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AI wearables marketed as persistent AI companions have failed to gain consumer traction, with Friend's late 2025 subway ad campaign in New York City drawing widespread defacement and public backlash. Humane's AI Pin also…
Cognition, the AI coding firm behind the developer agent Devin, raised more than $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation, according to a company blog post and reporting by Bloomberg and Axios. The company reported a run-ra…
Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H funding round, producing a $965 billion post-money valuation and a reported $47 billion revenue run-rate. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia …
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo warned that the tech sector is approaching an unprecedented wave of IPOs, with SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic potentially going public within the next six months. Costolo stated that SpaceX…
Joe Lonsdale, founder of 8VC and co-founder of Palantir, said artificial intelligence is enabling startup founders to achieve $100 million in revenue at an unprecedented pace, urging experienced investors to consider lau…
Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI in valuation, nearing the $1 trillion mark following a new funding round. The AI company's rapid growth reflects its increasing dominance in the artificial intelligence sector.
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch rejected Pope Leo XIV’s call to “disarm” artificial intelligence, arguing Europe must develop its own advanced AI capabilities to counter threats from rivals and adversaries. Mensch’s comments c…
LinkerBot, a Chinese startup founded in 2023, has shipped 10,000 dexterous robotic hands in the past year, capturing 80 percent of global demand. The company, which sells hands capable of playing piano and threading need…
Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation, bringing the company close to a $1 trillion valuation as enterprise adoption of its Claude AI assistant accelerates. The round, led…
Anthropic announced a $65 billion fundraise on Thursday, valuing the AI lab at $965 billion and surpassing OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup. The company also released Claude Opus 4.8, a new large language model wit…
Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation, positioning the AI startup for a potential initial public offering. The round, co-led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, and Sequoia …
Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round, achieving a $965 billion valuation that surpasses OpenAI’s $850 billion valuation as both AI rivals prepare for expected IPOs later this year. The company also re…
Cognition co-founder Walden Yan and OpenInspect's Cole Murray discussed the rise of "async agents" — AI coding tools that operate in the background rather than requiring constant developer oversight — in a podcast releas…
Snowflake reported $1.39 billion in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, a 33% year-over-year increase, with product revenue reaching $1.33 billion. The company also announced a $6 billion multi-year infrastruct…
Gemini launched an AI-powered Command Center for its prediction market platform, using models from SpaceX's AI division to surface real-time signals and market summaries based on user activity. The tool, described as a "…
Elon Musk stated on X that SpaceX has not committed to leasing its Colossus data center to Anthropic for multiple years, describing the arrangement as a 180-day lease with 90-day mutual cancellation rights. This contradi…
Higgsfield AI released a 95-minute action film called *Hell Grind*, which the company and several outlets have billed as the first feature-length movie created using generative artificial intelligence. The San Francisco …
Ali, CEO of Velork, launched an AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE) that converts website designs and Figma files directly into clean code. The tool, built on VS Code, features a Canvas tab that allows AI…
Andreessen Horowitz launched the a16z FDE Fellowship, an eight-week cohort for forward-deployed engineers and applied AI leaders deploying AI into enterprise settings. The program, starting in July 2026, aims to connect …
Anthropic raised $65 billion in new financing, valuing the artificial intelligence start-up at $900 billion and surpassing OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion to become the world’s most valuable A.I. company. The San…