AI startup Reforged Labs shuts down as the “gap we were selling into is closing”

“Our best customers signed six-figure contracts, but there aren’t many studios at that scale,” says CEO Image credit: Reforged Labs Generative AI platform Reforged Labs is shutting down after three years due to challenges scaling beyond the gaming sector. Founded in 2023, the company provided AI technology for “creative strategy and performance marketing in mobile…

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Microsoft is finally admitting what many IT teams already knew: It has too many Copilots. CEO Satya Nadella confirmed on the company’s fiscal Q4 2026 earnings call, held July 29, that Microsoft is folding its scattered Copilot experiences into a single app. The move will merge chat, coding, the Cowork research tool, and Microsoft’s autonomous…

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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why  

A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud — and the role investors play. For the report, published online in June, researchers built a database of tech founders and companies who faced civil and criminal securities fraud prosecutions from…

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