AI Startups

Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling, a multimodal open-weights model with 975 billion parameters that leads U.S. open-weights models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence I…

OpenAI is developing a portable, screenless smart speaker designed as an AI companion, marking the company's entry into hardware. The device focuses on voice interaction and aims to offer a more human-centric AI experien…

OpenAI is developing its first hardware device, a screenless smart speaker with a camera and sensors that uses ChatGPT-like conversational AI, according to insiders. The portable device will control smart home gadgets, b…

Bank of Singapore expects China's advanced manufacturing sector to benefit from the AI up-cycle, with AI-related capex by leading Chinese technology and platform companies growing at over 20% compounded annually over the…

Scribble Network, a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform, launched on Product Hunt and reached the number four spot on launch day, addressing the growing problem of brands being invisible to AI systems like Chat…

TYLsemi emerged from stealth on July 14 with $43 million in early-stage funding led by Matter Venture Partners, aiming to help hyperscalers build custom AI chips by offering a complete chiplet portfolio spanning IO, powe…

Parallel Web Systems, the AI search startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has integrated its web search API into Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as a preview grounding option, giving enterp…

Apple is in talks to acquire PrismML, a startup that shrinks AI models up to 15x to run on iPhones, according to a report from CNBC.

In a new episode of the ZEIT podcast 'Neustart', host Henrik Oerding speaks with San Francisco correspondent Nicolas Killian about the mindset of Silicon Valley, including how the AI boom is reshaping the region, the riv…

India has minted its second AI unicorn in a month, with Sarvam AI closing $234 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation and Emergent reaching a billion-dollar valuation through a $130 million Series C in July 2026,…

OpenAI has partnered with Work Louder to release the Codex Micro keyboard for $230, a hardware device that promises AI integration and smart features to enhance workflow. The product follows a Codex-branded teaser last m…

Whatnot, the livestream shopping platform, acquired AI startup Shaped to integrate real-time recommendation and search technology, aiming to enhance personalization and expand into new product categories. The deal positi…

Google is deepening its partnership with Parallel Web Systems, the AI search startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, by offering Parallel's web search tools to Google Cloud customers building AI agents with …

Menlo Ventures' early $1 billion stake in Anthropic is now worth an estimated $14 billion as the AI startup prepares to go public, according to sources familiar with the matter. Partner Matt Murphy invested in 2023 after…

Anthropic and OpenAI are rapidly resetting usage limits for Claude, Codex, and ChatGPT Work in a direct fight for market share through low prices and easy access, according to Japanese media outlet ITmedia AI+. This "res…

Apple is two years behind schedule on AI, and its recent Siri AI rollout felt like a starting point rather than a finish line, according to a former Apple employee who worked with Steve Jobs. New CEO John Ternus must res…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States, bringing its total U.S. investment pledges to $265 billion.…

Film studio Fountain 0 announced 'Odysseus: The Fall,' an AI-generated film based on Homer's epic, set for release later this year to compete with Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey,' which is projected to open with $80 to…

Thinking Machines, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has launched Inkling, an open-weight AI model with 975 billion parameters and a Mixture-of-Experts architecture that activates only 41 billion at a time. Relea…

Applied Computing, a London startup founded in 2023, has raised a $20m Series A led by engineering giant KBR with Databricks Ventures participating to build a foundation model for oil, gas, refining, and petrochemicals. …