The distributed cloud computing firm Prodia raised $15 million in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital. Prodia builds out a distributed network of GPUs. It aims to provide more efficient cloud computing services at a lower cost by using web3 infrastructure. The web3 artificial intelligence firm Prodia raised $15 million...

Dragonfly Capital leads $15 million seed round in distributed cloud computing firm Prodia

Pi Squared, (Proof of Proof), announced the closure of their first capital raise. Led by Polychain Capital, the syndicate includes ABCDE, Bloccelerate, Generative Ventures, Robot Ventures, and Samsung Next. Angel investors include Shumo Chu, Harish Devarajan, Justin Drake, Sreeram Kanaan, Csongor Kiss, George Lambeth, Yilong Li, Calvin Liu, Lucian Mincu, Karthik Raju, and Common Prefix.

Pi Squared Raises $12.5 Million in Seed Funding Led by Polychain Capital to Build a Universal ZK Circuit Powered by Proof of Proof

Sentient has raised $85 million in a seed funding round to build an open-source AI platform. One of Sentient’s core contributors is Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. Sentient’s advisor from day one is Sreeram Kannan, founder and CEO of EigenLayer. Sentient, an open-source artificial intelligence development platform with.

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund co-leads $85 million seed round for open-source AI platform Sentient

OpenLedger, the sovereign data blockchain for AI, has successfully raised $8 million in its seed round led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital. OpenLedger is the sovereign data blockchain for AI. By providing permissionless infrastructure for the data lifecycle, OpenLedger empowers builders to create smarter and more performant models with verifiable data.

OpenLedger raises $8M seed round led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital

SendBlocks, a pioneering startup in blockchain data management, announced today that it is coming out of stealth mode with $8.2 million in seed funding led by Castle Island Ventures with several other institutional investors including Pitango, Illuminate Financial, Laser Digital (Nomura), Starkware and notable ecosystem leaders. SendBlocks makes accessing blockchain...

SendBlocks comes out of stealth with $8.2 million in seed funding to streamline blockchain data management

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Do you find it difficult to find what you are looking for? Is it difficult to find ways to organize your house, your office, and your life? Who are those managers of organization? I know I see them all of the time, I'm sure you do too. Those people who seem to always have it all together. Those people with planners, calendars, organized shelves and closets, nice neat cars. Who are they? Let's find out.

Top 3 Most Organized Zodiac Signs

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Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Chainlink (LINK) has announced the winners of its highly anticipated Block Magic Hackathon, which showcased innovative blockchain projects and awarded over $500,000 in prizes, according to the Chainlink Blog. Top Projects Recognized. The Block Magic Hackathon attracted a diverse range of participants who presented groundbreaking solutions to real-world problems using...

Chainlink (LINK) Announces Block Magic Hackathon Winners

The host of the Product Boss Podcast suggests how to find the time, energy and inspiration to begin and build your own company. Jacqueline Snyder, founder of The Product Boss, a site that helps product-based small businesses grow their systems, visibility and sales, built her first million-dollar enterprise when she was 40. She has since gone on to expand her business empire and host The Product Boss podcast to share her insights and experience with others.

Startup Tips for Older Entrepreneurs

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Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a collaborative effort with the state legislature to restrict students’ use of smartphones during school hours. This initiative follows a warning issued on Monday from Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy about the detrimental effects of social media on children’s mental health.

California governor moves to ban smartphone use in schools

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(Reuters) - Just weeks after a U.S. appeals court blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist from funding women-of-color-led businesses, the ruling has had a chilling effect across the small industry of diversity-focused venture capital funds, according to founders, investors and lawyers who spoke to Reuters.

US court decision casts shadow on diversity venture capital funding

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Daily Coffee Press

This afternoon, Kentaiwon Durham, the Douglas City Commissioner of Ward 2, entered a guilty plea for wire fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Consequently, Durham is mandated to resign from his position as a city commissioner.

Georgia City Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in $20K PPP Fraud Scheme

— Carey Schwaber Armstrong, the former Zillow exec who co-founded real estate startup Tomo four years ago, has stepped down from the company. “Leaving your startup doesn’t feel like something you should do. Especially when things are going well — and at Tomo, they really are,” Armstrong wrote in a LinkedIn post about her departure. “And yet, sometimes, it’s exactly what you should do.”

Tech Moves: Tomo co-founder steps down; Usermind co-founder joins Ironclad; ex-Google director back at Microsoft

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Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

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FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

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Georgia's population grew beyond the 11 million mark in 2023, reaching 11,029,227 residents according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. With a robust population increase of 2.9% from 2020 to 2023, 315,456 new residents arrived in the state. Georgia was the 10th fastest-growing state in the US by percentage during the reporting period.

Georgia's Population Surges Past 11 Million, Fueled by Migration

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Jacksonville Today

Some might say that oyster shells and pottery shards buried a thousand years ago are just garbage. But to a group of archaeology students who are uncovering them in the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, they are true treasures.

UNF students dig deep into the history of an ancient people

The Bahamas’ central bank is developing regulations that would require commercial banks to offer access to its central bank digital currency, Reuters reported. The adoption of the Sand Dollar remains limited, the country’s central bank governor said. The Bahamas, the first economy in the world to launch a...

Bahamas plans regulations for banks to distribute Sand Dollar CBDC: report

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California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

ACPR grants Circle e-money license for USDC and EURC across EU. Circle is the first stablecoin issuer to get licensed under MiCA regulation. MiCA aims to protect investors with stablecoin transaction limits. Circle has become the first stablecoin issuer to secure regulatory approval under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets...

Circle becomes first stablecoin issuer to secure license under EU’s MiCA regulations

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Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital lead $8 million seed round for blockchain firm OpenLedger

The web3 AI firm raised $8 million in a seed round led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital. OpenLedger builds out permissionless and data-focused infrastructure for...

Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital lead $8 million seed round for blockchain firm OpenLedger

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