Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

OpenAI is acquiring the CEO of Roi, an AI financial companion. Roi will sunset its service as its talent heads to OpenAI, ostensibly to help boost revenue in consumer apps.

Former Databricks AI chief is raising $1 billion to build an Nvidia rival through a novel approach.

Researchers tracked three Lazarus-linked RATs to a vast DNS network, uncovering dormant domains, geolocated IPs, and artifacts tied to financial and cryptocurrency sector intrusions.

The YC Partner Simulator game, created by an undergrad in Berlin, lets you see if you can predict which startups get into Y Combinator.

The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem.  On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty [...]

It's been a wild year of growth and fundraising for vibe-coding database of choice, Supabase.

Two acquisitions highlighted the top stories in the domain business last month. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in September, ranked by views. 1. Private equity firm is buying Namecheap in deal that values company at $1.5 billion – CVC Capital Partners is buying a majority stake in the second largest domain [...]

Registrar that doesn’t take itself too seriously marks another milestone. Domain name registrar PorkBun announced today that it now has over three million domains under management, just about 15 months after it hit the two million mark. Its website reports these domains are registered by over 450,000 customers. Porkbun has grown almost entirely by word [...]

You’re going to pay more for .xxx and other adult-themed domain names. GoDaddy Registry is increasing the wholesale price of its adult-themed top level domain names on November 1. It will charge $95 for each registration, renewal, or transfer of .xxx, .sex, .porn, and .adult domain names. This is a $10 increase from current prices. [...]