An AI startup raised $16 million to make designing a home feel more like vibe coding

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The Drafted team.

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Interior designers share 10 things in your bedroom to get rid of — and what to replace them with

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There are easy swaps you can make to upgrade your bedroom.

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Reallusion bets that 3D artists directing AI models will beat text prompts for professional filmmaking

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Reallusion, the 3D animation software company behind iClone and Character Creator, has launched AI Studio, a production platform that pairs traditional 3D scene-building with generative AI video models. The centrepiece is a direct integration with ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0, currently the top-ranked AI video model on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard. The pitch is straightforward. AI video […]

Figma builds its own AI assistant that can design alongside you on the canvas

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Summary: Figma is launching its own AI agent that operates directly on the collaborative design canvas, letting users generate, edit, and iterate on designs through natural language prompts. The move follows partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI and the $200 million Weavy acquisition.   For months, Figma has been opening its canvas to other people’s AI. […]

Spotify's ugly new disco ball icon accomplished its goal

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A green disco ball, like the one used on the Spotify app
Spotify temporarily changed its app icon to a green disco ball, and people seem to hate it.

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I'm an interior designer. Here are 7 things that should never be in your living room.

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A living room with blue walls, open bookshelves, and lots of decor.
As an interior designer, I don't think cluttered book collections should be in a living room.

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Quiet luxury is out. Loud, in-your-face wealth is booming.

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A man in a flashy gold suit holding up money while on a yacht

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I build homes for billionaires. Here are 5 features my ultrawealthy clients request — and what I tell them not to do.

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A rendering of the back of a luxury home.
Manny A. Varas builds homes for the ultrawealthy and highlighted some trends that luxury homebuyers are looking for.

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9 things landscapers, gardeners, and interior designers would never have in their outdoor spaces

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Grassy backyard with plants and pavement, firepit
Certain kinds of furniture and plants can really detract from a backyard's aesthetic and function.

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Davis raises $5.5m pre-seed to compress real-estate development from months to days

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The Paris-based AI-native real-estate company, founded by Entrepreneurs First alumni Mehdi Rais and Amine Chraibi, has Heartcore and Balderton co-leading the round, an unusual cap-table for a pre-seed. The technical pitch is more interesting than the headline. There is a particular shape of European AI seed round that has, in 2026, become harder to land […]

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