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Sequoia shutting down its Scouts program marks the end of an era

Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form....

10 hours ago

From the front row to the hot seat — what the midterms mean for Big Tech

After spending two years getting cozy with the White House, Big Tech is suddenly trying to make friends with Democrats, and the open question is whether that image makeover can hold up against what st...

11 hours ago

Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google

The deal highlights the challenges of developing massive AI data centers....

14 hours ago

OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks....

16 hours ago

The Duo apps are coming, says Apple

There are now 100K Duo-optimized apps, says Apple, and thousands more arrive daily....

18 hours ago

Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web

Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool....

21 hours ago

Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent

Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to be a new way to interact with the AI helpers....

21 hours ago

After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years?

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the ...

22 hours ago

Pentagon offers battery startup 6K $250M loan to build U.S. factory

The Pentagon has conditionally approved a $250 million loan to help 6K scale up its microwave-plasma battery material manufacturing process....

22 hours ago

Fox completes its $22B acquisition of Roku

A few months after DOJ investigators were probing the deal, Fox just completed its $22B acquisition of the streaming giant Roku....

23 hours ago

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO

AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth....

23 hours ago

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop

Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks....

1 day ago

Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo

Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music....

1 day ago

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots

Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online....

1 day ago

Tesla will stop making the Cybertruck in 2027

Elon Musk said the company will use the factory space to make more Cybercabs....

1 day ago

At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer

The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns. ...

1 day ago

Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M

Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source....

1 day ago

The New York Times reportedly in talks to buy Letterboxd for $330 million

Letterboxd, an online platform for movie lovers, has grown dramatically in recent years....

1 day ago

Meta, Google, and TikTok sue California AG over teen social media law

If it goes into effect next year, this California law would restrict social media access for children under 16....

1 day ago

Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay....

1 day ago

Serve Robotics launches new business to become the AWS for robots

Serve Robotics announced alonsgside its third-quarter earnings that it will launch a new business line called Physical AI Services to offer customers its connectivity and data tools....

1 day ago

Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar

Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life....

1 day ago

Meta’s warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder

Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects....

1 day ago

OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?

OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure....

1 day ago

OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business....

1 day ago

The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund

Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners....

1 day ago

Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite

Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company....

1 day ago

Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries....

1 day ago

Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday....

1 day ago

Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery

Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart....

2 days ago

TikTok quietly launches a standalone TikTok Shop app

The app will offer personalized product recommendations, shopping through live streams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking and customer support....

2 days ago

Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year....

2 days ago

ElevenLabs now lets users publish AI-generated music directly on SoundCloud

ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models....

2 days ago

Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac....

2 days ago

Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used....

2 days ago

RadianX promises solar-powered devices that never need charging

Today’s portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make charging obsolete in some cases....

2 days ago

A YC startup is putting $1M behind five unsolved materials science problems for AI

Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems....

2 days ago

Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company....

2 days ago

Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime

Amazon has made Uber Eats as its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States....

2 days ago

Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage

The company is said to be significantly dropping the amount it's spending on AI for its engineering teams....

2 days ago

After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms....

2 days ago

AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle....

2 days ago

Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains....

2 days ago

Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says

During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only 4 people booked a ride using an AI agent....

2 days ago

Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers

The milestone comes a year after Snapchat announced a controversial limit on free storage for its Memories feature and informed users it would start requiring users to pay $1.99 per month for addition...

2 days ago

OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election

OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests....

2 days ago

Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously....

2 days ago

Hackers stole DreamHost customer files and inboxes during months-long attack

The web host said hackers exploited a vulnerability to access customer emails and files during a "deliberate attack."...

2 days ago

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable model...

2 days ago