August 02, 2025

OpenAI launches Study Mode in ChatGPT: OpenAI’s Study Mode aims to help students develop their own critical thinking skills, rather than just giving answers. Read More

Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines: Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link. Read More

The best dating apps aren’t even dating apps: With dating app fatigue rising, some people are finding love in unexpected places — the forums and sites they use to pass idle time online, as opposed to those dedicated to online dating. Read More

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More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal: VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say. Read More

Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel: Google released its first publicly available “multi-agent” AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers. Read More

Figma’s stock soared in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hit $45B: There has been so much demand for this stock that people on X are posting funny pictures of their orders being fulfilled. Read More

How 2 UC Berkeley dropouts raised $28M for their AI marketing automation startup: A marketing automation startup called Conversation has a founding story that sounds like it could have been an episode of the HBO show “Silicon Valley.” Read More

Ramp hits $22.5B valuation just 45 days after reaching $16B: In 2025, Ramp keeps raising money at increasing valuations as its CEO pursues an AI-powered future. Read More

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Astronomer winks at viral notoriety with ‘temporary spokesperson’ Gwyneth Paltrow: After spending the past week-plus in the headlines due to a seemingly inescapable social media scandal, data operations startup Astronomer is trying to shift the narrative with a tongue-in-cheek video starring actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow. Read More