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Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation: Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year. Read More

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized: Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center. Read More

Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M: VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Roku's $3 streaming service Howdy will be coming to other platforms, CEO says: At CES 2026, Anthony Wood, Roku's founder, chairman, and CEO, offered a hint about the future of the company's newest streaming channel, Howdy, and its ambition to become a broader competitor in the market. Read More

Google Classroom's new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes: Google Classroom now offers a Gemini-powered tool that generates podcast-style audio lessons for teachers to deepen engagement with students. Read More

Lux Capital lands $1.5B for its largest fund ever: The 25-year-old firm is an early investor in Anduril, Applied Intuition, and Runway AI. Read More

How Quilt solved the heat pump's biggest challenge: Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems. Read More

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment: Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid again, calls it a 'leveraged buyout': The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt. Read More