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South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.
The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX.
The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category.
A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas.
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Asana will incorporate Stack AI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools.
In its latest update, Bluesky is getting into long-form content.
A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages.
Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.
Large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input, like electricity or bandwidth.
CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1s unique doctor data.
Pay Tel secured the publicly exposed data after security researchers discovered the leak containing callers' sensitive ID documents and inmate communications.
Europes startup ecosystem has matured significantly; its founders are increasingly willing to scale companies domestically instead of immediately looking to relocate to the U.S.
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Insurance tech Corgi announced today an $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion, just three weeks after announcing a $160 million Series B.
The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.
The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging time for Waymo.
Enterprise AI is entering a different phase now, one where enterprises are no longer evaluating whether AI is exciting. They are evaluating whether it is safe to deploy broadly.
The update signals YouTube's ongoing efforts to compete with other platforms for podcast audiences.
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Visa said that over 1,000 employees has been using Replit for prototyping and development
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General Compute is betting SambaNova will be the next breakout chipmaker.
The ring is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and comes with more accurate sensing, enhanced battery life, and more.
Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.
According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.
Google is embarrassing itself, again.
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ElevenLabs' new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting rest of the track
With the new scissors icon, you can clip favorite moments from podcasts and share them with your audience.
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SOND, a startup led by Boses former head of sleep products, emerged from stealth with $7M in funding for its AI-powered sleep earbuds.
China's AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.
The database provider is eyeing a public debut within the next few years.
YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It's also making AI labels more prominent.
Robinhood will let users create a separate account with pre-loaded balance that an agent use to trade
CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis, Box CEO Aaron Levie opines. Maybe that explains the almost religious belief in AI productivity gains.
WeRoad, the Milan-based group travel startup, has raised a $58 million Series C round led by Airbnb as it prepares for its first major expansion outside Europe. The funding brings the companys total capital raised to roughly $100 million and will finance WeRoads push into the U.S., beginning with Austin. The new investment reflects a []
The third-party website exposed applicants' sensitive documents as part of the U.K. visa application process. Instead of fixing the issue, the company sent attorneys.
Startup Battlefield applications are due tomorrow, so now's the time to put the finishing touches on your submission!
Volvo, which is majority owned by China's Geely Holdings, said it can now move forward with its expansion plans for its U.S. factory.
The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It's hoping startups can find a use for it.
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.
American Airlines said Tuesday it plans to install Starlink on more than 500 Airbus aircraft, the latest carrier win for IPO-bound SpaceX.
OpenRouter has raised a $113 million Series B led by CapitalG. Its 5x growth in usage over six months indicates the multi-AI-model future is here.
Human Archive, a startup founded by Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.
The move to block the acquisition of the cloud company that hosts the Dutch digital ID service comes as Europe continues to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology.
A shadowy group that stole and dumped the NSAs most powerful hacking tools still has implications for how companies think about digital risk today.
An Israeli cybersecurity firm said Irans government is behind Ababil of Minab, a fake hacktivist persona that has claimed a series of data breaches after the start of the war in Iran.
The Ferrari Luce seems to be more aimed at regulatory compliance and China, putting a lot of pressure on the Jony Ive-designed EV.

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