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Techmeme - 2026-02-03T11:35:51-05:00

Grindr is testing a subscription tier called Edge with AI-powered personalized matches and more, with prices ranging from $80 to $200 a week (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider) - 2026-02-03T11:35:03-05:00

Crypto.com launches prediction market platform OG ahead of the Super Bowl, following 40-fold WoW growth in its event contracts business over the last six months (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg) - 2026-02-03T11:30:00-05:00

Y Combinator says founders can opt to receive their customary allotment, typically about $500K, in the Circle-issued USDC, starting with the Spring 2026 cohort (Ben Weiss/Fortune) - 2026-02-03T11:25:02-05:00

Gruve, which taps unused power and space from US data center providers for AI inference, raised a $50M Series A extension, bringing total funding to $87.5M (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider) - 2026-02-03T11:20:02-05:00

A profile of Sam Altman, who says "we basically have built AGI, or very close to it" before dialing it back later and calling it "a spiritual statement" (Richard Nieva/Forbes) - 2026-02-03T11:00:49-05:00

Epic reports third-party game revenue on the Epic Games Store up 57% YoY in 2025 to $400M, total spend up 6% to $1.16B, and total player hours down 14% to 6.65B (Jon Hicks/GamesIndustry.biz) - 2026-02-03T10:35:02-05:00

Orion, which has developed an AI platform to replace data loss prevention tools, raised a $32M Series A led by Norwest, bringing its total funding to $38M (Meir Orbach/CTech) - 2026-02-03T10:15:02-05:00

Sources: HP CEO Enrique Lores leaving to become PayPal CEO blindsided HP, whose board rushed to launch a CEO search process; Lores had worked for HP since 1989 (Rohan Goswami/Semafor) - 2026-02-03T09:45:01-05:00

The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over "serious concerns" about Grok's data use and "its potential to produce harmful sexualized" content (Financial Times) - 2026-02-03T08:55:01-05:00

Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998 (Variety) - 2026-02-03T08:40:02-05:00

Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveil Luffu, a self-funded startup developing an AI-powered "family care system", currently in private testing (Ina Fried/Axios) - 2026-02-03T07:35:01-05:00

PayPal names HP CEO Enrique Lores as CEO, replacing interim CEO Alex Chriss on March 1, and reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.68B, below est.; PYPL drops 15%+ (Paige Smith/Bloomberg) - 2026-02-03T07:20:00-05:00

A profile of Brazilian neobank Nubank, which aims to enter the US market within 18 months, growing its 120M+ users; analysts expect $2.9B in 2025 net income (Michael Pooler/Financial Times) - 2026-02-03T06:10:01-05:00

Uber rolls out its service in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau, its first new entry to an Asian market for years; Uber sold its China business to Didi in 2016 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg) - 2026-02-03T05:55:00-05:00

Sources: OpenAI is prioritizing ChatGPT over long-term research, prompting senior staff departures; Sora and DALL-E teams felt neglected and under resourced (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) - 2026-02-03T05:35:01-05:00