Equity kicked things off with a breaking story from Cruise, which announced this week it will be cutting 24% of its staff. Steering away from layoffs, we turned to Prevu's $6 million Series A and why Verve Motion just raised $20 million for supportive lifting suits, what's bubbling up in the French venture ecosystem, and how a few mega-deals are changing the numbers for AI.

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Cruise layoffs, exosuits, and why French startups are bubbling up