Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on Instagram and […]

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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery.

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SC proposes no fuel for uninsured vehicles to improve road safety | DNA Analysis

The Supreme Court has proposed denying fuel to uninsured vehicles, expanding mandatory third-party insurance, and using ANPR cameras to strengthen enforcement and improve road safety.

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Dabur products: Not 100 per cent purity, but 100 per cent deception? | DNA analysis

FSSAI has issued a strict order against Dabur India Limited and banned the sale of several major Dabur food products with immediate effect.  

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J&K: Opposition parties call for statewide protests in J&K on Article 370 anniversary

The PDP alleged that several leaders and workers, including Iltija Mufti, were detained outside party headquarters while attempting to protest. 

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No ‘Mangal Milan’, just lunch: Are 3 TMC rebel MPs eyeing a U-turn?

Rebel TMC faction's three Muslim MPs Abu Tahir Khan, Khalilur Rahman and Yusuf Pathan skipped the NDA's parliamentary party weekly meeting 'mangal milan' two times in a row.

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Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Apple’s long-awaited AI overhaul finally makes Siri the assistant it was always supposed to be. But after years of delays, the launch lands in an AI landscape where chatbots have evolved into agents that can code, reason, create media, and complete complex tasks. Siri AI is genuinely useful, yet it arrives at a moment when simply being a capable AI assistant no longer feels revolutionary.

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Prashant Kishor enters Bihar assembly from Bankipur but why has the third-placed RJD rattled runner-up BJP?

The BJP took cognisance of the defeat as its president Nitin Nabin said that the party will not only introspect the result but will work harder to win over the voters. 

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MP Pappu Yadav says attacker came with knife; accused says, ‘We only threw slippers’

On July 31, Yadav arrived in Parliament dressed in saffron robes and as a priest while protesting over alleged theft of offerings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Several religious leaders had criticised the protest.

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Monsoon fury across India: 82 dead in Assam floods, 8 killed in Kerala due to heavy rain

The IMD has forecast an increase in rainfall activity over northeast India and the foothills of the central and eastern Himalayas over the next four to five days.

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Pak handlers tracked CM Suvendu Adhikari, plotted fake-uniform infiltration at Delhi CJP protest

Bengal STF arrests 2 JeM operatives tracking CM Suvendu Adhikari for Pak handlers. Plot exposed to sabotage CJP Jantar Mantar protest using police uniforms.

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Jharkhand’s ‘Anonymous Gen Z movement’: 5,000 students protest JPSC exam irregularities in Ranchi

The Ranchi protest has also not received the same level of support from actors or activists on social media as the Jantar Mantar protest. 

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