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Menlo Ventures Invests in Factory After Public Dispute With Khosla
Menlo Ventures joined Factory’s latest funding round at a $5 billion valuation after a public dispute between CEO Matan Grinberg and Vinod Khosla.
Shivangi Yadav
Technology writer, AI and startups
Covers AI companies, startup funding, digital platforms and consumer technology, and the regulation shaping them.
About Shivangi
Shivangi Yadav is a technology writer at TechAmerica.ai, covering artificial intelligence, startups, digital platforms, consumer technology, mobility, and emerging technologies.
Her reporting follows major developments across the global technology industry, from AI companies and startup funding to product launches, regulatory investigations, software platforms, and changes affecting large technology markets.
At TechAmerica.ai, Shivangi looks beyond the initial announcement to understand what a development means in practice. Her coverage often examines how new technologies, regulatory decisions, and business moves could affect companies, consumers, and the wider industry.
She writes for an international audience, focusing on clear, well-researched reporting that gives readers useful context on fast-moving technology stories.
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- Warsaw, Poland
Latest Articles by Shivangi Yadav
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Reflection AI has unveiled Beam, a 501B open-weight model designed for coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks with lower inference compute.
AIInstinct Adds AI Agents to Group Chats
Instinct is bringing its AI agent into group chats for planning trips, events, and shared tasks, even when some participants don’t have Instinct accounts.
AppsTikTok Launches AI Shopping Assistant and One-Click Checkout
TikTok is launching an AI shopping assistant and one-click Buy Direct checkout, letting users discover products and purchase from brands without leaving the app.
Venture19-Year-Old Founder Raises $11M for Ghost’s $3,499 Personal AI Computer
Ghost has emerged from stealth with $11 million in seed funding and a $3,499 computer designed to run personal AI agents and memory locally.
AppsHot Girl Hotline Brings AI Relationship Advice to Young Women
Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to offer personalised dating and relationship advice for young women, with safeguards designed to limit emotional dependency.
Venture5 PearX Startups Drawing Investor Attention in AI, Chips and Robotics
Five PearX startups are drawing investor attention across spatial AI, edge chips, personal assistants, estate planning and industrial design.
AIOpenAI Launches Visual Ads Alongside ChatGPT Image Generation
OpenAI is testing visual ads alongside ChatGPT image generation in the U.S., while expanding ad measurement and brand suitability tools.
BriefDenmark CPR Data Breach Exposes Records of 8.8 Million People
Denmark says attackers accessed personal records of about 8.8 million people after abusing a private company’s legitimate access to the CPR database.
BriefResearchers Track AI Agent Fleet Querying Alibaba Amap via Tencent Cloud
Researchers found parallel AI agents using Tencent Cloud infrastructure to query Alibaba’s Amap service, with no evidence they coordinated.
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