Databricks announced a new funding round Thursday that values the company at $188 billion. The round was led by Coatue. Databricks did not reveal exactly how much it raised; He said the money is not yet in his hands and the round will close later this summer. (Other outlets have since reported the increase to
Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. Founded in 2021, Fora is a two-part platform: it allows people to easily become travel agents by providing the infrastructure to support customer communication and trip planning; It also allows users to find
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center, in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Friday, July 3, 2026, where Ebola clinical trials are planned to take place. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP hide title toggle title Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP KINSHASA, Congo — New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, the government said
Block has agreed to pay $45 million to settle lawsuits brought by 46 U.S. states alleging that its peer-to-peer payments app, Cash App, failed to adequately protect users from fraud. State attorneys general said they found that Block misled users by falsely advertising that Cash App provided bank-like protections, including advanced fraud detection. Block denied
AI law startup Norm said on Tuesday it had raised $120 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the nearly three-year-old startup at $1.2 billion. Norm has created an AI-native law firm, called Norm Law, that uses the company’s own AI agents, employs human lawyers to supervise them, and offers
Coco Gauff has reached her first Wimbledon semi-final after fighting a comeback win over Jessica Pegula. Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, had never before made it past the fourth round at the All England Club and suffered a first-round exit last year. However, she recovered from an error-plagued start against world number four