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Junior Roles Aren't Going Away
[[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily, let's
be clear, AI agents do remove roles. At previous companies I founded,
I needed a team of developers to build a robust website, integrate it
into deployment pipelines, configure hosting, make the UI look good,
and handle all the moving parts. I needed marketers to create content,
design images in Figma, Canva, and Photoshop, manually research, and
write notes to customers and prospects. Now, AI agents can handle a
huge portion of that.

In the last six months, my work has shifted from working with people
to working with agents. Creation tasks I previously gave to employees
and contractors, like writing code, designing interfaces, setting up
infrastructure, drafting blog posts, are now being handled largely by
AI. While not nearly as good as the top talent I have worked with,
these agents have the advantage of being
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Robinhood CEO downplays OpenAI concerns on tokenized stock structure
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says it's not "entirely relevant" that the
platform's OpenAI and SpaceX stock tokens aren't technically equity in
the companies.

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Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine's envoy to US in diplomatic shuffle
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Germany's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is due to attend the conference.
In a recent call with Trump, Merz reportedly offered to buy Patriot
anti-defence batteries from the US and to send them to Ukraine.

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Claude can now connect to learning apps like Canvas, Panopto and Wiley
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Separately, Anthropic is partnering with campuses worldwide to launch
Claude Builder Clubs, an initiative designed to help students run
hackathons, workshops and demo nights dedicated to Claude and AI more
broadly. "Together, they’ll build AI-powered projects — anything
from an app to help their colleagues study and learn, to the next
billion-dollar startup," the company says. Students can apply today to
kickstart their own Builder Club this fall.

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Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump's CDC director
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The CDC was created nearly 80 years ago to prevent the spread of
malaria in the U.S. Its mission was later expanded, and it gradually
became a global leader on infectious and chronic diseases and a go-to
source of health information.















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Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Gains Momentum in the U.S.
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A US $40 million funding boost is driving innovation in processing
nuclear waste. Find out how researchers are tackling this 75-year-old
problem.

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SaaS is in the past. The future belongs to agents, says Narada AI's
CEO.
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Mobile phones: Children under-14 advised against smartphones
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Teachers fear some children use smartphones for eight hours a day and
until four in the morning.

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ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death - The
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Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy,
reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some
deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control














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America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI
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America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI
chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built.

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Glowbar Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business by Avoiding This 1
Startup Trap - Inc (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily]
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For Rachel Liverman, patience isnt just a virtue. Its a business
strategy. Since launching her facial company Glowbar in 2019, the
entrepreneur says she has turned down many opportunities that other
founders might jump at, like hosting a Hamptons pop-up, holding a
South by Southwest event, or partnering with a dermatologist to create
this or that product.Liverman calls these shiny objects. And while she
says some were tempting, she knew theyd take her concentration away
from the actual business that were trying to scale.By focusing all of
Glowbars resources on the product itself insteadmeaning its 30-minute
facials and $65 per month membership programLiverman grew her New York
City-based business from one Tribeca storefront to 20 locations across
six states. With a three year growth rate of 1,087 percent and a
projected 2024 revenue of $16 million, Glowbar landed at No. 409 on
last years Inc. 5000 list.As a founder, your instincts will always
guide you, Liverman says. At the beginning, I knew to stay focused and
keep my eye on the prize. Then, around 2022, her instincts told her it
might be time to start developing a skincare line. She took stock of
Glowbars resources, asking herself, Do we have the people, the time,
and the money? When all of those things started signaling yes, she
realized the time was finally right to expand her companys
offerings.After about two and a half years of development, Glowbar
launched its first skincare product, a $28 cleanser, two weeks ago.
According to Liverman, the cleanser is popular with Glowbar members
and has also sold extremely well online.

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Meta Invests $3.5 Billion in Worlds Largest Eye-Wear Maker in AI
Glasses Push - Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily]
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Meta Platforms Inc. bought a minority stake in EssilorLuxottica SA,
according to people familiar with the matter.

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The right's meltdown over Jeffrey Epstein, explained
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Amid all the controversies of President Donald Trump's second term so
far, the one that may be causing him the biggest problems among his
right-wing base is about a man who died six years ago: Jeffrey
Epstein.














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First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
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Until now, there had only been drugs for older children which carried
an overdose risk for the young.

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OpenAI and Jony Ive's startup seal the deal
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For the uninitiated, Ive was a trusted collaborator and confidant of
Steve Jobs during the creative explosion that produced some of the
most influential tech products ever made. Ive left Apple in 2019 to
form LoveFrom. He and Apple parted ways three years later.

