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UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Burnham's team, which h…
Microsoft announced plans to replace OpenAI and Anthropic models with its in-house MAI models in Microsoft 365 Copilot, aiming to reduce costs and increase self-reliance. The shift, reported by Bloomberg, follows a 2025 …
AI chip startup SambaNova raised $1 billion in a funding round that values the company at $11 billion. The investment underscores the growing demand for specialized hardware to power artificial intelligence workloads.
New millionaires minted from AI and SpaceX stock gains are reshaping luxury spending, buying meteorites, fire trucks, and sports teams instead of traditional luxury goods. The personal luxury market has contracted over t…
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines told the RAISE CxO Summit in Paris that enterprises stall AI agents in pilots because they lack proper knowledge mapping and human oversight, proposing a new 'cartographer' role to document workfl…
Vendelux, a live events information platform, raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Tribeca Venture Partners to help B2B marketers determine which events to attend and track ROI. The startup uses AI and data from…
Big Tech stocks, led by the Magnificent Seven, have rebounded 8% since late June, while semiconductor stocks have fallen 12%, indicating a rotation out of crowded hardware trades rather than a broad growth unwind. Apple …
Archer Aviation plans to launch its Midnight air taxi in Abu Dhabi as its first international market, citing strong financial support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, a favorable regulatory environment, and clear we…
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI brand unveils a poorly designed logo that even its own AI, Grok, criticizes. The logo, a mashup of SpaceX and xAI wordmarks, is visually convoluted and nearly illegible, drawing widespread mockery. T…
Fleek, a London startup building AI infrastructure for the global secondhand clothing trade, raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Burda Principal Investments. The company uses a custom vision-language model to s…
Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise $300 million at a $13.2 billion valuation, roughly double its December Series B valuation, according to Sifted. The company has surpassed $500 million in annualize…
AI has transformed software engineering hiring, with companies like Dropbox and Cisco now requiring AI skills and allowing candidates to use AI during interviews. Recent graduate Le'ale Addison noted that employers now a…
Stilta raised $10.5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to develop AI agents that automate patent analysis for enforcement, defense, and commercialization. Founded in January 2026 by former McKinsey consul…
Stan cofounder John Hu and a cofounder built Stanley, an AI content assistant for creators, in 14 days. The LinkedIn version launched in June 2025 reached $200,000 in annual recurring revenue within six weeks and later p…
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban defended developer platforms Lovable and Replit against threats from frontier AI labs, arguing that localized data and broader startup workflows make them difficult to displace. Lovable fo…
Mana Jampala, a 12-year-old founder in British Columbia, launched Voxa, an AI receptionist for small businesses, in November 2025. Voxa handles calls, bookings, orders, and summaries, and Jampala is now seeking its first…
OpenAI, Amazon, and SpaceX are all denying rumors that they are building smartphones, but the denials sound misleading as the tech industry increasingly needs to control its own hardware destiny. Apple and Google current…
A wave of AI startups founded by former hedge funders from firms like Bridgewater, Schonfeld, and Jain Global aims to automate investment research and analysis, potentially replacing human talent. These companies, includ…
John Hu, cofounder of creator monetization platform Stan, used AI-assisted 'vibe coding' to build Stanley, a content creation tool, in 14 days. The tool hit $200,000 in annual recurring revenue within six weeks and cross…
The National Science Foundation has canceled over 1,600 grants and terminated key staff under the Trump administration, undermining the US government's own AI dominance strategy. The cuts have slowed foundational AI rese…