient restarts have been uneasy roommates for decades. Microsoft is now trying to make them see much less of each other. Windows 11 hotpatching allows eligible business PCs to install certain monthly security updates without restarting. Combined with Microsoft’s newer effort to consolidate other Windows updates around a single monthly restart, the…
