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Basis, which builds AI agents to help accounting firms with tasks like tax returns, raised $100M led by Accel at a $1.15B valuation, for $138M in total funding (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg:
Basis, which builds AI agents to help accounting firms with tasks like tax returns, raised $100M led by Accel at a $1.15B valuation, for $138M in total funding — AI-for-accounting startup Basis has surged to unicorn status with a new funding round as advances in artificial intelligence rattle the financial services markets.
Brazil vs. US: Two insurrections, different results
Roku reported an $88.4M profit in 2025, after a $498M loss in 2022, a $709.6M loss in 2023, and a $129.4M loss in 2024, boosted by new ad deals and cost cutting (Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)
Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal:
Roku reported an $88.4M profit in 2025, after a $498M loss in 2022, a $709.6M loss in 2023, and a $129.4M loss in 2024, boosted by new ad deals and cost cutting — Investments in digital ads help propel the streaming video platform to its first year in the black since 2021
How exorbitant concert ticket prices became so normal
ASML researchers unveil a breakthrough in EUV light source power, increasing output from 600W to 1,000W, a jump that could yield 50% more chips by 2030 (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
ASML researchers unveil a breakthrough in EUV light source power, increasing output from 600W to 1,000W, a jump that could yield 50% more chips by 2030 — Researchers at ASML Holding say they have found a way to boost the power of the light source in a key chip making machine to turn …