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Juan Moyano/Getty Images Solace is raising a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures, Business Insider has learned. Solace connects patients with healthcare advocates to simplify tasks like scheduling and payments. Sources with knowledge of the deal said the new round values Solace at more than $300 million. Buzzy healthcare startup Solace just raised a fresh round of funding led by VC firm Menlo Ventures , Business Insider has learned. Solace, which connects patients with healthcare advocates, is raising a Series B funding round that values the startup at over $300 million, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deal. These sources said Solace was seeking to raise around $40 million in the Series B round. Solace didn't respond to requests for comment for this story. A Menlo Ventures spokesperson said the firm doesn't comment on rumors or speculation. Cofounders Jeremy Gurewitz, CEO, and Sara Sargent, chief product officer, launched Solace in 202...

Win McNamee /Getty, Andrew Harnik/Getty, John Nacion/Getty, Anna Moneymaker/Getty, Tyler Le/BI The high-ranking officials of the "Houthi PC small group" chat each have a group text personality type. You probably don't talk about bombings, but you might recognize these types with your own friends. I'm a JD Vance type. For a moment, let's pretend that the Signal group chat among high-ranking government officials about a Houthi strike isn't about bombs or war and killing humans. Let's pretend it's about something more relatable to those of us who don't typically discuss war plans globally important stuff. Something like picking a restaurant for a group dinner or planning a group gift for a friend's wedding or baby shower. Maybe something work-related or a group school project. From that less dire perspective, I started looking at the Houthi strike text chain again. And the personality types looked familiar to me — I even saw myself. ...

Cory Weinberg / The Information : Leaked financial figures: Stripe doubled its free cash flow in 2024 to about $2.2B and grew revenues by about 28% to $5.1B; Chime grew revenues by 31% to $1.7B   —  Stripe is putting up the kind of numbers that would send its stock soaring, if it had public stock. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/kdeDv0b

President-elect Donald Trump Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture backed by the Trump family, will issue a new stablecoin. The USD1 token is one of several crypto assets attached to the Trump family. Trump Media & Technology shares are rising on an agreement with crypto.com. The Trump family is diving into another corner of the crypto scene. World Liberty Financial, the digital assets venture backed by President Donald Trump and his sons, is joining the stablecoin market with a token of its own. Like other stablecoins already in the market, the USD1 coin will be pegged to the US dollar. Short-term Treasuries, dollar deposits, and cash equivalents will back the token, helping maintain its $1 value, the firm said in a press release on Tuesday. "We're offering a digital dollar stablecoin that sovereign investors and major institutions can confidently integrate into their strategies for seamless, secure cross-border tra...

Emma Roth / The Verge : Meta rolls out a pilot program on Instagram designed to let US schools flag any potentially rule-violating post or account for prioritized review   —  The platform's new partnership program will prioritize reports made by schools. … Instagram is rolling out a new program to fast-track moderation reports made by school districts. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/PDmGyW9

A coalition of teachers sued the Trump administration over its dismantling of the Department of Education. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A coalition of teachers and unions filed the first lawsuit over Trump's plans to eliminate the Department of Education. The groups said that Trump does not have the authority to act on his plans without approval from Congress. Trump has already cut staff at the department and said he's transferring student loans to the SBA. President Donald Trump is facing his first legal challenges over his plans to eliminate the Department of Education. On Monday, advocacy group Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of teachers and unions — including the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors — aimed at blocking Trump's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education . "Defendants seek to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education," the complaint's opening sentenc...

Rachel Zegler attends the "Snow White" world premiere on March 15. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Disney Disney's live-action "Snow White" debuted in theaters on March 21. The film earned $43 million domestically, coming behind remakes like "Dumbo" and "The Little Mermaid." "Snow White" has weathered several controversies since production began. Disney's "Snow White" had a sleepy opening weekend compared to the studio's other remakes. "Snow White," directed by Marc Webb, opened in theaters on Friday and earned $43 million at the domestic box office. It also earned $44 million overseas. The live-action film, starring  Rachel Zegler  and  Gal Gadot , is a remake of Disney's 1937 animated film. According to Variety, it cost over $250 million to make . Although "Snow White" beat out films like Steven Soderbergh's "Black Bag" and Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17...