1. Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/former-sequoia-partners-new-startup-uses-ai-to-negotiate-your-calendar-for-you/
Summary: Blockit, an AI agent that communicates directly with other calendars, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia.
2. Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding to Long Beach is the fighter jets
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/palmer-luckey-says-the-coolest-thing-about-anduril-expanding-to-long-beach-is-the-fighter-jets/
Summary: Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up.
3. The TikTok deal is done, finally
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/866437/tiktok-usds-bytedance-sale-oracle-mgx
Summary: Just over a year after it briefly disappeared from app stores, TikTok in the US is now part of a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. With approval from both the US and China closing on the schedule laid out in December, ByteDance's ownership of the new joint venture is now only 19.9 percent […]
4. Ring can verify videos now, but that might not help you with most AI fakes
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/866441/ring-verify-security-camera-ai-fakes-video-verification
Summary: Ring has launched a new Ring Verify tool that the company says can "verify that Ring videos you receive haven't been edited or changed." But since Ring won't verify videos that have been altered in any way, it probably won't be able to verify those videos you see on TikTok that look like they're from […]
5. Beyond Good and Evil 2 somehow survived the purge at Ubisoft
Source: https://www.theverge.com/games/866439/beyond-good-and-evil-2-somehow-survived-the-purge-at-ubisoft
Summary: In what world does Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake get canceled amid corporate restructuring and yet BG&E2 does not? "Beyond Good & Evil 2 remains a priority for us in the context of our strategy centered around Open World Adventures," an unnamed Ubisoft spokesperson told Kotaku and Insider Gaming. The original Beyond […]
6. OpenAI is coming for those sweet enterprise dollars in 2026
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/openai-is-coming-for-those-sweet-enterprise-dollars-in-2026/
Summary: OpenAI has reportedly appointed Barret Zoph to lead its push into enterprise just a week after Zoph rejoined the company.
7. Vimeo starts layoffs after acquisition by Bending Spoons
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/vimeo-starts-layoffs-after-acquisition-by-bending-spoons/
Summary: Vimeo is in the process of laying off some of its global staff after being acquired last year by Bending Spoons for $1.38B.
8. GM to end Chevy Bolt EV production next year, move China-made Buick to US factory
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/gm-to-end-chevy-bolt-ev-production-next-year-move-china-made-buick-to-u-s-factory/
Summary: The factory musical chairs reflect an economic and political environment, shaped by the Trump administration's tariff policy and its decision to end the federal EV tax credit.
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