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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei walk back their AI job apocalypse predictions

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have recently walked back their previous predictions about AI causing widespread job...

The Savvy Logic Behind VC Bets In ‘Uninvestable’ Sectors

Venture capital firms are increasingly investing in traditionally "uninvestable" industrial sectors by leveraging...

OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

OpenRouter raised $113 million in Series B funding led by CapitalG, more than doubling its valuation to $1.3 billion in...

This startup is betting India’s gig economy can train the world’s robots

Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to collect...

Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

Peec, a Berlin-based startup that helps brands track their presence in AI search results, has more than doubled its...

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups 

AI startups are inflating their ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) metrics when publicly discussing their progress, with...

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Deals For Medical Devices, Futuristic AI Gadgets And Frontier Labs Lead  

This week's top 10 funding rounds feature major investments across multiple sectors including medical devices, AI...

Prompt: AI’s Next Challenge Is Proving the Payoff

Enterprises are struggling to justify massive investments in AI as operational costs and infrastructure demands...

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Microsoft and EY Link Up to Speed Enterprise AI Adoption

The longtime partners expanded their relationship.

The SpaceX IPO Filing Looks Nothing Like Those Of The Elite Group Of Tech Giants It’s Hoping To Join

SpaceX filed its public IPO prospectus Wednesday, highlighting many amazing things that it has accomplished in its...

The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential

Polyend has released the Endless, a $299 AI-powered guitar pedal that uses AI agents called Playground to generate...

This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century

Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True...

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

AI video generation technology is evolving beyond low-quality viral clips toward production-grade solutions that could...

Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app optimized for well-being, not engagement

Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development....

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive ‘universal’ AI interface

Hark has raised $700M in Series A funding to develop a universal AI interface platform. The company plans to release...

With aluminum prices up 20%, recycling startups bet on AI to cash in

Recycling startups are leveraging AI technology to improve the recovery of critical minerals like aluminum,...

Where Funded Founders Went To School: 2026 Edition

The findings from our annual Crunchbase survey of where recently funded founders attended college or university found...

Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing

Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation...