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THIS WEEK’S TREATS

A Message from our Writers

What a week, a lot of new updates, 59 Job openings, a great podcast, and so many more treats! We’ve received quite a few positive feedback about the music section, which I guess we will keep, today? Jazzy hip hop!

Finally, I wanted to thank you for being a reader and being part of this journey, we have reached 1,200 subs! - From LinkedIn posts to your inbox, thank you ♥️
Much Love, Kev

🍔 The Venture Bite News

🥯 Two stories we liked

  1. Lucid Motors is rolling out its hands-free highway driving system this month, kicking things off with a beta for some lucky Air sedan owners. It's their latest move to stay in the fast lane with Tesla and the other big names in the EV game. Read More → TechCrunch

  2. A group of researchers built a "quantified knife" that tracks every slice, dice, and chop to study how we cook. It's part science, part sci-fi, and maybe the first step toward smarter kitchens that actually understand what you're doing. Read More → Wired

🍯 Fundraising News

This week's funding rounds are serving up a huge round, acquisitions, and a little bit of fomo. From fast delivery to Mira making every seed round look like peanuts, let's dive into the freshest capital infusions fueling tomorrow's game-changers!

  1. 🇸🇦 Thought Q-commerce was dead? Think again, Saudi based Ninja raises two hundred and fifty million united states dollars. US$ 254M at a US$ 1.5B ahead of its planned IPO, led by Riyad Capital, I don’t think they’ve received the Gorilla memo. Read More → Wamda

  2. 🇺🇸 ServiceUp raised $55 million in Series A funding led by PeakSpan to modernize the auto repair industry with its end-to-end platform. The startup connects drivers, fleets, and repair shops to make getting your car fixed fast, easy, and hassle-free. Read More → Crunchbase

  3. 🇩🇪 German startup Ordio just secured €12 million to shake up payroll with its all-in-one automation platform. Backed by investors like Northzone, the company is targeting deskless workers who’ve long been stuck with clunky HR tools. Read More → Tech.eu

  4. 🇺🇸 Oh Mira, you legendary soul! Mira Murati’s new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, just raised a jaw dropping US$ 2B seed round at a jaw-dropping $12 billion valuation. The company’s still in stealth, but with OpenAI’s former CTO at the helm, expectations are sky-high.
    Read More → TechCrunch

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🍧 Dessert

🥮 Podcast of the week

Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal dive into the story of Google Search. These two have cooked up some amazing deep dives, but this one? This one is the one we didn’t know we were waiting for. Enjoy.

Listen to the magic

🍭AI Tool we love

New addition here, we all need to start implementing AI tools to our tech stack, every week we will introduce one, to help you get ahead!

Planori: AI-powered meeting and calendar assistant.

🍦 Open Venture Capital Jobs

Here's what you've been waiting for: exciting job opportunities! To maximize your chances, remember these key tips:

🍰 What We’re Listening To

Vinyl, Jazz, Hiphop, you can’t go wrong. Whatever you’re going through, good luck, keep your head down, grind it out. You got this!

That’s it for today, hope you enjoyed this as much as I did curating it, see you next week!
-Kev

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