Startups & FundingOpenAI
OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September
OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an IPO that may occur in September, following the dismissal of Elon Musk's lawsuit...
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Startups & FundingOpenAI
OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September
OpenAI is reportedly preparing for an IPO that could occur in September, following the dismissal of Elon Musk's lawsuit...
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Startups & Funding
Alibaba Aims for Independence with New AI Chips, Model
Alibaba is developing its own AI chips and models as part of a full-stack AI strategy to reduce dependence on Nvidia's...
AI Business
Personal AssistantsGoogle
You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI
Google has launched a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature powered by Gemini that allows users to restyle videos or insert...
The Verge AI
Personal AssistantsGoogle
Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads
Google is integrating its Gemini AI chatbot into search ads, generating custom product recommendations and explanations...
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Coding Co-pilotGoogle
Google tests the app market version of the SaaSpocalypse
Google AI Studio can now generate native Android apps directly from text prompts, built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose....
The Decoder
Startups & Funding
AI search startups are blowing up
AI search has emerged as one of the most attractive areas in consumer AI, with multiple startups targeting this market....
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LLM
Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs
Stability AI has released Stability Audio 3.0 small model, capable of generating two-minute audio tracks that can run...
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LLM
Stability AI launches Stable Audio 3.0 with up to six-minute tracks and open weights
Stability AI released Stable Audio 3.0, a new audio generation model capable of creating music tracks up to six minutes...
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Startups & Funding
How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI
Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from...
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Ethics & RegulationGoogle
It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems
Google announced an expansion of SynthID, an invisible watermarking system for AI-generated content, alongside C2PA...
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Startups & Funding
NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
NanoCo, creator of NanoClaw (an OpenClaw alternative), declined a $20 million acquisition offer and instead raised $12...
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Startups & Funding
Flurry of Deals Reaffirms Sizzling AI Market
Multiple prominent generative AI brands are involved in a series of recent deals, indicating continued momentum and...
AI Business
AI AgentsGoogle
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
Google has announced new AI agents at I/O 2026 capable of gathering information, planning events, and managing...
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AI Agents
Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas
Figma has introduced a new AI assistant integrated into its collaborative design canvas, with initial availability on...
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Ethics & Regulation
The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah
Utah's Box Elder County approved the Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre data center backed by Kevin O'Leary designed to...
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Healthcare AI
After A 6-Figure Fertility Journey, This Founder Built An IVF Startup With ‘Outcome Protection’
Gaia is an IVF startup founded by someone who spent six figures on their own fertility journey, using artificial...
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AI AgentsGoogle
Google pairs its Genie world model with Street View to create explorable AI worlds based on real places
Google DeepMind has integrated its Genie 3 world model with Street View imagery to allow users to create and explore...
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Startups & Funding
Embodied AI Fuels Record Robotics Funding In China As IPO Momentum Builds
China-based robotics companies have raised $5.6 billion across 176 deals through mid-May, matching the entire 2021...
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