Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government
On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million seed round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov with out big-name VCs participating.
Anthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC
With the midterms right around the corner, the new group is positioned to back candidates who support the AI company’s policy agenda.
Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16
Pinterest’s chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections.
City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A
City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami.
ICE becomes one of the most-blocked accounts on Bluesky after its verification
ICE has been verified on Bluesky, and quickly becomes one of the top most-blocked accounts.
New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek into city council meetings
Hamlet TV is a way to help keep citizens informed of what’s happening inside local governments.
With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down
When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.
David Sacks’ Craft leads $42 million Series A in govtech startup Starbridge
Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities.
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race.
US House committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization
The House Oversight Committee has requested that the CEOs of Discord, gaming platform Steam, Twitch, and Reddit testify on October 8th about online radicalization.