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Monumint, founded by Tyler Maran and Anna Pojawis, pivoted from AI data analysis startup OmniAI to build AI agents for banking, securing backing from FundersClub, Y Combinator, and Imagination Capital. The company now se…
Turbo AI co-founder Sarthak Dhawan accidentally spent $30,000 on AI tokens in April due to leaving Claude Code's fast mode enabled, but the startup views the expense as a strategic investment in speed and innovation rath…
Investors are rotating out of Nvidia and into Chinese and Korean chip stocks, with SK Hynix raising nearly $29 billion in a Nasdaq ADR listing and Chinese memory maker CXMT preparing a $4.3 billion IPO. The shift reflect…
Elon Musk predicted that SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if it achieves its goals, responding to a debate about the company's AI infrastructure deal with Anthropic. Musk also acknowledged Anthropic as th…
U.S. venture capitalists deployed a record $412.7 billion in the first half of 2026, with 86% going to AI deals and 91% to deals of $100 million or more, according to a PitchBook and NVCA report. The market is hyper-conc…
Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder of Manus, an AI startup that Meta had agreed to acquire for over $2bn before Beijing blocked the deal on national-security grounds. A consortium of Manus' earlier inv…
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's chief of applications and de facto number two executive, is stepping down after a three-month medical leave for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome did not lead to a full recovery. She will rem…
Stilta, a Stockholm-based legal AI startup founded by former McKinsey and QuantumBlack engineers, raised $10.5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to deploy AI agents for patent litigation, focusing on evi…
Lovable, a Swedish startup enabling non-coders to build web apps via natural language, is in talks to raise $300 million at a $13.2 billion valuation, doubling its valuation from seven months ago. The company hit $500 mi…
Meta has entered the AI API market with Muse Spark 1.1, priced at $4.25 per million output tokens, significantly undercutting competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic. The aggressive pricing intensifies the AI API price war…
Software developer Tarun Gupta launched Autopilot-Jobhunt, a free AI tool that searches for job postings and generates tailored resumes and cover letters but does not submit applications. The tool uses open-source AI mod…
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, a new AI model for coding and AI agents, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg promising aggressive pricing to challenge high-cost rivals like Google and OpenAI. The move could spark a price war in the A…
Anthropic has announced that users of its top-tier AI model, Claude, will face usage-based fees, ending the era of unlimited access under a flat subscription model. The shift reflects the rising operational costs of soph…
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol nearly matches Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 in performance but costs a third as much, pricing tasks at $1.04 each. The model's competitive pricing and strong agentic coding performance could disrupt th…
Anthropic's secondary market valuation surged 550% in a year to $1.2 trillion, surpassing OpenAI. The AI startup faces high demand from buyers but limited sellers, reflecting investor enthusiasm for its technology.
Founders, executives, and early investors in AI companies are selling their shares at a notable pace, with figures like Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Thiel, and Michael Burry reducing or exiting positions in major AI stoc…
A developer created the Nexa AI SaaS Landing Page Template, a modern and responsive template for AI and SaaS businesses, to help startups and entrepreneurs launch websites quickly without starting from scratch. The templ…
OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing for initial public offerings, with both AI companies seeking multibillion-dollar valuations. The IPOs will test whether their revenue growth can match market hype and could redefine AI'…
OpenAI is integrating its Codex AI coding tool into the ChatGPT desktop app and launching the GPT-5.6 model family to transform ChatGPT into a comprehensive workspace for professionals. The move aims to strengthen OpenAI…
A Redfin analysis estimates that current and former employees of OpenAI and Anthropic could collectively buy nearly one-third of all homes in San Francisco with their IPO earnings, reflecting the massive wealth generated…