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From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid

TechCrunch

Tea , an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 million in seed funding to its coffer as it builds on recent momentum that has seen some 16,000 developers authenticate their software packages with Tea.

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Web3Auth secures $13M from Sequoia India to simplify crypto onboarding and authentication

TechCrunch

“Users use keys as accounts to trade, hold assets, or just interact with blockchains, so control and security of those keys are important,” chief executive officer and co-founder Zhen Yu Young told TechCrunch. Web3Auth is powered by the Torus Network, an open-source, non-custodial, distributed key management network.

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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

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Capsule founder Nadim Kobeissi, a cryptography researcher who previously authored the open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat app Cryptocat, says they’re on track to put out an MVP this month — once they’ve made a few tweaks to the infrastructure. “The prototype is ready,” he tells TechCrunch.

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Arianee raises $21 million to deliver ownership NFTs with physical luxury goods

TechCrunch

The company issues digital ownership and authenticity certificates on behalf of partner brands. For instance, a luxury and fashion brand can replace the authenticity card that you get with your new watch or handbag with a digital certificate. Those tokens power the open source protocol behind Arianee’s NFTs.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: OpenSSF Unveils Framework for Securing Open Source Projects, While IT-ISAC Says AI Makes Ransomware Stealthier

Tenable

Check out a new framework for better securing open source projects. 1 - New cybersecurity framework for open source projects Heres the latest industry effort aimed at boosting open-source software security. Plus, learn how AI is making ransomware harder to detect and mitigate.

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Arkive is building the world’s first decentralized museum

TechCrunch

TechCrunch spoke to the company’s founder, Tom McLeod, to find out why we need a blockchain-powered museum. Let me just start by saying that I’m generally pretty bearish on blockchain tech, and nobody in their right mind would pitch a crypto startup to me. That’s the premise of Arkive , which just raised a $9.6

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Radar Trends to Watch: April 2025

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Like the rest of the OLMo family, its completely open: source code, training data, evals, intermediate checkpoints, and training recipes. to modify files directly; for example, it can make changes directly in source code rather than suggesting changes. Its open source. How do you authenticate AI agents ?

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