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AI is reshaping biotech from discovery to clinical success, with companies like Noetik, ExpressionEdits, Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical, and Manifold Bio using AI to raise the probability of clinical success, redesign genetic in…
Anduril Industries is in talks with investors for a funding round that could value the defense drone maker at roughly $100 billion, eight weeks after doubling to $61 billion in a $5 billion round led by Thrive Capital an…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time on Thursday to amplify a letter from 25 tech companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and Palantir, urging Congress to keep open-weight AI models unrestricted. …
A coalition led by Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. called on policymakers to promote open-weight AI models, arguing they are critical to maintaining US technological leadership. In a letter shared by Nvidia CEO Jensen H…
Short interest in the S&P 500 has reached its highest level since S3 Partners began tracking the data in 2010, with 3.7% of the index's free float now tied up in short bets, nearly double the level from a year ago and ap…
Anthropic released a new AI model that rivals Fable 5 in capability and cost-effectiveness, according to CNBC. The model aims to address business concerns over AI expenses, potentially boosting Anthropic's market share. …
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5, its best performing and most cost-effective AI model, rivaling Fable 5 at a lower price as businesses seek cheaper AI solutions, the company announced July 24, 2026.
Anthropic debuted its Claude Opus 5 AI model on Thursday, the fourth in its Claude 5 family, positioning it as a go-to model for most tasks at half the cost of its most capable model, Fable 5. The company filed confident…
A new natural-language discovery tool lets developers and founders query the Y Combinator portfolio for niche AI infrastructure solutions by describing their technical problem in plain English, bypassing generic keyword …
OpenAI expects to spend $750 billion on AI infrastructure by 2030, a 25% increase from earlier estimates, and is planning a 3.2 gigawatt data center in Georgia costing $20-30 billion, while rival Anthropic has committed …
Independent builders should abandon the micro-SaaS model of selling generalized niche tools because AI has made such software easy to replicate and customer demand is consolidating into a few heavy platforms, argues desi…
George Hahn reports that cheaper Chinese AI models are undercutting America's AI dominance, while Oracle's growing debt raises alarms about the sustainability of the AI boom. Hahn also highlights Derek Thompson's concept…
Stripe is in talks to acquire AI startup OpenRouter for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, marking a significant expansion beyond payments for the company. OpenRouter, valued at $1.3 billion in Ma…
Tesla closed a ~$2 billion acquisition of an unnamed AI hardware company in Q2 2026, paying $1.95 billion in stock and equity awards, according to its 10-Q filing. Only $222 million was allocated to a patent and develope…
Tesla disclosed in a July 23 regulatory filing that it acquired an unnamed AI hardware company during the second quarter of 2026 for $1.95 billion in stock and equity awards, with $1.73 billion tied to service or deploym…
HCLTech will invest ₹142.57 billion ($1.48 billion) to build its first AI data center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with Sarvam AI as its model partner and the Odisha government providing financial assistance. The project, par…
Okara launched what it calls the world's first AI-driven influencer agent on July 24th, 2026, allowing users to automate the entire influencer marketing campaign from creator selection to payment and content publication,…
BlackRock is attempting to raise more than $12 billion in bonds to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center campus in El Paso, Texas, with Meta Platforms holding a 20% equity stake and leasing capacity. Bond investors are deman…
More than half of UK firms (54%) are now actively using AI in their operations, up from 23% three years ago, according to the British Chambers of Commerce. Two-thirds of UK businesses have invested in AI, with most spend…
Nearly 200 US startups, organized as the Little Tech Association, urged the Trump administration not to block American access to Chinese open-weight AI models, warning a ban would gut the next wave of US companies. The s…