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Quince jeans review: We tried 3 pairs to find out whether its $50 denim is any good

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When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Are Quince jeans good? We tried three pairs of its Bella jeans to see if $50 denim actually feels like "affordable luxury." Sally Kaplan, Gabrielle Chase/Business Insider About a year into keeping up with every new Quince drop , we reviewed Quince jeans in its earliest stages. What started as a bare-bones selection of stretchy denim now includes rigid fabrics, trendy barrel-legs, and inclusive sizes categorized into five styles: Bella, Luna, Nina, Mia, and Maya. Our main takeaway: Quince denim ultimately feels worth the $50. Its Bella jeans offer the most size and shape variety. The inseams run a bit short, but otherwise fit us true to size. Impressively, the average price of Quince jeans remains $50-$60 a pair, making Quince one of our favorite places for affordable denim. For reference, the quality of its stretch denim isn't that different from a ...

Anthropic says Fable 5.1 will cost an estimated 25% less than Fable 5 for typical workloads and up to 45% less for highly agentic work (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

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Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : Anthropic says Fable 5.1 will cost an estimated 25% less than Fable 5 for typical workloads and up to 45% less for highly agentic work   —  Anthropic PBC is releasing a new version of its powerful Fable artificial intelligence model that it says is better at coding and science tasks … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/srKpk5d

Anthropic unveils Claude Fable 5.1, which is generally available, and Mythos 5.1, for trusted partners and with cybersecurity and life sciences safeguards (Anthropic)

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Anthropic : Anthropic unveils Claude Fable 5.1, which is generally available, and Mythos 5.1, for trusted partners and with cybersecurity and life sciences safeguards   —  We're introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1.  They're the world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6qb50uv

Félix, an AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform focused on Latinos in the US, raised a $200M Series C co-led by a16z and GC, including $113M in debt (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

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Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Félix, an AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform focused on Latinos in the US, raised a $200M Series C co-led by a16z and GC, including $113M in debt   —  Félix, an AI-powered WhatsApp remittance platform for Latino immigrants, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $200 million … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/AQYHZBK

Citadel is trying to drag some of Marshall Wace's biggest names into its legal fight with a former portfolio manager

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Ken Griffin's Citadel is battling with London-based Marshall Wace over the latter's recruitment of Dan Shatz. Bloomberg/Getty Images Citadel is trying to bring Marshall Wace's Anthony Clarke and Alan Hofmeyr into its legal fight. Clarke and Hofmeyr, Citadel alleges in new filings, helped recruit former Citadel PM Dan Shatz. The legal tussle between Citadel and Marshall Wace stems from an arbitration fight with Shatz. Ken Griffin's Citadel is asking the courts to force a pair of Marshall Wace big shots to turn over any messages they have about the recruitment of a credit portfolio manager. Citadel's attorneys state in a new filing that Marshall Wace has produced limited communications on the recruitment of former Citadel portfolio manager Dan Shatz, who joined Marshall Wace in late 2024 as its global head of credit. Citadel said in its filings that only a single text message chain between Shatz and Marshall Wace quant trading head Nick Nielsen has been shared since...

Reframe, which uses AI and industrial robot arms to make modular homes in a factory, raised a $40M Series A extension round led by Energy Impact Partners (Rocket Drew/The Information)

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Rocket Drew / The Information : Reframe, which uses AI and industrial robot arms to make modular homes in a factory, raised a $40M Series A extension round led by Energy Impact Partners   —  For all the talk of robots that look like humans, the next robots to move into people's houses could look more like ducks. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/EARhv1n

Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek (Chris Metinko/Axios)

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Chris Metinko / Axios : Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek   —  Agentrys, a Nvidia alum-led chip design startup, raised $24.5 million in funding, CEO Mark Ren tells Axios Pro exclusively. … - The platform allows users to create their own agents … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/6isUycb