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Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate crossed $47 billion as of early May 2026, tracking toward $50 billion by late June, driven by over 1,000 enterprises each spending more than $1 million annually on Claude. The grow…
Steve Eisman, the investor famous for shorting the housing market before the 2008 crash, warns that investors are buying the wrong AI stocks. He criticizes SpaceX's valuation at over 100 times revenue, comparing its reve…
Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an open-weight AI model that performs within one percentage point of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on agentic benchmarks while costing roughly one-fifth as much, according to CNBC. The company positions the…
A developer tracked API costs across 184 models over 18 months, spending $340,000 in credits. The data reveals that direct provider pricing can be 40x cheaper than GPT-4o, but operational friction and compliance costs of…
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon unveiled a five-year plan to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI chips for data centers, projecting over $15 billion in annual AI component sales by fiscal 2029. The company also announced the …
OpenClaw Launch introduces a managed AI agent service deployable in 30 seconds without installation or coding, offering integrations with email, calendar, Slack, and support for multiple AI providers including OpenAI, An…
Dhravya Shah raised approximately $3 million in seed funding for Supermemory, a startup building a universal memory API for AI applications. The round was led by Susa Ventures, Browder Capital, and SF1.vc, with backing f…
A developer who spent five months building an audience for XEdge decided to sell AI stack research services directly to that audience instead of waiting for Fiverr gigs to gain traction. The developer opened three paid s…
Reflection AI committed $150 million per month to SpaceX for Nvidia GB300 chips at the Colossus 2 data center, totaling $6.3 billion through 2029, in the largest infrastructure bet on open-weight frontier AI. The startup…
Agent Idea Hub launches a database of 129 ranked AI agent blueprints with market scores, build guides, and monetization models, targeting builders who want to create vertical agents that solve real customer problems. The…
The Washington Post reports the US government will decide who can use state-of-the-art large language models, following bans on Fable and restrictions on ChatGPT 5.6. The author predicts Chinese models like DeepSeek will…
The Utah Mammoth acquired goaltender Sebastian Cossa from the Detroit Red Wings for the 23rd overall pick in the NHL draft. Cossa, a 6-foot-7 former first-round pick, posted a .915 save percentage in the AHL last season …
Four top Google DeepMind AI researchers resigned in a single week, triggering a $270 billion loss in Alphabet's market value, the largest single-day drop on record. The departures include Noam Shazeer, who is joining Ope…
A small company, 2Brains Inc., claims to have solved AI hallucinations architecturally, challenging the prevailing industry belief that scaling compute will fix the problem. The company's approach, which separates langua…
Asian streaming services ReelShort, Viu, and iQiyi are expanding microdramas and AI-generated content to capture audiences in a crowded market, with ReelShort doubling its AI team after rapid growth, according to Nikkei …
Om Malik, renowned tech journalist and investor, died two days ago after a long battle with a heart condition. Known for his keen analysis, generosity, and acerbic criticism, he was a fixture at Apple events and a belove…
Anthropic notified some customers of overcharges spanning several months, sending the alert after business hours on a Friday with a "[No action required]" subject line, raising concerns about the billing error's scope an…
Brett Hurt's new book 'Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All' argues that fear, not technology, is the primary bottleneck in the AI age. Hurt, a serial Austin founder, calls for acceleration …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is developing a prediction market app called "Arena" that uses a points system instead of real money, according to employees. The app aims to capitalize on the popularity of platforms like Polyma…
Veteran investor Jeremy Grantham warns that the US stock market is the most expensive in history, driven by an AI boom that could lead to a historic decline. He cites a 235% market-cap-to-GDP ratio and a 40x CAPE ratio, …