2026-06-17
A 21-year-old Stanford grad just raised $11.6M to build a wearable hormone monitor that doesn’t need blood
Clair Health, a San Francisco startup founded by two Stanford graduates, has raised $11.6 million in seed funding to build what it calls the first continuous, noninvasive hormone monitor for women. Khosla Ventures led the round, with participation from a16z speedrun, Brydge Club, Treehub, Cartan Capital, AGI House, Insiders VC, and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki. […]<br /> This story con [...]
2026-06-17
SpaceX’s surging stock just turned its valuation into an acquisition weapon
SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 a share on 12 June. Five days later, the stock has climbed nearly 50%, pushing SpaceX past Amazon to become the fifth most valuable public company in the world at roughly $2.66 trillion. That surge is not just making shareholders richer. It is making acquisitions cheaper. The Cursor deal On Monday, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-17
Microsoft researcher builds a working neural network out of goats in Age of Empires II to critique AI science
A Microsoft researcher built a working neural network out of goats, bridges, and ice ramps in the Age of Empires II map editor. What looks like a joke is a pointed critique of AI research methods. His analysis of 315 papers found that more than half already assume language models have human-like traits before the experiment even starts. Replace the chat interface with wandering goats, and the math [...]
2026-06-17
DJI Pocket 4P revealed in full — now we know exactly how the dual-lens vlogging camera compares to the Pocket 4 and Insta360 Luna Ultra, and DJI might be going hard on pricing
DJI has fully revealed its first dual-lens compact vlogging camera, the Osmo Pocket 4P. Here's how it compares to the Pocket 4 and a new rival, the Insta360 Luna Ultra [...]