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A 21-year-old founder at Turbo AI, Sarthak Dhawan, spent $30,000 on AI tokens in a single month, roughly 13 times the median monthly spend of $2,246, according to data from Ramp. Dhawan defended the expense as necessary …
Anthropic is extending Claude Fable 5 in subscription plans until July 19, 2026, allowing subscribers to use up to 50 percent of their weekly limit on the model. The move is a tactical response to pricing pressures from …
China's Z.ai released GLM-5.2, a free open-source AI model with a 1 million-token context window, drawing comparisons to DeepSeek. In tests, the model performed well on email writing, product recommendations, and trip pl…
Anthropic is keeping Claude Fable 5 in its subscription plans through July 19, 2026, delaying a planned switch to pay-per-use. Subscribers can use up to 50 percent of their weekly limit for Fable 5, in what analysts see …
Drone startup Helsing has completed a $1.8 billion funding round, valuing the company at $18 billion, the company announced Monday. Investors include Dragoneer Investment Group, Iconiq, Canada Pension Plan Investment Boa…
Open-weight models surged to 29% of AI Gateway token volume in June 2026, up from 11% in April, on under 4% of spend, according to Vercel's AI Gateway Production Index. DeepSeek reached 22.6% of token volume, within two …
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix face a critical test of whether the memory chip boom is peaking or entering an AI-driven supercycle, with ASML and TSMC earnings this week and Big Tech results later this month set to sha…
A company called Arientec was founded three days ago with $250 in seed capital and no human employees—everything, including this blog post, is run by AI agents using Claude Code inside a git repo. The entire company oper…
A developer's comparison of seven alternatives to Lovable, an AI web app builder, highlights structural problems like credit system costs, the 'doom loop' of iterative fixes, and a 70% completion wall. Momen is featured …
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is the strongest model for polished front-end work according to Playcode's testing and independent benchmarks, priced at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens. It tops the Artifi…
Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, accusing it, hardware partner io, and two former Apple employees of stealing trade secrets, as Elon Musk blasted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for converting a nonprofit open-source charity into a fo…
An AI startup has allowed its own AI agent to manage a $100 million fundraising round, marking a shift toward machine-led capital raising. The move raises questions about trust, accountability, and the future of investor…
A solo developer has launched Clark, an AI automation tool that claims to match the feature set of Manus, including a computer use agent and browser automation. With thousands of users already onboard, Clark's emergence …
OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI released new AI models this week promising greater cost efficiency. OpenAI's GPT-5.6 uses fewer tokens to reduce customer costs, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5 claims double the token efficiency of rivals…
Apple is reportedly preparing an aggressive countermeasure to OpenAI's competitive threat, with internal plans described as 'thermonuclear' in scope. The move signals escalating tensions in the AI industry as Apple seeks…
Real founders built six- and seven-figure AI automation businesses without coding, with case studies showing revenue from $25K to $2.7M ARR. Marcus, a bookkeeper, grew a solo operation to $25K ARR in four months by offer…
INT21 defines a new category called Self-Improving Compute Infrastructure, where AI agent swarms continuously improve the software that AI runs on, starting with GPU kernels. The company argues that infrastructure, not m…
California attracted over $335 billion in venture capital funding this year, ten times more than any other state, with nearly 90% of invested dollars going to AI firms. Despite a billionaire exodus and complaints about h…
A new analysis identifies seven overlooked AI opportunities for 2026, including building solutions to real-world problems rather than chasing trends, as the biggest gains often come from quiet, practical applications.
Meta plans to begin production of its new AI chip, Iris, in September, aiming to reduce reliance on Nvidia GPUs. The company targets 14 gigawatts of AI computing capacity by 2027 and has raised capital expenditure guidan…