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JigJoy, in partnership with daily.dev and Hyperskill, is hosting an online hackathon on September 5–6, 2026, focused on building concurrent AI agents using its open-source TypeScript framework, Mozaik. The event aims to …
Hugging Face, the AI developer platform founded by Clément Delangue, is exploring a sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, nearly triple its 2023 valuation of $4.5 billion, according to Business Inside…
New data analyzed by TechCrunch shows OpenAI is gaining enterprise market share from Anthropic as businesses switch between the two AI vendors' models with each new release, indicating volatile enterprise AI spending and…
Anthropic, the AI start-up behind Claude, is targeting a US stock market debut as soon as autumn that could raise more than $100 billion and value the company at up to $2 trillion, potentially eclipsing SpaceX's record I…
Hugging Face, the open-source AI platform led by CEO Clément Delangue, is exploring a sale that could value the company at more than $13 billion, nearly triple its $4.5 billion valuation from its August 2023 Series D rou…
Hugging Face, the AI model-sharing platform, has been exploring a sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup, last valued at $4.5 billion in 2023, …
Etched AI, a chip startup founded in 2022, exited stealth on June 30, 2026, unveiling its transformer-only ASIC, Sohu, which the company claims delivers 500,000 tokens per second on an 8-chip server for Llama 70B, compar…
ACE Robotics Chairman Wang Xiaogang predicts embodied AI could reach its 'ChatGPT moment' by the end of 2027, driven by world models and environmental data capture. The Chinese startup, founded in July 2025 and backed by…
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude chatbot, faces market skepticism over its ability to reach a $2 trillion valuation without substantial revenue growth and margin expansion, according to prediction-market analy…
Physical AI startups raised $47.4 billion across 521 deals in H1 2026, up nearly 80% from a year earlier, according to Crunchbase. Castelion, a hypersonic weapons startup, closed over $1 billion in Series C financing at …
Stripe acquired OpenRouter for approximately $7 billion, four months after OpenRouter was valued at $1.3 billion, while SpaceX closed its $60 billion all-stock takeover of Cursor and Anthropic turned its first profit, ac…
U.S. non-financial companies issued over $112 billion in AI-tagged bonds last year, up 60% from the prior year, according to Refinitiv data, but investors are balking at the premiums, with AI-focused bond yields climbing…
Josh Kushner's venture capital firm Thrive Capital nearly tripled its assets this year, driven by stakes in OpenAI and SpaceX, according to Forbes. The firm's growth has positioned Kushner to pursue a purchase of the NBA…
Anthropic's best AI model is struggling to attract users as cheaper alternatives gain traction, according to a Financial Times report. The article highlights the competitive pressure on Anthropic's flagship model amid a …
Procura, an AI-powered finance manager that finds the cheapest listings for business products and purchases them, is being developed by an unnamed founder who plans to charge $500 per month, though the service does not h…
Venture capital investment in Physical AI startups, including robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, and industrial automation, surged to $47.4 billion in the first half of 2026, an 80% increase year-over-year, accord…
Legal tech start-up Legora is betting that AI giants will leave lucrative niches unconquered, as it launches an AI-powered legal assistant. The company aims to disrupt the legal sector by offering specialized tools that …
Anthropic is preparing to file publicly for its IPO by end of August, targeting a valuation north of $2 trillion, which would match or beat SpaceX's record $75 billion raise from June. The company's revenue surged from $…
Exa co-founder Will Bryk announced on August 22 that Jeff Pinner, former CTO of Robinhood and Lyft, has been appointed as Exa's chief technology officer. Pinner, who was separated from Robinhood's CTO role on May 7, 2026…
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence start-up behind the Claude AI models, could raise more than $100 billion in its initial public offering, potentially valuing the company at $2 trillion and breaking SpaceX's record …