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Micro dramas are booming — and one startup is betting AI can help make them more interactive.StoReel is a Beijing-based startup that distributes AI-made micro dramas in its mobile app. It’s also a platform that lets creators make series using AI characters and voices. StoReel makes most of its revenue in…
Israeli startup Onit Security has raised $11 million to identify and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities with AI agents.The Tel Aviv-based startup was founded in early 2025 to address a problem that Ofer Amitai, one of its cofounders, experienced firsthand at a previous company: a cyberattack stemming from a missed vulnerability.In late…
A Brazilian startup fund is betting that AI has made large headcounts and funding rounds unnecessary to compete on the global stage.Shiva, named for the Hindu god of transformation, has raised $10 million to back AI startups of one to three people — which it calls “Stars” — and arm…
Artificial intelligence has supercharged the cybersecurity arms race. Attackers are rushing to harness the tech to break into systems, leaving defenders no choice but to adopt it as well to fend them off.Alon Noy, who previously led an Israeli intelligence unit that tested the nation’s cyber defenses, saw that paradigm…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rebecca Reed, 87, who works as a church secretary and an editorial assistant in New Orleans. Reed previously spoke with Business Insider about her desire to retire. This article is a follow-up on her experience raising her grandchildren and the toll…
