More top reads As Amanda Silberling writes, âRedditâs r/place is one of the most oddly inspiring events on the internet, as diverse communities from across the platform come together to paint together on the same massive digital canvas.â However, this yearâs r/place is being used to address Redditâs API controversy. Catching some Zs the Pokémon way: Pokémonâs Sleep app is now available in the U.S. Not your average library: Can dltHub solve the Python library problem for AI? Dig Ventures thinks so. Okay, everyone is creating a library: TikTok finally launched an ads transparency library. Electronic billing for all: Collectly wants to make paying healthcare bills easier so medical providers donât lose $200 billion. Bienvenido a Miami: inDrive brings its âbid-basedâ ride-hail app to the U.S. Have a spare $2?: The YouTube Premium individual plan now costs $2 more in the U.S. Cookies crumbled: Google started a gradual rollout of its Privacy Sandbox APIs to all Chrome users. Over and over: OpenAI launched a customized set of instructions for ChatGPT so prompts donât have to be repeated. Kick it: Netflix CEO confirms the streaming giantâs first live sporting event is coming in November. When Oddity Tech went public: Tech-ish companiesâ killer IPOs are making startups look silly as hell. (TC+) Who has the monopoly on digital goods?: Whop, an online marketplace for digital goods, raised $17 million and is staking its claim. But wait, hereâs more: Michael Moritz moves on, book-ending a long chapter at Sequoia Capital Startups with all-women founding teams raised just $1.4B in H1 (TC+) Walmart+ Assist halves the price of its Prime competitor for those on government assistance Early-stage SaaS startups grow the same with or without VC dollars (TC+) Electric utilities are driving customers into the hands of startups (TC+) |