It’s not your imagination: AI seed startups are commanding higher valuations

Among the most recent Y Combinator cohort, many startups were commanding $40 million valuations. But with more money comes higher expectations.

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Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon

Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.

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Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?

Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.

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As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results

AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technology’s broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

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Ukraine Rebukes German Arms ManufacturerThis Week: We're Relitigating 1868, Because Apparently That'nulls Crack About Their Drones

Just for context, the 14th Amendment includes,

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

The W$J reports that our illegitimate and failed SCOTUS is going to hear the birthright citizenship case this week, and that Vulgarmort is already planning on how to spin defeat (assuming a fact not in evidence):

“The case, which will be argued Wednesday, tests Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship for the children of unlawful immigrants and temporary visitors. He has gotten trounced in the lower courts, and several conservative Supreme Court justices have already hinted, through little-noticed cues, that they may be skeptical, too.”

“A ruling against the president would further undercut Trump’s stated desire for a court that rubber-stamps his agenda. In the six weeks since the tariff decision, he has repeatedly disparaged the patriotism and loyalty of the justices who ruled against him.”

“’They sicken me, because they’re bad for our country,’ Trump said last week.”

“He also predicted on social media that the court “will find a way to come to the wrong conclusion” on birthright citizenship—an outcome, he said, that other nations would celebrate.”

So he’s prepping the mouthbreathers to blame THEM and not HIM.

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What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward

Here's what we're looking for in your Startup Battlefield 200 application and how to make sure your application reflects it.

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Trump Wants To Destroy Another Historic Part Of The White House

Marie Antoinette Trump seems hellbent on turning the People’s House into some gaudy monument to his narcissism.

Not content with destroying the entire East Wing of the White House for the sake of his gold-plated ballroom or remodeling the Lincoln bathroom in his own garish image, Trump has now set his sights on wrecking the Treaty Room.

The Treaty Room is “one of the most historic rooms in the White House,” according to The New York Times. “Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley used it as a Cabinet room, and it was where the Spanish-American War peace protocol of 1898, and the nuclear test ban treaty of 1963, were signed.” Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden have also made major wartime addresses from the room.

Trump thinks it should be turned into a guest bedroom. No doubt it will have all the vulgar details he is known for.

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