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Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI face a $50 billion near-term funding gap, with only 25% of leased AI capacity delivered, pushing the market toward crypto-native lending protocols and asset-backed financing models. Companie…
Mieux Donner, a French effective giving initiative, hired three people from 424 applications after opening four roles to fill two positions, investing 160 hours in a four-step process. The organization optimized for find…
Twenty, a startup building AI-powered offensive cyber tools for the Pentagon, has reached a $1 billion valuation less than two years after being founded. The Arlington-based company emerged from stealth in November 2025 …
Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an MIT-licensed open-source AI model for long-running software engineering tasks, claiming it trails Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 by 1% on the FrontierSWE benchmark and edges out OpenAI's GPT-5.5 by…
Elon Musk admitted SpaceX trails rivals like OpenAI and Google in AI, and plans to use its $86 billion IPO haul—including a $60 billion acquisition of AI coding tool maker Anysphere—to catch up. The all-stock deal for Cu…
Allbirds has completed its transformation into Smartbird, an AI infrastructure provider, after selling its footwear business and shedding most of its workforce. New CEO Nadia Carlsten, who has never worn Allbirds shoes, …
Anthropic faces responsibility for the Fable jailbreak problem, while SpaceX acquires Cursor, an AI startup. The developments highlight ongoing challenges in AI safety and consolidation in the AI startup ecosystem.
U.S. developers and startups are increasingly turning to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek for cost savings, with some reporting costs as low as 50 cents compared to $10 for similar tasks on U.S. models. Despite performanc…
Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst argues that the recent ban of Anthropic's AI model in certain jurisdictions validates Cohere's push for sovereign AI, emphasizing the need for countries to control their own AI infrastructur…
Genesis AI, a French startup backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, unveiled Eno, a humanoid robot designed around human capability rather than human appearance. Eno may lack a head or legs, but features hands that ma…
Rising AI token costs are forcing companies like Pylon to set usage caps, reversing the era of unlimited spending. Pylon CEO Marty Kausas faced a $1.4 million bill and now limits tokens for non-technical employees, while…
OpenAI burned through $3.7bn in the first quarter of 2026, more than half its $5.7bn revenue, as costs tripled year-over-year alongside revenue growth. The company held $73bn in cash after a large funding round and has f…
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind AI coding agent Cursor, in a $60 billion all-stock deal expected to close in Q3 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition follows SpaceX's Nasdaq de…
CBS News reports that AI is reducing the cost and time required to start and run new businesses, citing entrepreneurs and economists. Census Bureau data shows new business formation in the U.S. has surged to a record lev…
BDC CEO Isabelle Hudon discusses the venture capital firm's plans for AI, direct investing, and staff turnover after her mandate was renewed until 2030.
Google Cloud announced a multi-year partnership with HSBC to accelerate AI adoption across the bank's global operations, focusing on hyper-personalized wealth management, financial crime risk management, and AI tools for…
Mistral AI announced plans to release a new, larger family of sparse models this summer, starting with a model expected to delight and surprise in certain capabilities. The company will open an early access program in Ju…
Hyperscale Data, an NYSE American-listed AI data center company, increased its Bitcoin holdings by 4.62 BTC to 713.58 BTC, valued at approximately $46.9 million. The company is pursuing a $100 million digital asset treas…
Anthropic released a playbook for building AI-native startups, remapping the four core stages of the startup lifecycle—Idea, MVP, Launch, and Scale—for what's possible in 2026, with practical exercises and prompts for us…
Vaisala has signed an agreement to acquire Atmo, Inc., a San Francisco-based AI weather company, for a fixed purchase price of USD 70 million plus up to USD 60 million in earn-outs. The deal, expected to close by end of …