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Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers' homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get...

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After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
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After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

AI chip startup Groq is raising $650 million in internal funding as it shifts its focus from hardware manufacturing to...

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Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy
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Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy

Kiwibit has developed an AI-powered smart bird feeder that uses artificial intelligence to identify bird species and...

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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory

South Korean chip startup XCENA raised $135M in funding, betting that AI's primary bottleneck is memory rather than...

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This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
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This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services to generate training data for robot development. The...

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Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
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Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point

Enterprise AI search startup Glean has crossed $300M in annual revenue by tripling its yearly income, positioning...

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Claude company Anthropic nears a trillion-dollar valuation after raising $65 billion in Series H
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Claude company Anthropic nears a trillion-dollar valuation after raising $65 billion in Series H

Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding, achieving a $965 billion valuation and approaching a trillion-dollar...

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Neocloud Vendor CoreWeave Builds Up Software Stack
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Neocloud Vendor CoreWeave Builds Up Software Stack

CoreWeave, a neocloud vendor, is launching new agentic AI capabilities and building an integrated hardware-software...

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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI
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Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI

Asana has acquired StackAI, a no-code platform for building AI agents, to expand its AI workflow capabilities. The...

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Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round
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Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round

Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding, bringing its valuation to $965 billion and nearly reaching $1...

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Mistral AI, Digital Realty Partner to Scale European AI Infrastructure
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Mistral AI, Digital Realty Partner to Scale European AI Infrastructure

Mistral AI has partnered with Digital Realty to secure 10 megawatts of compute capacity at Digital Realty's Paris South...

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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
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Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO

Anthropic has completed a $65 billion Series H funding round, valuing the AI startup at $965 billion post-money. This...

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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion
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AI Coding Startup Now Valued at $26 billion

An AI coding startup has reached a $26 billion valuation in a new funding round, reflecting strong market demand for...

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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
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H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment

H1, a healthcare SaaS startup, secures $40M in funding from CVS, demonstrating continued investor interest in SaaS...

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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley
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Why Paris may be the most important AI city outside Silicon Valley

Paris is emerging as a significant AI hub outside Silicon Valley as Europe's startup ecosystem matures and founders...

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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.
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How long is Anthropic’s lease with SpaceX? Opinions vary.

Elon Musk is publicly characterizing xAI's compute deal with Anthropic as short-term and cancellable, contradicting...

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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion
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AI Aggregation Platform Valued at $1.3 Billion

An AI aggregation platform has been valued at $1.3 billion, reflecting the growing adoption of enterprise AI agents....

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Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers
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Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers

Triomics raised $22M in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures to advance its oncology-specific AI technology for...

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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips
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In more good news for Amazon, Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS for AI CPU chips

Snowflake has signed a five-year, $6 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure AI chips, reducing reliance on...

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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount
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Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount

Payroll startup Remote achieved $300 million in annual recurring revenue and became cash-flow positive by increasing...

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