Posts by Liam Redmond
LaMelo Ball’s partner arrested on felony drug charges
Minnesota Timberwolves guard LaMelo Ball’s partner Ana Montana was arrested Monday on felony drug charges in North Carolina, according to booking records obtained by TMZ. The model, whose real name is Analicia Chaves, is facing charges of two felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery, as well as two misdemeanor counts…
Read MoreAI Agents for Small Business Arrive Free Through Meta Muse
Meta rolled out Muse for Small Businesses on Tuesday, opening a free door to AI agents for small business that plug into software owners already pay for. It connects to Shopify, Stripe, Slack, Notion and QuickBooks, and it can act on a goal instead of only answering questions. That matters because AI agents for small…
Read MoreCommentary: No, AI bots won’t extinguish humanity on their own — but you should worry about the humans behind them
Fears about a future AI apocalypse distract us from its present-day harms — just as its promoters hope. If you’ve devoted even a moment’s attention to the vibes percolating within the zeitgeist, you’ve probably heard about the possibility that artificial intelligence is poised to extinguish us all. The current version of a scenario once chiefly…
Read MoreThe $3 Trillion Problem Hiding in Corporate Contracts, and the AI Built to Find It
Terzo says Fortune 500 companies have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars that leaked out of deals they had already won. Across the global B2B economy, trillions of dollars in value are exposed to leakage between what companies negotiate and what they ultimately pay, consume and recover. It isn’t stolen, and it isn’t lost in…
Read MoreStartup Funding News: OpenAI Backs a $36M Biosecurity Bet
In the latest startup funding news, OpenAI has quietly backed Red Queen Bio, an AI-native biosecurity startup that has now raised $36 million to design antibody drugs meant to protect against dangerous pathogens, building on the $15 million seed round OpenAI led back in late 2025, joined by Cerberus Ventures and fellow backers Fifty Years…
Read MoreBrain-Computer Interface Funding Crosses $250M Mark
Precision Neuroscience closed an oversubscribed $250 million Series D for its brain-computer interface work, a raise big enough to push its valuation past $1 billion. Pershing Square Inc. and the Ackman Oxman Institute anchored the round alongside a dedicated life sciences fund, and the new capital is earmarked for advancing the company’s Layer 7 implant…
Read MoreDigital Avatar Trend Tests Founders’ Personal Brand Strategy
TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis spent a couple of days in Synthesia’s studio and walked out with an interactive digital avatar of herself that can answer questions out loud, in her own voice. It was the first time the UK video-generation startup had built an interactive avatar for a journalist, and the experiment doubles as a…
Read MoreTell you step counter to take a walk — this 39% off Garmin tracks way more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. A good smartwatch is hard to find — and many cost upwards of $250. That’s why when there’s a Prime Big Deal Days deal on a smartwatch, it’s one you…
Read MoreConstruction Robotics Gets a Boost From Nexterity’s Pipefitting Bot
Lindsey Elliott spent years in ExxonMobil’s engineering and planning ranks before deciding the most overlooked opportunity in industrial tech was not another piece of software. It was a robot that tightens pipe bolts. Her startup, Nexterity, builds a remote-controlled device that clamps around a pipe and loosens or tightens four bolts at once as it…
Read MoreWhen Should Businesses Consider eLearning Staff Augmentation?
Training teams rarely run at a comfortable pace for long. A product launch moves up. A compliance update lands late. A client asks for three modules sooner than anyone planned. Then the calendar starts feeling personal. That is usually the moment leaders realize the current team needs backup. That is where extra support can make…
Read MoreAI Coworkers Get a New Home as Ando Raises $20M
Sara Du just raised $20 million for Ando, a team messaging app built so AI agents can join the conversation as real teammates instead of bolted-on bots. The pre-seed and seed round came from Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence, and it lands right as a lot of lean teams are already leaning on AI tools…
Read MoreManufacturing Procurement Software Lands $17M for Axya
Manufacturers still run purchasing on spreadsheets and email chains more often than most founders would guess, and a Montreal startup just raised money to change that. Axya locked in $17 million CAD in Series A funding on September 24, with McRock Capital leading the round and Yamaha Motor Ventures joining as a co-investor. Procurement sounds…
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