Zeus goes bust, TikTok's latest matchmaking hack, and it's a bird! It's a plane! It's the world's largest aircraft

Meta will require political campaigns to disclose whether their ads use AI.

And speaking of Meta, newly released court documents suggest that CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally and repeatedly rejected internal proposals to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram. “All the people that I’ve talked to internally about this were like… Mark’s level of proof, in order to be able to take the work seriously and act on it, is too high,” Arturo Bejar, a former Facebook engineering director turned whistleblower, tells CNN. “I think it’s an impossible standard to meet.”

Bad news for all you Confluence users: a security flaw on Atlassian's platform has been awarded the the most severe security vulnerability rating possible.

No more green text bubbles! Google and EU telcos are trying to break Apple's texting stranglehold by asking the European Commission to designate iMessage as a "core" service.

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Forward Therapeutics, a one-year-old startup based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl., that is developing small molecule immune therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory disorders, raised a $50 million Series A round led by BVF Partners, with additional participation from RA Capital Management and OrbiMed. More here.

Photonic, a seven-year-old Montréal startup that aims to create reliable quantum technology that can avoid errors by using a special link between silicon spins and light, raised a $100 million round from Microsoft, the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, the National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Inovia Capital, and Amadeus Capital Partners. The company has raised a total of $140 million. BetaKit has more here. 

Wonder, a five-year-old New York startup founded by Jet.com founder Marc Lore that operates a network of cloud kitchens that license dishes from popular restaurants and celebrity chefs, raised a $100 million round from Nestlé. The company was valued at approximately $3.5 billion when it raised a $350 million round this past June. CNBC has more here.

Dotwork, a startup that provides companies with a platform for creating strategy documents, raised a $12 million Series A round led by Dotwork CEO Steve Elliott as well as angels Jim Crane and Hunter Nelson. More here.

Princeton NuEnergy, a four-year-old Princeton University spinout based in Bordentown, NJ, that aims to significantly reduce the cost, environmental waste, and carbon emissions commonly associated with lithium-ion battery recycling, raised a $16 million Series A round led by Wistron Corp., with Honda Motor Co., GS Futures, and Traxys North America as well as previous investors Greenland Technologies, Shell Ventures, and WorldQuant Ventures also taking part. ESG Today has more here.

Ritual, a startup that says it is building a decentralized network to provide open access to AI tools, raised a $25 million round led by Archetype, with Accomplice and Robot Ventures also participating. CoinDesk has more here.

ShippyPro, a seven-year-old startup based in Firenze, Italy, that says it has created a multi-carrier infrastructure for e-commerce brands that streamlines the fulfillment process, raised a $15 million Series B round. Five Elms Capital was the deal lead. Silicon Canals has more here.

Summer, a two-year-old New York startup that aims to help consumers purchase second homes that they can rent out, raised $18 million in equity from QED Investors and Viola Group as well as $50 million in debt from Setpoint Capital. The company has raised approximately $30 million in equity. TechCrunch has more here.

AdaptX, a seven-year-old Seattle startup whose tools are designed to enable clinicians to analyze data from electronic medical records in order to detect patterns and trends in patient care, raised a $10 million round led by Cercano Management, with Memorial Hermann Health System and Morningside Ventures as well as previous investors Founders' Co-op, Fortson VC, Star Equity, and WRF Capital also piling on. GeekWire has more here.

AppMap, a three-year-old Boston startup whose software helps developers untangle unexpected runtime defects, raised a $10 million round. Investors included Work-Bench Ventures, Forgepoint Capital, Venture Guides, Unusual Ventures, Dell Technology Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Secure Octane, and Argon Ventures. More here.

Authentick, a Singapore startup that enables consumers to accumulate digital collectibles and NFTs without requiring a digital wallet, raised a $4 million seed round. Menyala was the deal lead. AsiaTechDaily has more here.

EarnBetter, a startup based in Lafayette, Ca., that says it uses generative AI to reformat and rewrite resumes, draft cover letters, and scan through millions of jobs in order to provide personalized matches for job seekers, raised a $4.5 million seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Abstract Ventures. More here.

Integration.app, a startup that uses LLMs to connect apps and services together, raised a $3.5 million round co-led by Crew Capital and Cortical Ventures. TechCrunch has more here. 

Kento Health, a one-year-old Montréal startup whose AI-powered app helps cardiac patients and their providers monitor progress through the rehabilitation process, raised a $3 million pre-seed round co-led by Boreal Ventures and N49P, with Broom Ventures and Graphite Ventures also pitching in. BetaKit has more here.

Llama, a New York startup that is developing smart contract technology for the blockchain, raised a $6 million round. Founders Fund and Electric Capital were the co-leads. CoinDesk has more here.

Mogul, a 15-month-old, Washington, D.C.-based blockchain-based platform that says it allows anyone to participate in the fractional property ownership trend with as little $100, says it just closed on $3.6 million in seed funding. AY Ventures led the round, which also included participation from Tim Draper & Associates, Draper B1, InterVest, Draper Dragon and Blizzard Fund, among others. TechCrunch has more here.

Pimlico, a London startup founded this year that aims to build the infrastructure for blockchain developers to make more user-friendly applications, raised a $4.2 million seed round. Andreessen Horowitz was the deal lead. TechCrunch has more here.

Protecto, a two-year-old San Francisco startup that helps organizations protect their data and ensure compliance throughout the process of creating AI models, raised a $4 million seed round led by Together Fund, with Better Capital, FortyTwo VC, Arali Ventures, and Speciale Invest also contributing. The company has raised a total of $5 million. More here.

Upciti, a French startup that has been working on a hardware sensor for city centers that is easy to install and maintain, recently raised €6 million in equity funding from Point Nine, Chalfen Ventures, Demeter and Innovacom. It also raised €1 million in debt. TechCrunch has more here.

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Founder Collective, a 14-year-old, Cambridge, Ma.-based seed-stage venture firm, says it has garnered $95 million in capital commitments for its fifth and largest fund. It tells Insider that in keeping with the firm's thesis, its four investment partners are the single-largest investors in the fund

Dubai has launched Oraseya Capital, a new $136 million fund that is targeting investments in Dubai fintechs from pre-seed to Series B.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Sergey Brin's giant airship, now patrolling the skies high above Silicon Valley.

Ben Mezrich, author of a new book on Elon Musk called Breaking Twitter, told CNBC that Twitter employees almost asked San Francisco police to do a wellness check on Musk when the billionaire had a meltdown in his office. "Elon didn’t just break Twitter; Twitter broke Elon Musk," Mezrich opined.

A proptech startup called Zeus Living that was backed by Airbnb has reportedly shut down. The company raised $150 million in equity and debt from Airbnb, Initialized Capital, CEAS Investments, TI Platform, NFX, Y Combinator, and Eric Wu.

"Grandpa Google" can't be happy about hearing comic Taylor Tomlinson describe TikTok as "Google for children." But she's right.

The encrypted messaging app Signal is testing usernames, which would mean you'd no longer have to provide your phone number to people you want to contact.

Major Chinese venture capital firms are reportedly investing in U.S. artificial intelligence startups, despite U.S. officials' concerns about Chinese involvement in local technology firms.

The fight for FTX's remnants.

Is your S.O. the one? TikTok is buzzing about the "bird test."

8K video of the recent annular solar eclipse.

Delightful little Parisian hotels.

Is this Japanese coffee maker worth $700? "Hai!" say reviewers.

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