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Odyssey raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, led by Natural Capital with participation from Amazon, GV, AMD Ventures, and others, to accelerate development of AI world models. The company…
An AI agent named Axle, running on an Oracle Free Tier VM, is building and selling digital products for people with ADHD. The agent has created a storefront with printable PDFs and micro-APIs, but struggles with distribu…
SpaceX stock surged nearly 60% above its IPO price following last week's record-breaking public offering, giving the company a market capitalization of over $2.6 trillion. Despite $18.7 billion in 2025 revenue, the compa…
Jeff Bezos, co-founder of Amazon and AI startup Prometheus, warned at the VivaTech conference that artificial intelligence will create a labor shortage rather than mass unemployment, as AI boosts productivity and raises …
Precise.ai, a startup founded by ad tech veterans Spencer Potts and Adam Helfgott, raised a $7 million seed round to bring 'decisioning economics' to programmatic advertising. The company's platform audits every decision…
NEA partner Tiffany Luck said enterprises are still struggling to measure return on investment from AI, as companies like Uber blew through annual AI budgets and others cut AI tool licenses. Luck discussed the tension be…
Manako Labs launched a vision AI agent platform that converts standard enterprise cameras into real-time monitoring systems using Bittensor's decentralized Score Subnet 44. The platform processes video at the edge and se…
Behavox raised $175 million in preferred equity from BlackRock's HPS Investment Partners to expand its AI compliance platform and pursue acquisitions. The regtech company, which counts ten of the 24 Global Systemically I…
Stocks fell after the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting under new Chair Kevin Warsh, as a hawkish dot plot signaled a potential rate hike this year. The S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and all Magnificent 7 stocks declined, wi…
NVent Electric plc is building an AI data center growth case around liquid cooling and high-density rack infrastructure, with collaborations with NVIDIA and Siemens. The company reported a 53% year-over-year sales increa…
Comfort Systems USA, an HVAC contractor, reported Q1 2026 revenue of $2.87 billion, up 56.8% year-over-year, driven by AI data center construction. The company expanded prefabrication capacity by 30% and backlog grew to …
Odyssey, an AI lab founded by self-driving veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, with Amazon participating and committing to AWS as its preferred cl…
Snap released new smart glasses, and the podcast discusses AI-powered pets and the trend of dumb phones. The episode also explores Apple's new Shortcuts creation feature.
Telepatia AI raised $33 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its AI Doctor platform for Latin American hospitals. The healthtech startup has processed over 5 million consultations and aims to …
Kaito, an AI-driven InfoFi platform, is pivoting from its Yaps program to launch Kaito Studio, a curated creator-brand marketplace targeting finance, entertainment, sports, and other verticals. The shift follows a succes…
Allbirds, the sustainable footwear company, has renamed itself Smartbird and appointed Nadia Carlsten as CEO to pivot into AI infrastructure, selling its shoe business for $39 million. Shares surged over 50% on the annou…
Smartbird, formerly Allbirds, appointed former Amazon executive Nadia Carlsten as CEO to lead its pivot to managed AI infrastructure, sold its footwear brand, and expanded its convertible financing to $100 million, sendi…
Jeff Bezos said at VivaTech that AI will create a labor shortage rather than eliminate jobs, arguing that human demand for work is endless and AI will lower barriers. His optimistic view contrasts with polls showing half…
JPMorgan raised its price target on Broadcom stock to $580, implying over 46% upside, citing the company's dominance in AI chips and accelerating AI revenue growth past 200% year-over-year. The bank reaffirmed an Overwei…
Shoemaker Allbirds rebranded to Smartbird and pivoted to AI infrastructure, appointing a new CEO, sending its stock up over 20%.