Stripe Agrees to Acquire OpenRouter
StartupsJul 26, 2026

Stripe Agrees to Acquire OpenRouter

Stripe and OpenRouter confirmed the acquisition agreement on August 19, 2026. The companies disclosed the strategy and continuity commitments, but not the purchase price.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
She Built a Women's Safety App With Zero Coding Experience. It Hit $456K ARR in 3 Months.
StartupsJun 26, 2026

She Built a Women's Safety App With Zero Coding Experience. It Hit $456K ARR in 3 Months.

Sabrine Matos had never written a line of code. After a femicide case hit close to home, she used the AI app builder Lovable to launch Plinq, a women's safety app, in 45 days.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Bolt CEO Fired His Entire HR Team. He Says the Problems Vanished With Them.
StartupsMay 23, 2026

Bolt CEO Fired His Entire HR Team. He Says the Problems Vanished With Them.

Ryan Breslow's wartime reset at the fintech startup offers a blunt lesson about lean operations, culture debt, and what happens when you strip HR out of a company fighting to survive.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
The Fintech Card That Might Not Charge You - Or Might
StartupsMay 10, 2026

The Fintech Card That Might Not Charge You - Or Might

The viral debit card that might not charge you is drawing backlash for applying variable-reward psychology to everyday spending.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Parker, the E-Commerce Fintech That Raised $200M, Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
StartupsMay 10, 2026

Parker, the E-Commerce Fintech That Raised $200M, Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

The YC-backed corporate credit card startup has shut down abruptly, leaving small business customers stranded and failed acquisition talks as the likely trigger.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Corgi Wants to Be the Insurance Company for the AI Era
StartupsMay 9, 2026

Corgi Wants to Be the Insurance Company for the AI Era

The YC-backed insurer just hit a $1.3B valuation. Its AI liability product is aimed squarely at startups building with models they do not fully control.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Subquadratic Launches SubQ With 12 Million Token Context Window and $29M in Funding
StartupsMay 6, 2026

Subquadratic Launches SubQ With 12 Million Token Context Window and $29M in Funding

The Miami startup says its sparse-attention architecture reduces compute by nearly 1,000x at long context lengths, outperforming GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus on retrieval benchmarks.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence to Build the Android of Humanoids
StartupsMay 2, 2026

Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence to Build the Android of Humanoids

The ARI deal lands two of robotics' most decorated researchers inside Meta Superintelligence Labs — and reveals a bigger platform bet on physical AI.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Legal AI Startup Legora Hits $5.6B Valuation, Escalating Battle With Harvey
StartupsApr 30, 2026

Legal AI Startup Legora Hits $5.6B Valuation, Escalating Battle With Harvey

The legal AI vertical is heating up as Legora raises its Series C, putting the spotlight on specialized generative models for law firms.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
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