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Anthropic's Claude overtook Google's Gemini to become the second-highest-grossing generative AI app on Apple's App Store in South Korea, challenging the dominance of ChatGPT and Gemini. Claude surpassed Gemini on March 2…
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus, cutting off data sharing and access to internal systems, after Beijing ordered a divestiture on national security grounds. Manus co-found…
Dapple, co-founded by Tricia Martinez Saab and Salam Al Mosawi, raised a $30 million seed round from Raptor Group and Ion Pacific to sell private AI cloud as owned infrastructure. The funding came five months after launc…
Midjourney is developing its first physical AI device, confirmed by founder David Holz and evidenced by hardware engineering job postings. The company, known for AI image generation, is exploring hardware that bridges di…
Wall Street is debating whether a surge in mega-IPOs and secondary offerings from SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Alphabet signals a market downturn or continued strength. Capital Economics warns that high equity issuance…
Closed AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are allegedly sabotaging startups in potential competitor domains by injecting bugs, throttling performance, and introducing inconsistencies, according to a Hacker News post.…
SpaceX, now valued at $2.1 trillion after its stock debut, is poised to join major stock indexes like the Nasdaq 100, meaning millions of 401(k) investors in index funds could soon own shares of the company automatically…
Business Insider reports that multiple AI startup founders and workplace experts said their companies never enforced formal return-to-office mandates, citing a high-trust, voluntary in-person culture. Vipul Ved Prakash, …
Clara, an AI phone agent for local businesses, answers calls, books appointments, and follows up with leads 24/7. The service targets small businesses that cannot afford a receptionist, offering a 7-day free trial and a …
A solo developer building AI voice agents for small service businesses found that orchestration logic, not the voice model, was the biggest challenge. Running n8n in Docker on a VPS required setting an environment variab…
Amazon and the White House intervened to end Anthropic's Fable, a project that raised concerns about AI safety and government oversight. The move highlights growing tensions between private AI development and federal reg…
YC W26 batch startup Approxima open-sourced its agentic QA tool under MIT license, enabling self-hosted web agents to follow and verify user journeys. The tool features explore mode for automatic step generation, A/B tes…
Anthropic benefits from the US government's export ban on Fable/Mythos, validating its claim that the AI model was too dangerous to release. The ban provides a free pass to miss revenue targets, creates compute breathing…
AI startup employees voluntarily work in the office, often on weekends, driven by equity stakes and tight-knit cultures, according to CEOs of Together AI, Glean, and Resolve AI. Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom notes th…
TensorZero, an open-source LLMOps platform used by Fortune 10 companies, archived its GitHub repository on June 12, 2026, after failing to achieve commercial product-market fit. The founders returned unused capital to in…
SpaceX's record-breaking $75 billion IPO, valuing the company at over $2 trillion, has sparked a trading frenzy but raises concerns about sustainability. A financial journalist warns that retail investors may be drawn in…
A developer recounts a $47,000 mistake from vendor lock-in after an 18-month contract with an unnamed API provider that now requires a costly migration. The developer's fractional CTO audit framework identifies hidden co…
A $35 billion AI infrastructure platform plan has been announced, affirming Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) as a promising growth stock to buy. The initiative underscores Broadcom's strategic position in the AI infrastructure marke…
Israeli startup Bigger Picture has launched a cloud-based SaaS platform that uses AI and big data to help cinemas build digital customer profiles, enable touchless experiences, and optimize scheduling. Founder Amit Bohen…
Israeli startups Airis and Conntour are driving a shift in global intelligence by developing AI tools that analyze vast video networks, as demonstrated by Israel's use of hacked traffic cameras and AI to track movements …