PrismML, a Caltech spinout, compressed Alibaba's Qwen3.6-27B AI model from 54 gigabytes to 3.9 gigabytes using 1-bit and ternary quantization, enabling it to run natively on an iPhone 17 Pro at 11 tok…
Apple is in early talks with PrismML, a startup that compresses large AI models to run on a phone, as the company seeks to run more of Siri's work locally. PrismML CEO Babak Hassibi told CNBC that App…
Dutch construction robotics startup Monumental has raised a $32m Series B led by Khosla Ventures to deploy more of its bricklaying robots on building sites in Britain and, for the first time, in the U…
Alibaba's US-listed shares rose 3.7% on Wednesday after China's Cyberspace Administration approved Alibaba's Qwen AI model to power Apple Intelligence across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS for users…
Emergent, the AI-powered software development platform founded by twin brothers Mukund and Madhav Jha, has closed a $130 million Series C funding round, pushing its valuation past $1 billion. The comp…
Indian AI coding startup Emergent raised $130 million in Series C funding at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, a five-fold jump from its $300 million valuation in January. The round was led by Crea…
Salar al Khafaji, who sold his previous company Silk to Palantir in 2016, is now betting $32 million that his construction robotics startup Monumental can fix the industry's labor crisis. The Amsterda…
Apple is in exploratory talks to acquire PrismML, a Caltech spinout that uses ultra-low-bit compression to shrink large AI models by up to 14x, enabling them to run natively on iPhones. PrismML raised…
Apple Inc. is in early talks with PrismML, a Khosla Ventures-backed startup spun out of Caltech, to use its compression technology that shrinks AI models from 54 GB to under 4 GB, enabling all 27 bill…
Apple has held exploratory discussions with Caltech-born startup PrismML about integrating its AI model compression technology into iPhones, according to a report from The Information. PrismML claims …
Delaware has drafted legislation for a new business entity called an Artificial Intelligence Company (AIC) that would let AI agents perform tasks normally handled by human executives, such as signing …
PrismML, a Caltech spinout backed by Khosla Ventures, emerged from stealth on March 31, 2026, claiming to have compressed Alibaba's 27-billion-parameter Qwen 3.6 LLM from 54 GB to under 4 GB to run on…
Opendoor co-founder JD Ross revealed that his new startup WithCoverage, an AI-enabled insurance company backed by Sequoia and Khosla, has eliminated manual code writing by its engineers, relying entir…
Norm Ai raised $120 million in Series C funding at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, and Coatue. The startup operates its own …
Norm Ai raised $120 million at a $1.2 billion valuation on July 7, 2026, led by Khosla Ventures, to expand its legal and compliance AI agents. The company claims institutions managing over $30 trillio…
Norm Ai, an AI legal startup, raised $120 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at $1.2 billion. The startup operates its own law firm, Norm Law, which charges clients…
Some top Silicon Valley investors are skeptical of the humanoid robot boom, arguing that robots designed to mimic the human form are inefficient and impractical. Investors like Bain Capital Ventures' …
Vinod Khosla advocates for linear generators from Mainspring Energy to power AI data centers, bypassing the grid bottleneck. Mainspring closed a $258 million Series F round in April 2025, with backing…
Toronto-based AI startup Spellbook launched its Autonomous Contract Management (ACM) product on Tuesday, aiming to automate contract drafting, signing, and renewals for legal teams. The company, value…
Cognition CEO Scott Wu criticized token leaderboards for ranking engineers by AI token usage, calling them 'directionally correct' but prone to abuse. He argued that companies should instead measure a…