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Hinge Founder Justin McLeod Raises $18M for AI Dating Startup Overtone

Hinge founder Justin McLeod raised $18M for Overtone, an AI dating startup using voice and curated introductions to challenge swipe apps.

Reflection AI signs a $1B compute deal with Nebius, underscoring the growing importance of compute deal spending in the open-model AI race.

The AI talent shift is pulling top founders and executives back into hands-on roles at Anthropic and new startups as the race intensifies.

Nous Research is reportedly raising at least $75M at a $1.5B valuation as demand for AI agents and Hermes heats up.

A Danish study shows quantum computing can improve an AI peptide discovery model, hinting at faster vaccines and immunotherapies.

AI spending may need $3 trillion in revenue to pay off, as cheaper models and rising infrastructure costs strain the business case.

Anthropic is adding AI subscription pricing fees for Claude Fable 5, signaling a shift from flat-rate plans to usage-based billing.

Voice AI startup Gradium raised $100M in seed funding with Nvidia joining, and will open a Bay Area office to scale faster.

OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX could create more tech exits value than all U.S. VC-backed exits since 2000, reshaping IPO expectations.

Open source AI tool Ollama raises $65M as monthly developers near 9 million and open-weight models gain ground in enterprise AI.