More top reads New funds alert: Homebrew is raising a $50 million fund, while over in Switzerland, Wingman Ventures has a new name and is targeting $120 million for its latest fund. More car talk: In addition to the Waymo car fire discussed above, we have an item on the U.S. governmentâs view that Lucid isnât doing enough to fix its windshield defroster problem and that Jeepâs parent company is the latest to adopt Teslaâs electric vehicle charging standard. Speaking of autonomous cars, Cruise named its first chief safety officer, a role we can all agree was probably a bit late in coming. A new revenue stream for developers: More than half of the apps being developed specifically for the Apple Vision Pro are paid downloads, which means developers can get paid without having to keep up with a subscription model. Keeping tabs on space junk: The movie âWall-Eâ wasnât just a clever idea. Thankfully, LeoLabs is keeping a close eye on all of the space junk out there â and has new capital, to boot. What’s new at Spotify: Spotify for Podcasters added a new integration with Riverside, which gives podcasters a way to record and edit their audio and video podcasts with Riverside inside the Spotify for Podcasters web product. It also sunsets some legacy podcasting tools. What have large language models done for you lately?: For Motif Analytics, a lot. Now buoyed by new funding, the company is leveraging LLMs to tell growth teams what their metrics are actually saying. Pulling at Threads: Last week, social media site Threads said it would not actively recommend political content; however, the company today announced it would test a new trends feature called âtopics,â where such content could potentially surface anyway. Going to market? That particular slide better be awesome: Investors want to give you capital, however, they wonât if you donât understand your customer or how you plan to grow. | 
