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The kids picked last in gym class gear up for Super Bowl
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple's Tim Cook, too.
NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor
Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi.
New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers
Although the bills prospects are uncertain, New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers.
Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras
Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016.
The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.
Industry season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now
This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron.
From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads
From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic's beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX.
It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site
WordPress users can now leverage Claude to analyze web traffic or find information about other internal site metrics.
Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors
The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch's review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.
Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor
The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon-removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to pay.
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all
This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the agentic AI leaderboards.
How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power
Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his$800 billionnet worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GEs peak market cap,and Musk being vocal about his view that tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation, the questionisntwhether apersonal conglomeratecan be built, but rather how far Musk himself is []
Reddit says its looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere
Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.'
Heres how Robloxs age checks work
The company says it has continuous age check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
A16z VCwants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers
A16z VC Jennifer Li, who oversees some of the firm's fastest growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim made on X.
OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own
The new model is build to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.
Googles subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue
The company said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million users three months earlier.
Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features
Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.
Alphabet wont talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors
Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call.
Googles Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users
Google revealed a significant milestone for it's Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI.
The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internets broken links problem
Should a linked web page go offline, the new feature will then redirect readers to the archived versions, so that there is no drop in service. The tool also archives a user's own posts, helping to ensure their longevity.
Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps
Gizmo's app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps... and it's a lot of fun.
AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation
The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation.
Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.
A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Heres where its going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raiseda whoppingnew$15 billionin funding.And a$1.7 billionchunkof that is going toitsinfrastructureteam,the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominentAI investments includingBlack Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI,ElevenLabs, Ideogram,Faland dozens of others. A16zgeneral partnerwith the infra team Jennifer Li(who oversees suchinvestmentsasElevenLabs just valued at$11 billion);Ideagramand Fal, has a clear thesis on wherethe team is looking []
Robloxs 4D creation feature is now available in open beta
Roblox's highly anticipated 4D creation feature has officially arrived in open beta.
ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequoia at an $11 billion valuation
ElevenLabs' valuation has raised more than three times in the last 12 months.
Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations
Spotify is revamping its lyrics feature, adding offline access for Premium users, global lyric translations, and a more prominent placement in the Now Playing view.
Accel doubles down on Fibr AI as agents turn static websites into one-to-one experiences
Fibr AI replaces marketing agency and engineering-heavy website personalization with autonomous systems designed for enterprise scale.
