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Executive search firm Christian & Timbers estimates there are only about 2,000 engineers in the U.S. with the expertise needed to help enterprises see a return on AI investments, and demand for forward-deployed engineers…
Nscale announced on July 30 that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, the company behind the Ray distributed-computing framework, with closing expected in the second half of 2026. Financial terms were no…
Scale AI has appointed former Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza as CEO, signaling a shift from data labeling to enterprise AI applications. deSouza, who starts August 10, replaces interim CEO Jason Droege after founder Al…
Qualcomm acquired AI software infrastructure startup Modular for close to $4 billion, betting on an open, hardware-agnostic software stack that enables AI inference across heterogeneous silicon. Modular cofounder Tim Dav…
DataBahn announced a $40 million Series B on July 30 led by Insight Partners, with Forgepoint, GTM Capital and S3 Ventures participating, bringing total funding to $59 million. The company plans to expand its agentic dat…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund is unwinding all public stock positions after suffering steep losses, according to a report from CNBC. The fund, which had bet heavily on AI-related trades, faced significant declines a…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness LP liquidated its entire public equities portfolio in a margin-fueled fire sale, offloading all holdings to a single buyer on or around July 30. The AI-focused fund, which gr…
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, now generates about $4bn annually from artificial intelligence, the largest figure any Chinese firm has publicly claimed, according to the South China Morning Post. To press that lea…
A senior industry observer argues that the Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) role is almost always a failure, especially for B2B companies north of $100M ARR in the age of AI. The author contends that CPTOs end u…
A top semiconductor stock has backed a secret AI lab in a mega deal, according to a report. The investment underscores the growing financial commitment to artificial intelligence research and development.
DataBahn Inc. has raised $40 million in Series B funding to accelerate development of its agentic data control plane, which ingests, normalizes and routes enterprise telemetry from more than 600 sources. The company repo…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, taking place October 13–15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, will feature leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, Flock Safety, Benchmark, Harvey AI, and Cerebras on its main stage, focusing on bu…
Nscale, the London AI-cloud company that owns its own power and data centres, has agreed to acquire Anyscale, the startup behind the widely used Ray software, for about $1.65bn. The deal, announced Thursday and reported …
Satellite manufacturer K2 Space raised $500 million in a Series D round at a $6.8 billion valuation, more than double its previous $3 billion valuation from December 2025. Kleiner Perkins and Iconiq co-led the round, wit…
Simile, a startup that creates AI-powered digital twins of customers for market research, has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital. The company's technology allows businesses to simulate consumer…
Nscale, a UK-based AI cloud platform, announced on July 30 that it will acquire Anyscale, the creator of the Ray framework, for approximately $1.65 billion. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2026, adds a …
Dili, a Y Combinator S23 company based in New York, has raised $21.7 million to automate prevailing wage tracking, apprenticeship monitoring, and certified payroll review for AI infrastructure projects. The startup's sof…
Andrew Garfield and other stars of Luca Guadagnino's film 'Artificial' have reacted to Amazon MGM Studios dropping the $40m biopic about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in June, with Garfield saying he both 'was and wasn't' surpri…
Bloom Security launched from stealth with a $20 million seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners and Ten Eleven Ventures to secure the AI-era enterprise endpoint. The Tel Aviv-based company argues that traditional endpo…
Dili, an AI-driven compliance automation platform founded by three former Coinbase employees, raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures to automate prevailing wage and apprenticeship compliance for in…