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Sources: Periodic Labs, which is building AI for material science, is raising $200M led by a16z, valuing the company at $1B before the investment — Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has agreed to lead a $200 m…
DOD’s IT agency zooms in on secret cloud for strategic partners
The Defense Information Systems Agency is focused on delivering classified, cloud-based mission partner environments in the Indo-Pacific region.
What to know about Trump’s summit with Putin
President Trump announced Friday that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, takes a close look at whether the meeting could mark a step towards endin…
Capacity, which uses AI to automate contact center support, raised $92.6M, including a $42.6M Series D and $50M in debt, bringing its total raised to $155M+ (Kay Aloha Villamor/The SaaS News)
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Capacity, which uses AI to automate contact center support, raised $92.6M, including a $42.6M Series D and $50M in debt, bringing its total raised to $155M+ — Capacity, a St. Louis, Missouri-based…
WSU’s defensive line shines on Day 9, but Rogers remains mum on position battles
Friday’s practice in large part belonged to WSU’s’ defensive line and defensive ends, perhaps the position group turning over the most talent from last season.
Sounders schedule announced for Leagues Cup quarterfinals match vs. Club Puebla
The Sounders will host Mexican side Club Puebla in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals later this month. Here’s when they’ll play.
What Putin Hopes to Gain From a Summit With Trump
The American leader has agreed to a meeting with the Russian president in Alaska next Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
From underdogs to equals: How India forced England to draw Test series
The India-England test series has been called the greatest in recent years.
Wilson, Zahilay widen leads for Seattle mayor, King County executive
The reliable leftward tilt of late-arriving ballots is showing itself in Seattle and King County races.
PLA infantry squad TOE update, Aug 2025
The long-rumored assignment of a PLA infantry squad member as an FPV drone operator has now been confirmed, as revealed in a recent CCTV report on the Pingxingguan Great Battle Assault Company (平型关大战突击连) an honored unit of the PLA. This company operates under LB14 – 115th Medium Combined-Arms Brigade, part of the 78th Group Army, and traces its lineage back to the historic 1937 Battle of