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Barret Zoph, OpenAI's head of enterprise AI sales, has left the company just five months after returning. He rejoined in January after a brief stint at Thinking Machines Lab, a competitor founded by former OpenAI CTO Mir…
Amazon is exploring selling its custom Trainium AI chips to third-party data centres, according to Bloomberg and TechCrunch. AWS AI chief Peter DeSantis confirmed early-stage talks, noting that external sales would not h…
Snap spun off its AI video team into a new company called Dotmo due to high costs, signaling that video generation remains the most expensive AI task. The move highlights the financial burden of AI video development, whi…
Flourish Labs has secured $500 million in funding to develop a new approach to artificial intelligence based on neuroscience principles. The company aims to reinvent AI by leveraging insights from brain function, potenti…
Xnovelist, a free and open-source novel-writing tool, launches as a local-first alternative to subscription-based AI writing services like Sudowrite and NovelAI. The app runs entirely in the user's browser with no backen…
L'Oréal announced a partnership with OpenAI to integrate generative AI into its CreAItech marketing production system and product discovery, with subsidiary Maybelline set to embed its virtual try-on app into ChatGPT. Th…
FLIP TABLE 2026, a mini-hackathon for unconventional databases, took place on May 17, 2026 at Hex House in Brooklyn, featuring projects like a hair-based database and a Strava GPS data store. Winners included 'secret non…
Stanford University's CS 153: Frontier Systems course for Spring 2026 features a lineup of industry leaders including Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and Satya Nadella, with a focus on building a one-person frontier lab. The c…
A Hacker News user asks whether AI has made digital distribution more powerful than code, sparking a comment that distribution has historically been a stronger moat than coding, even before AI.
Gradial, a Seattle-based startup officially named Panorama Artificial Intelligence Corp., raised $65 million in a Series C round led by Insight Partners at a $675 million valuation. The company builds an agentic operatin…
CuspAI, a two-year-old materials discovery startup, is raising $400 million at a $2.6 billion valuation, with participation from Jeff Bezos's family office and Kleiner Perkins. The round, reported by TechStartups and the…
Flexport, a Y Combinator-backed logistics company, is hiring in Indonesia, India, and Thailand to build AI-driven global trade solutions. The company aims to automate supply chains using foundational AI models on proprie…
Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve chair, held his first press conference, drawing comparisons to Alan Greenspan and an AI evangelist by avoiding macroeconomic forecasts. The stock market has risen throughout the Iran …
Elastic has agreed to acquire AI startup DeductiveAI for up to $85 million. DeductiveAI uses AI to detect and fix software bugs, and its technology will enhance Elastic's observability platform. The deal reflects a trend…
Y Combinator's Spring 2026 Demo Day featured standout startups including 9 Mothers, an AI-powered counter-drone system valued at over $200 million, and other companies in defense tech, robotics, AI infrastructure, and de…
Prem AI, a Lugano-based startup enabling enterprises to run AI models on their own servers, is seeking $100 million in a Series A round at a valuation of at least $500 million, Bloomberg reported. The fundraise coincides…
AI builders are losing income by pricing work based on time spent rather than value delivered, as AI tools drastically reduce task duration. Experts recommend fixed-price per outcome, value-based pricing, or retainers to…
Apple's native iPhone apps like Notes and Voice Memos capture audio but require manual post-processing to create structured meeting notes, while AI-powered apps like Granola, Otter, and Minutes offer automated transcript…
OpenAI confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC on May 22, 2026, targeting a public debut as soon as Q4 2026, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading the IPO. The company, generating $2 billion in monthly revenue b…
Standard Nuclear, a nuclear fuel technology company specializing in TRISO particle fuel, is reportedly pursuing a US IPO amid surging demand for carbon-free power to support AI infrastructure. The company emerged from th…