Arinna Secures $4 Million to Tackle Space Power Challenges

Senate votes to fund most of DHS. And, Trump extends Iran's deadline to reopen strait Trump Cabinet, DHS Funding, CPAC, Trump and Iran Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories...

Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z For much of his career, Mohamed Mohamed worked at institutions — BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey — all of whom, he said, “treated real estate as a computational problem.” “They had proprietary data pipelines, internal valuation models, simulation tools, and increasingly, early AI systems supporting underwriting and...

Wing Drone Deliveries Are Expanding to the San Francisco Bay Area This YearResidents of the San Francisco Bay Area may soon get their meals, grocery items and over-the-counter drugs delivered by drone, with last-mile delivery company Wing announcing that it's rolling out its drone delivery service to the region in the coming months in a blog post on Monday.Wing -- a last-mile drone...

The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most The most seductive narrative in American work culture right now isn’t that AI will take your job. It’s that AI will save you from it. That’s the version the industry has spent the last three years selling to millions of nervous people who are eager to buy it. Yes, some white-collar jobs will disappear. But for most...

Strait of Hormuz closure deflates global helium supply Strait of Hormuz closure deflates global helium supply Audio will be available later today. The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is affecting not only oil, but the global helium supply.