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Microsoft eliminated 4,800 roles, citing AI automation, joining a wave of tech layoffs that have cut 120,000 jobs in 2026. Oracle cut 21,000 employees, GitLab laid off 350 workers, and Google reduced thousands of roles, …
Zhipu AI launched ZCode, a development environment powered by its GLM-5.2 model, to compete with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a lower cost. New customers receive a free five-day trial with up to 5 million tokens per d…
One Stop Systems (OSS) has been identified as one of the top 10 hidden AI stocks to buy, according to a recent analysis. The company specializes in high-performance computing solutions for AI and edge applications, makin…
Terawulf's stock surged after the company announced a data center deal with Anthropic in Kentucky, signaling growing demand for AI infrastructure.
Katalyze AI, co-founded by a former Sanofi leader and WFHomie co-founder, raised $10.5 million USD to deploy teams of AI agents that accelerate pharmaceutical drug development operations.
SpaceX acquired Cursor's parent company Anysphere for $60 billion in stock, the largest startup acquisition in history, and Cursor launched a GitHub competitor called Origin. The deal consolidates developer tools, models…
Wall Street steg på måndagen med tekniksektorn i täten, där S&P 500 ökade 0,7 procent och Nasdaq Composite steg 1,2 procent. Halvledarbolag som Advanced Micro Devices och ASML gynnades av AI-efterfrågan, medan Microsoft …
Meta announced plans to sell excess AI compute to third parties, surprising investors and causing shares of neocloud providers CoreWeave and Nebius to drop 19% and 23% respectively. The move comes amid reports that CEO M…
Together AI raised $800 million in Series C funding at an $8.3 billion valuation, driven by customer reports of 6x to 60x cost reductions for AI inference compared to closed APIs. The company crossed $1.15 billion in ann…
MIPS by GlobalFoundries CEO Sameer Wasson and CTO Yankin Tanurhan discussed the company's acquisition of Synopsys' IP Processor Solutions business and the rise of physical AI in automotive and factory-floor robotics, pos…
Mercor, an AI labor marketplace founded by Brendan Foody, hit a $2 billion gross annualized revenue run rate in June 2026, doubling its pace earlier in the year. The growth comes as Amazon phases out Mechanical Turk, wit…
OpenAI has introduced a new feature in ChatGPT Ads that allows advertisers to generate ads using AI. The tool creates ad variations based on the advertiser's website and campaign settings, which can then be reviewed, edi…
SurrealDB, a four-year-old UK startup, has built a multi-model database with its own TAPIR-based storage engine to serve as a high-speed context layer for AI agents. The company, founded by brothers Tobie and Jaime Morga…
TeraWulf announced a 20-year lease with Anthropic to build a purpose-built AI data center in Hawesville, Kentucky, expected to generate $19 billion in revenue. The facility, located on a former industrial site, will prov…
ByteByteGo and Ali Aminian are launching the 7th cohort of their live, cohort-based AI engineering course, with enrollment closing soon. The program emphasizes hands-on project building, structured curriculum, live mento…
TeraWulf signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic for a 401 MW AI data center campus in Kentucky, expected to generate ~$19 billion in revenue, and sold its stake in a Texas joint venture. Bitcoin mining stocks jumped on th…
Microsoft and Uber are cutting internal use of AI agents due to high costs, despite investing billions in the technology. Microsoft removed Claude Code licenses from most engineers after a $5 billion Anthropic investment…
Everhaze, a Dublin-based PR-intelligence company, raised €450k from three Irish family offices ahead of the UK and Ireland launch of its conversational agentic AI product, Lú. The AI targets PR agencies facing pricing pr…
Dan Sundheim's D1 Capital returned roughly 10% in June, bringing its first-half gains to 25.7%, outperforming the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500. Other Tiger Cub funds, including Light Street Capital, Maverick Capital, Tiger Glo…
United Talent Agency's Creators division co-heads Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky discussed the business of the creator economy at the Cannes Lions festival, detailing how they identify talent, build durable businesses, …