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AvatarOS, a virtual avatar startup founded by Isaac Bratzel, closed a $7 million seed investment.Bratzel previously worked for the company behind Lil Miquela, a popular virtual influencer.Read the 11-page pitch deck the startup used while raising venture capital.AvatarOS is betting that AI can supercharge the market for virtual influencers.Founded by…

By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s oversight of an increasingly unreliable U.S. power grid requires swift action, he said this week, but there is no easy fix for one of the grid’s most complex and troubled areas: long-distance transmission lines. Trump’s National Energy Emergency declaration…

Starbucks underwent many changes this year, and more are likely coming in 2025.New CEO Brian Niccol will face choices about Starbucks’ unionized stores and its China business.Starbucks faced slumping sales and dealt with activist investors in 2024.Signs that Starbucks needed a turnaround mounted in 2024. It might get one in…