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Starbucks is developing in-house replacements for enterprise software it currently licenses from IBM and Microsoft, aiming to reduce its $400 million annual software spend. The move caused IBM, ServiceNow, and Salesforce…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman escalated their public feud on July 11 with accusations over space data centers and Grok 4.5 adoption, revealing a strategic split between orbital compute and terrestrial AI infrastructure. The f…
Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Chinese AI companies, naming Zhipu and DeepSeek among top picks, and projecting Chinese AI model revenue will grow 25x to $121 billion by 2030. Zhipu's founder defended open-source AI …
Hollywood studios and top filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and Ben Affleck are secretly racing to produce the first major AI-generated blockbuster, investing heavily in AI tools despite public skepticism and union tension…
Tata Consultancy Services plans to build a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed engineers and pursue AI acquisitions, betting that artificial intelligence will create new business rather than disrupt India's $315 billion…
Goldman Sachs released a report on Friday analyzing China's AI large language model industry, finding that Chinese models achieve near parity with US rivals at 10-25% of the cost. The bank projects Chinese AI API and sub…
S&P Global downgraded Oracle's credit rating to 'BBB-', citing OpenAI as a key credit risk. OpenAI accounts for roughly half of Oracle's $638 billion in contractual obligations, and if OpenAI walked away, Oracle would be…
Memory giants SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung are experiencing record revenue growth driven by AI demand for high-bandwidth memory, but the boom risks a future bust cycle as massive fab investments take years to materializ…
Tata Consultancy Services plans to hire up to 8,900 forward-deployed AI engineers and is actively seeking acquisitions in AI and cybersecurity, marking a shift from its organic growth strategy. CEO K Krithivasan said the…
Paris-based voice AI startup Gradium extended its seed financing to $100 million, adding Nvidia as a new investor and opening a San Francisco Bay Area office. The company, founded by former Kyutai researchers, offers voi…
Erika Lee moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to become Head of Brand at Corgi, an AI insurance startup, after a cold DM on X. She finds the city's focus on innovation and building products a stark contrast to LA's e…
Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are conducting large-scale layoffs while simultaneously investing heavily in AI, reallocating resources toward artificial intelligence. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince suggested such moves could…
A journalist who moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to work at AI startup Corgi describes the cultural shift between the two cities, noting that San Francisco values ideas and productivity over social curation. The …
Empery Digital sold 1,400 Bitcoin at a 47% loss to fund a $65 million stake in an AI data center project in the Midwest, pivoting from its Bitcoin treasury strategy amid shareholder pressure and debt concerns. The compan…
Overplane launched DAN, a new AI model that achieves a 20% reduction in inference time and outperforms predecessors in natural language processing benchmarks. However, skepticism remains about its real-world performance …
SpaceX's Starmind project, an orbital AI satellite constellation, threatens to disrupt cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft, and Google by conducting AI inference in space, bypassing terrestrial data centers. Elon Musk confirm…
Koby Conrad, founder of AI sobriety companion Sunflower, moved from San Francisco to Buenos Aires to build a quieter life and start a family. He cites lower cost of living, safety, and the ability to focus on work as key…
Warp CEO Zach Lloyd announced a strategic shift for the company, telling engineers to stop thinking of themselves as product engineers and instead as factory engineers building an automated software factory. The memo out…
Chinese tech firm DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, a strategic move to reduce reliance on Western technology amid geopolitical tensions and tech embargoes. The effort signals China's push for technological indepen…
Terawulf signed a $19 billion, 20-year lease with Anthropic for 400MW of compute power, while MicroStrategy sold 3,588 BTC to raise $65 million for an AI data center, signaling a shift from Bitcoin to AI infrastructure i…