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Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe's launcher challenge
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Europe takes another step toward fostering competition in a stagnant
launch market.

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Forget the hype - real AI agents solve bounded problems, not
open-world fantasies
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Event-driven multi-agent systems are a practical architecture for
working with imperfect tools in a structured way.














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Perplexity launches Comet, a new AI-powered browser
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The AI startup says Comet replaces traditional browsing with an
assistant that thinks and acts for you

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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment - The New Yorker (No
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People have been telling stories about renewable energy since the
nineteen-seventies, when the first all-solar-powered house opened on
the campus of the University of Delaware, drawing a hundred thousand
visitors in 1973, its first year, to marvel at its early photovoltaic
panels and its solar hot-water system, complete with salt tubs in the
basement to store heat overnight. But, even though weve got used to
seeing solar panels and wind turbines across the landscape in the
intervening fifty years, we continue to think of what they produce as
alternative energy, a supplement to the fossil-fuelled powerthat has
runWestern economies for more than two centuries.In the past two
years, however, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy
hassuddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice
around the world. Against all the big bad things happening on the
planet (and despite all the best efforts of the Republican-led
Congress in recent weeks), this is a very big and hopeful thing, which
a short catalogue of recent numbers demonstrates:

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The six traits that make someone cool, according to science - The
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As a trend forecaster, Jane Kellocks job is to track who or what is on
trend but finally, a study shows cool is more about attitude than age
and has nothing to do with what you are wearing

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Here's President Trump Success Rate In The Courts - Forbes (No
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The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration
to carry out mass firings at federal agenciesthough while the high
court has been largely deferential to President Donald Trump, hes
still been overwhelmingly on the losing side of lawsuits against him
since Inauguration Day, with federal judges ruling against him 60% of
the time.














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That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI
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A series of AI-generated videos that show a white man complaining
about how difficult it is to get a job in Canada have been taken down
by TikTok, following inquiries made by the CBC News Visual
Investigations team.

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UK government's deal with Google 'dangerously naive', say campaigners
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Company to provide free technology and 'upskill' civil servants but
concerns raised over UK data being held on US servers

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Nvidia becomes the first company to reach $4 trillion in value
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Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in
value on Wednesday after two-year investor frenzy. Nvidia shares rose
2.5%, or $3.97, in early trading Wednesday, topping $164 each. At the
beginning of 2023, Nvidia shares were around $14 each.

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Coup Leaders Are Rewriting Their Playbook - Foreign Policy (No
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Analysis: Coup Leaders Are Rewriting Their Playbook














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Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Under Fire For Antisemitic Posts
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We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to
remove the inappropriate posts, the statement read, referencing
messages shared throughout Tuesday. xAI is training only truth-seeking
and thanks to the millions of users on X, we are able to quickly
identify and update the model where training could be improved.

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Wildfires Are Challenging Air Quality Monitoring Infrastructure
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The U.S. has one of the world's most advanced systems to monitor air
pollutants. Can it keep up with a changing climate?

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Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: DNA Sugar Gel Triggers Robust
Regrowth
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In 2024, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for
hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss in
both men and women worldwide.

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Floor Traders Want Their Seats Back - Bloomberg (No paywall)
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CME, Diet ARK, no-dividend ETF, more Jane Street options and vending
machines.














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Matcha lovers are turning against each other over global shortage -
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The online community for matcha lovers, which helped propel the bright
green powdered teas worldwide popularity, is usually a place where
enthusiasts share their golden matcha-to-milk ratio for concocting
lattes at home, review different brands and detail their drink-making
process, which involves special tools like a mixing bowl, sifter and
bamboo whisk.

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'It's been hell': Hundreds of Amazon packages mistakenly shipped to SJ
woman's home for over a year
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The online seller put the woman's San Jose address on their return
labels, leaving her stuck in this mess -- with scores of packages
blocking her driveway, mailbox, and doorway.

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What Plastic Surgery Couldn't Fix - The Cut (No paywall)
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I was 11 when I started doing WeightWatchers with my mom. It wasnt
about mother-son bonding. It was my older sisters Tiger Beat posters
of a shirtless Marky Mark, his perfectly sculpted washboard abs. It
was staying up past my bedtime to watch Beverly Hills, 90210, wishing
I could be Dylan McKay or at least borrow his bulging biceps under
that tight white tee. I didnt have the words for it yet, but I already
knew: To be seen, to be safe, to matter, I had to look a certain way.
And if I couldnt change who I was which had been my original prayer to
whatever god I believed in at the time maybe I could change the shape.

