AI Startups

The AI boom may be entering its final stages as stock volatility surges and companies rush to raise cash, with analysts at Capital Economics warning of an equity bubble close to bursting. The Nasdaq heads for its worst w…

A developer warns that companies in their second year of AI deployment often mistakenly treat AI tools as a fixed cost rather than infrastructure requiring ongoing investment. The hidden labor of prompt refinement, docum…

ON Semiconductor announced an all-stock acquisition of Synaptics for about $7 billion, expanding its push into physical AI. The deal adds $30 billion to ON Semiconductor's addressable market, but its stock fell 20% after…

OpenAI has not held pre-IPO meetings with investors or outlined a timeline for a public listing, according to CNBC, despite having confidentially filed a prospectus with the SEC. The New York Times reports OpenAI is lean…

More than 60 crypto projects shut down in the first half of 2026, including three backed by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z—Yupp, Syndicate Labs, and Entropy—which collectively burned through $87 million. The closures highlig…

AI startup Lindy replaced Anthropic's Claude with Deepseek, a Chinese model hosted in the US, saving millions as AI costs became unsustainable. CEO Flo Crivello said the cost curve 'crashed to the ground' and that switch…

Chip stocks fell Friday after a New York Times report that OpenAI may delay its IPO until 2027 to achieve a $1 trillion valuation, reversing a brief rally fueled by Micron's strong earnings and Qualcomm's data center ann…

An indie maker spent 90 days building an affiliate revenue channel around AI APIs, earning $3 in the first month but seeing real recurring revenue by month two. The developer, who runs three bootstrapped SaaS products an…

European leaders and tech executives at Vivatech expressed frustration over being left out of the US-China AI arms race and are pushing for AI sovereignty, with France and Germany leading efforts to build independent AI …

Singapore's Kuok Group plans a €5.3 billion hyperscale data center campus near Milan, Italy, delivering 300 MW of capacity as part of a broader European AI infrastructure buildout. The project, disclosed by Italian Indus…

OpenAI is delaying its IPO to 2027, targeting a $1 trillion valuation, while rival Anthropic is expected to go public first after filing its S-1 in June 2026. CEO Sam Altman insists on the trillion-dollar threshold, and …

Warmr launches an AI-powered LinkedIn lead generation tool that drafts personalized outreach messages, learns user writing styles, and suggests replies. The platform offers Starter and Pro monthly subscriptions at $29 an…

US equity funds recorded $8.5 billion in net outflows for the week ending June 24, the first weekly outflow since March, as technology funds alone shed a record $9.3 billion. The outflows signal a potential unwinding of …

OpenAI has not set a timeline for its IPO or begun investor meetings, according to CNBC, despite filing an S-1 with the SEC in June. The company recently closed a $122 billion funding round led by Microsoft and Amazon, v…

Meta is reportedly building a prediction market app to clone Polymarket, leveraging its user base and advertising engine to capitalize on the trend of turning everything into gambling. The move comes amid internal morale…

A16z's latest charts show that the current market cycle mirrors the post-GFC period with tech as the repeat winner, but other sectors have inverted—healthcare and consumer lag while energy and materials lead. The rotatio…

Alphabet's 14-15% stake in Anthropic, built with $3 billion in investments since 2023, could be worth over $210 billion if the AI startup's IPO reaches a $3 trillion valuation. Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO i…

OpenAI unveiled its custom inference chip Jalapeño, built with Broadcom, to reduce reliance on Nvidia's dominant AI chips. The move follows similar strategies by Google, Apple, and SpaceX to gain more control and perform…

OpenAI debuted at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, pitching ChatGPT as a major ad platform, but its initial $60 CPM dropped to $25 within ten weeks. The company projects $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030, while co…

OpenAI debuted ChatGPT as an advertising platform at the Cannes Lions festival, projecting $2.5 billion in ad revenue by 2026 and $100 billion by 2030. Early CPM pricing dropped from $60 to $25 in ten weeks before shifti…