Startups
Corgi Hit $1.3B Insuring AI Startups, Then Launched 34 ETFs on the Same Day—As One Does
The dog-named insurance unicorn built to protect startups from themselves just hit a $1.3B valuation. Then it launched 34 ETFs. Before dinner.
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Boston Tech
Roche Bought PathAI, So Boston Tech Is Allowed to Strut for One Whole Minute
Roche is buying Boston-based PathAI for $750M upfront plus milestones, and yes, this is exactly the kind of hard-tech, health-AI win Boston should be insufferably proud of.
Fintech
SoFi Started Minting a Stablecoin, Because the Super App Wasn't Complicated Enough
SoFi has started minting SoFiUSD, revealing a bigger ambition: turn a national bank, a stablecoin, and Mastercard rails into one settlement stack.
AI
MongoDB Turned Agent Memory Into Database Plumbing. It Might Actually Help.
MongoDB's May 7 London launch tries to make agents less forgetful and less duct-taped. The pitch is glorified data plumbing, which is exactly why it feels credible.
Launch
Huawei’s Watch Fit 5 Pro Shrinks the Adventure Watch for Normal Wrists
Huawei crammed ECG, golf maps, diving chops, and week-long battery life into a slim square watch. It is overqualified, Apple-coded, and more convincing than it should be.
Startups
Kalshi Just Tripled Its Valuation Three Times in Seven Months. Bet You Didn't See That Coming.
A prediction market startup is now worth $22 billion after its third funding doubling in seven months. The only thing harder to predict than the future is apparently Kalshi's valuation.
Startups
Davis Raised $5.5M to Make Permitting Anxiety a Design Input
Davis says it can turn months of real-estate feasibility work into days. Slightly insane pitch, oddly grounded founders, and a pre-seed I can picture.
Deep Dive
Deep Dive: The Robotaxi Industry’s 2026 Reality Check
Robotaxis are finally carrying paying riders at scale. This guide explains the tech, economics, safety fights, and why geofences still run the show.
Big Tech
Elon Musk Called Anthropic Evil — Then Leased Them His Entire Supercomputer
In February, Musk called Anthropic “misanthropic and evil.” In May, he handed them 220,000 GPUs, cleared them on his evil detector, and signed a receipt.
Review
SteelSeries Built a $400 Headset to Replace Your Entire Desk Drawer
The Arctis Nova Pro Omni is brilliant, excessive, and oddly practical: one pricey headset for your PC, console, phone, and your inability to pick a lane.
Startups
Corvera Raised $4.2 Million to Firefight Your Supply Chain Inbox
Corvera thinks CPG brands do not need more dashboards. They need fewer humans trapped between inboxes, ERPs, and Amazon settlement reports.
AI
Collibra Built an AI Panopticon for Agents
Collibra’s AI Command Center promises real-time oversight for agentic AI. The branding is surveillance chic, but the enterprise logic is harder to mock than I’d like.