6sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1mind

Although LLM-powered AI agents are a fairly new phenomenon, one of the areas where they’ve been most popular so far is in sales. 1mind, a startup co-founded by Amanda Kahlow, has been quietly shipping its sales agent, named Mindy, for about a year.   On Monday, the startup announced a $30 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures. This brings 1mind’s total raise to $40 million, the company…

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‘Die My Love’ Oscar and Box Office Chances Unpacked

MUBI goes wide, sans platform release, this weekend with Lynne Ramsay’s psychosexual postpartum frenzy “Die My Love” in theaters around the country. It’s the distributor and streamer’s widest release since “The Substance” took a similar trajectory last year, ultimately earning more than $17 million in the U.S. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence in a performance…

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At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain | Marina Hyde

The Celebrity Traitors final was so good that the TV moment of the year (Nick revealing he’d written Joe’s name on his slate) only held its crown for six minutes before the actual TV moment of the year (Alan revealing he’d been a traitor all along) completely stole it. Epic congratulations to Alan, a full-spectrum…

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Japan’s FSA to Support Country’s 3 Largest Banks in Stablecoin Issuance

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) said it will support the country’s three largest banks in developing a proof-of-concept for issuing a stablecoin. Japan’s financial regulator said the venture will see Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316) and Mizuho Financial Group (8411) explore the joint issuance of a stablecoin as an…

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The ‘Predator’ Franchise Is a Blank Canvas for Hollywood

It’s not easy to be a legacy Hollywood franchise in 2025. Decades of box office dominance for any character recognizable enough to hold up a “cinematic universe” moniker inevitably fell through, and the pandemic-fueled streaming wars yielded an era of oversaturation that rendered even cultural touchstones like Spider-Man and “Star Wars” feeling a little trite….

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