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The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the iming of the company's pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.
Nvidia's earnings were dominated by its data center business.
The story of Ghost in the Shells main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.
The startup claims that its AI agents can reduce the cost of product manufacturing by an average of 35%.
Function, which offers blood testing and medical imaging services, recently raised $298 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures at a valuation of $2.5 billion.
Founders and investors alike are obsessed with AI, and even Neundorfer said her firm, January Ventures, is looking at ways to use AI to make their work more efficient, such as helping to do due diligence on the market and competition.
WhoSampled offers an extensive database of songs, samples, covers, remixes, artists, and more. According to its website, it's now tracking more than 1.2 million songs and nearly 622,000 samples. That data is powering Spotify's latest features, like its upcoming music discovery tool SongDNA.
The subscription service will allow users to make remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices of artists and compositions of songwriters who choose to participate.
Suno has been the target of multiple AI training lawsuits but it has grown so rapidly, VCs were delighted to invest.
Data centers are driving record electricity demand, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation is warning that a sever winter storm could push the grid over the edge.
While everyones chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries and theyre not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with []
Kiki Club, a subletting startup that matches listers and renters, violated NYC laws and had to pay the city over $152,000 to settle charges.
Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about violations.
When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.
Spotify new features will showcase who's behind your favorite songs, how music is connected, and what inspired the tunes.
Onepot AI is a a company that is home to the small-molecule synthesis lab POT-1.
OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers. The app is launching in beta next week.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAIs board days after Congress released documents showing he was close friends with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Guardio is leveraging its experience building browser extensions and apps that scan for malicious and phishing sites to build a tool that looks for artifacts in code and websites made with vibe coding tools.
Kaaj announced on Wednesday a $3.8 million seed round from Kindred Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures.
Lovable CEO Anton Osika said he credits ignoring advice to move to Silicon Valley for the AI coding company's success.
TikTok is adding new digital wellbeing tools like an affirmation journal, a background sound generator, and badges for using the app within limits
On Wednesday, Emm, based in the UK,announced a $9 million seed(6.8 million)round led by Lunar Ventures as it prepares to officially launch the smart menstrual cup in 2026.
With the new AI-generated content control, users who want to see less of this sort of content can dial things down, while those who enjoy it can choose to see more of it.
The Jeep Recon, an all-electric SUV with an estimated 250 miles of range, is here, and I couldnt be more surprised. Heres why. Three years ago, Jeep unveiled how it was reshaping its portfolio with the launch of three EVs two of which were bound for the North American market by 2024. The all-electric []
Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028.
Taking a page from Big Tech, legacy industries, and their U.S. peers, European tech companies are increasingly learning to lobby for themselves.
The permit is the final regulatory step to launch a robotaxi service in Arizona, a state that has become a hub of autonomous vehicle technology testing and development.
Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue says all the attention is on LLMs, but smaller, specialized models will make sense in many use cases going forward.
Lambda's new raise was a solid beat over the amount that deal-watchers say it was hoping to hit.
A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in lawsuit with the FTC.
The lawsuit is the latest problem to crop up for the startup.
The investment follows an announcement last week that Toyota will spend up to $10 billion over the next five years in the United States.
Quora's AI platform Poe now lets users engage in group chats with up to 200 people across AI models and bots.
Spherehelpsautomate registration,calculation, filing, and remittance obligations for companies.
Venture funds have longer timelines than anyone planned for, compelling LPs to rip up and rebuild their allocation models.
In a year that again saw AI assistants and tools climb the app store charts over and over, it's interesting to see a timer that helps you disconnect from your tech winning Google's highest app award.
Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, to be made immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface.
Waymo said it will do the same in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando in the coming weeks -- the latest steps in the company's continued expansion across the U.S.
Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.
Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips.
Stack Overflow wants to remake its classic problem-solving forum into a tool for translating human expertise into an AI-accessible format.
This is not a large-scale public launch, nor a commercial one. But it brings the Amazon-owned company one step closer to competing with Waymo.
Zap Energy's Fuze-3 device has generated record plasma pressures for the startup's unique approach to fusion power.
TaylaCannon's Rebuildr receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures
The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.
Intuit said its tools, such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will be accessible through ChatGPT, allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds, reviewing credit options, or managing business finances.
Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.
Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion.
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.

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