During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together and hinted that although search is not yet monetized, “it’s an enormous market and opportunity.”
March 12, 2026
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
The startup — with backing from Accel — is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
The Great Redistricting Showdown: How California and Texas Are Reshaping the 2026 Midterms
Something extraordinary happened in American politics over the past year, and it all started with a phone call from the White House to Texas. President Trump, looking at Republicans’ razor-thin House majority, decided he needed insurance. So last summer, he personally urged Texas lawmakers to do something states almost never do: redraw their congressional maps in the middle of the...
Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors
Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst’s question about Apple on the company’s earnings call.
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs
Having raised a €30 million Series A round led by CapitalG, business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized European startups founded by Stripe alumni.
Mundi Ventures closes on €750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund
Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a €750 million first close toward its €1 billion target.
As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users
The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year.
Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival “dishonest” and “authoritarian.”
The Coming Storm: How America’s Baby Bust Is Reshaping College Campuses
The Coming Storm: How America’s Baby Bust Is Reshaping College Campuses Remember when your parents talked about the baby boom? Well, we’re living through the opposite—and it’s about to hit America’s colleges like a freight train. Here’s the simple math that’s keeping college presidents up at night: The U.S. fertility rate peaked at 2.12 births per woman in 2007, right...
Intel will start making GPUs, a market dominated by Nvidia
Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.