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Army to study how rifle, anti-armor, artillery fire impact brain
health
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Army research will assess the "doses" of shock waves that certain
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Exclusive: TikTok prepares US app with its own algorithm and user data
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TikTok is preparing to launch a standalone app for U.S. users that is
expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system from its
global app, laying the groundwork for a potential sale orchestrated by
U.S. President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the
matter.

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After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising,
lingering symptoms
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The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual
dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs. Patients
are pushing for recognition and more research.

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Seven crew rescued from cargo ship that sank in Red Sea after Houthi
attack
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The US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said after the attack
on Tuesday: “These attacks demonstrate the ongoing threat that
Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose to freedom of navigation and to
regional economic and maritime security.”

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Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump's CDC director -
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The U.S. Senates health committee on Wednesday approved Susan Monarez
to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, taking her one step closer to
confirmation.



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Why the AI moratoriums defeat may signal a new political era - MIT
Technology Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily]
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The Big, Beautiful Bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on
July 4 was chock full of controversial policiesMedicaid work
requirements, increased funding for ICE, and an end to tax credits for
clean energy and vehicles, to name just a few. But one highly
contested provision was missing. Just days earlier, during a
late-night voting session, the Senate had killed the bills 10-year
moratorium on state-level AI regulation.

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How 3 Companies Digitized Their Procurement Processes - Harvard
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Companies have ambitious plans for rapidly digitizing the procurement
function, especially through emerging technologies like AI. That was a
finding of a study that we conducted with Digital Procurement World in
October 2024, which included a survey of over 200 procurement
executives around the world. However, in separate in-depth interviews
we conducted with over two dozen procurement executives and a few of
their colleagues in the supply chain and IT functions, we discovered
obstacles that can get in the way of these ambitions. But we also
found ways that three companies featured in this article are
successfully employing to overcome them:

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Doing More is Often Easier
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Last year I bought a strength training program from a Canadian
bodybuilder named Jeff, and it kind of made me better at everything.
The program was designed for people who don't have much time to train
- busy people cramming 35-minute workouts into lunch breaks. Because
you only have time for one or two working sets per exercise, you have

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U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease
eliminated
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Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases,
including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development.
Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on Signal at
hbranswell.01.



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American Gun Violence Goes Global - Foreign Affairs (No paywall)
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Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum
for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs.
The magazine has featured contributions from many leading
international affairs experts.

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China Wants 115,000 Nvidia Chips to Power Data Centers in the Desert -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily]
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None of those familiar with the US probes said they previously knew of
the data center buildout in Xinjiang.

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Trump Asks Liberian President Where He Learned English, the Country's
Official Language
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English is the official language of the West African country, which
was founded in part by freed American slaves.

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The power of randomness - FT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=209637&nl=daily]
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Artists and scientists have long harnessed chance as a tool and AI can
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What causes coral bleaching? Heres how it threatens ocean and human
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Coralreefs arent just marinebiodiversityhotspots, theyre critical to
human life. When reefs die, the impact ripples across food systems,
local economies, and climate resilience, especially in coastal
communities.

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Scientists 3D-print part of human femur as strong as real bone
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A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human
femur- the longest and strongest bone in the body - that mimics the
strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur. The
findings were published in 2024 in a study in the Journal of
Orthopaedic Research.

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Nearly 1 in 3 teens have prediabetes, CDC finds, in 'wake-up call'
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Nearly 1 in 3 American adolescents have prediabetes, a CDC report
finds. An official notes "it's not too late to change course."

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Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing Nervous System -
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Japans new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and
researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge
tsunami risks. But the U.S. lags in monitoring the massive Cascadia
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The BabyLM Challenge: In search of more efficient learning algorithms,
researchers look to infants
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A competition that trains language models on relatively small datasets
of words, closer in size to what a child hears up to age 13, seeks
solutions to some of the major challenges of today's large language
models.

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The AI Industry Is Radicalizing - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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The story unfolds so rapidly that it can all seem, at a glance,
preordained. After transferring to Columbia last fall, as Chungin Roy
Lee tells it, he used AI to cheat his way through school, used AI to
cheat his way through internship interviews at Amazon and Metahe
received offers from bothand in the winter broadcasted his tool on
social media. He was placed on probation, suspended, and, more keen on
AI than education, dropped out this spring to found a start-up. That
start-up, Cluely, markets the ability to cheat on everything using an
AI assistant that runs in the background during meetings or sales
calls. Last month, it finished a $15 million fundraising round led by
Andreessen Horowitz, the storied venture-capital firm. (Columbia,
Meta, and Amazon declined to comment on the record about Lees case.)

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