Startups & Funding
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
Suno launched the Spark incubator program to support independent artists, offering grants, mentorship, and marketing...
The Verge AI
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AI startup ecosystem
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Wall Street investors are viewing Micron Technology as a potential investment opportunity similar to Nvidia, betting on...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & FundingOpenAI
Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
Paul Meade, Apple's vice president overseeing the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving Apple to join OpenAI's...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & Funding
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals
This week's largest U.S. startup funding rounds were predominantly driven by artificial intelligence companies, with...
Crunchbase News
Startups & FundingOpenAI
OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
OpenAI has hired the former Uber India chief as part of its expansion strategy in India, its largest market outside the...
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Startups & FundingOpenAI
Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
OpenAI and other major tech companies including Google, Apple, and SpaceX are developing custom AI chips to reduce...
TechCrunch AI
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Prompt: Physical AI Is Entering Its Commercialization Phase
Physical AI is transitioning from research demonstrations to commercial deployment, driven by increased investment and...
AI Business
Startups & FundingAnthropic
AI startup Lindy ditched Claude entirely for Deepseek, saving millions as cost pressure mounts on Anthropic
AI startup Lindy switched from Anthropic's Claude to DeepSeek to reduce costs after AI expenses exceeded personnel...
The Decoder
Startups & FundingOpenAI
Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027
OpenAI's IPO may be delayed to 2027 as Sam Altman reportedly won't go public unless the company reaches a $1 trillion...
The Decoder
Startups & Funding
India to Get Another Big AI Funding Boost From Amazon
Amazon is planning a significant AI investment in India's growing AI market. Other major tech companies are also...
AI Business
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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Patronus AI, an agent-testing startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has raised $50M in funding to build...
TechCrunch AI
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How AI Could Help Address the Energy Challenge it is Creating
Data center executives argue that AI technology can help address the energy transition challenges while managing the...
AI Business
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General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition has raised $320 million to develop AI agents trained on millions of hours of video game footage,...
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Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
Databricks' former AI chief has launched Un-0, an image-generation system that demonstrates technology capable of...
TechCrunch AI
Startups & Funding
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris raised $15M in Series A funding from a16z to accelerate its network software platform for neocloud operators....
TechCrunch AI
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe has acquired Topaz Labs, a maker of image and video enhancement tools, with plans to integrate the acquired...
TechCrunch AI
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Warp lands $60M to automate payroll, compliance and HR with AI
Warp, an AI-native employee management startup based in New York, raised $60 million in funding to expand its platform...
SiliconANGLE
Startups & Funding
Maker of Digit the Robot to Go Public
Digit, a robotics company, is preparing to go public as part of a broader wave of IPOs in the robotics, AI, and tech...
AI Business
Startups & Funding
Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon is investing $13 billion in AI infrastructure in India as part of a broader competition among global tech...
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