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CLI Market has launched a unified API that enables AI agents to search, compare, and purchase products across 41 verified retailers in 8 countries with a single `pip install`. The platform provides 36 MCP tools, over 13,…
S45 cofounder Aman Singh said the AI-native investment platform hires only for roles that artificial intelligence cannot perform, with most of its workforce split between engineers building AI agents and "AI agent banker…
Israeli technology companies and R&D centers are facing a wave of layoffs and closures in 2026, driven by currency strength, AI-related restructuring, and tighter fundraising conditions. VCCafe, citing a running list mai…
CNN filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Perplexity AI in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the startup’s AI tools produce verbatim copies of the network’s journalism and byp…
Recursive self-improvement (RSI) has emerged as the new buzzword in artificial intelligence, with startups like Recursive Superintelligence and researchers including Richard Socher and Andrej Karpathy racing to build AI …
OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing for initial public offerings later this year, with OpenAI targeting September and Anthropic eyeing October or later, as the two AI giants seek to go public amid economic headwinds. Open…
Databricks co-founder and SVP of field engineering Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji will argue at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 that enterprise AI deals fail not because of model performance but because deployments create operational …
Gemini, the crypto exchange co-founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is partnering with SpaceXAI to integrate its Grok AI model into the Gemini Predictions platform, creating a personalized feed of event contracts for…
Elon Musk clarified that SpaceX's partnership with AI company Anthropic is smaller in scope than previously anticipated. The announcement comes after speculation about the deal's scale, with Musk downplaying expectations…
Anthropic's hiring process requires candidates to complete a CAPTCHA verification step, as the company's job application page blocks access unless the user confirms they are not a robot. The page also mandates that brows…
CNN filed a lawsuit against Perplexity in a New York court Thursday, alleging the startup’s AI tools generate “verbatim” copies of its articles and provide users with content locked behind CNN’s subscription paywall. The…
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman said the next major AI revenue opportunity lies in drug discovery, not chatbots, during an episode of 'The Possible Podcast' on Wednesday. Hoffman argued that AI-driven medicine represents…
AI is augmenting rather than replacing human workers in B2B customer support, according to data from Pylon, the agentic support platform. The technology resolves only about 15% of B2B support tickets end-to-end, compared…
Tidio, Intercom, and Wexio offer similar website chat widgets and AI-powered replies, but each tool serves a distinct market. Tidio targets small e-commerce stores under $1M ARR, Intercom is built for enterprise B2B team…
Groq, the AI inference chip startup founded by former Google TPU lead Jonathan Ross, is raising $650 million at a roughly $6 billion valuation to expand its GroqCloud services and develop next-generation LPU technology. …
Visa has made an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit, with the two companies exploring how to integrate Visa's payment products so developers and AI agents can accept payments directly within the platform…
San Francisco-based Reactor, co-founded by former Apple Vision Pro technical leads Alberto Taiuti and Bryce Schmidtchen, has raised $59 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation f…
Rivian Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid said the company is betting on AI-powered voice control as the primary interface for its vehicles, arguing physical buttons are an anomaly and that automakers do not need Appl…
Massachusetts leaders are pitching the state as a haven for AI talent fleeing California's proposed ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires' assets. Half of the 20 most valuable venture-…
A developer slashed their monthly AI API costs from $3,200 to $420 by switching from OpenAI's GPT-5.5 to Chinese models like DeepSeek V4, which costs 1/50th the price per output token. In production benchmarks, DeepSeek …