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Boston Metal, a startup originally known for developing technology to decarbonize steel production, has raised $75 million to pivot its focus toward producing critical metals like niobium, tantalum, and nickel. The compa…
According to the article, total investments in robotics companies reached a record $40.7 billion in 2025, yet a significant gap remains between the promise of AI-powered robots and their real-world economic impact. The a…
Shay Shwartz, a former teen hacker turned cybersecurity expert who worked on Israel's Iron Dome project, has raised $28 million for his startup Ocean, an agentic email security platform designed to combat AI-powered phis…
Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, where he accused CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman of deceiving him about the company's non-profit status. The article promotes a subscriber-only roundtable discussion …
A California jury swiftly rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders, finding his claims of a "breach of charitable trust" to be weak and filed too late. During the trial, evidence emerged that Musk him…
Former OpenAI employees and AI safety nonprofits have warned investors that Elon Musk's AI lab, xAI, poses "unpriced risks" that could complicate SpaceX's planned initial public offering (IPO), which is expected to be th…
Three key technology stories: Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI because he filed too late, not because the company violated its nonprofit mission; defense-tech company Anduril is partnering with Meta to develop a…
Garry Tan, the head of Y Combinator, is coding late at night to stress-test his belief that AI has dramatically shortened the distance between an idea and a shipped product. He is building GStack, an open workflow that s…
Job posting from a startup founder seeking a senior full-stack technical co-founder to lead product architecture for an AI-powered "Contract-to-Cash Vertical OS" that targets capital-efficiency in an overlooked financial…
AI is transitioning from experimental demos to foundational infrastructure, as evidenced by major investments and corporate restructuring. Key developments include Google and Blackstone planning a $5 billion AI cloud com…
A jury reached a unanimous advisory verdict that Elon Musk sued OpenAI too late, leading a US District Judge to immediately accept that his claims are barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. The court found tha…
Many AI tools in 2025 are merely "LLM wrappers"—simple interfaces around large language models that offer little unique value and can be easily replicated by platforms like ChatGPT. It emphasizes that real, lasting value…
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a startup that provides software development kit (SDK) tools to competitors like OpenAI and Google, for over $300 million. The deal will remove a key infrastructure supplier from the mar…
A California jury unanimously ruled on Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to file his 2024 lawsuit against OpenAI, which accused the company of betraying its nonprofit origins after he donated $38 million to launch it…
A jury in Oakland found that Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman and OpenAI were barred by the statute of limitations, resulting in a loss for Musk. The jury's verdict was advisory, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonza…
A California jury unanimously ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Microsoft, finding that his claims of being misled and harmed by the creation of a for-profit affiliate were filed too …
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are engaged in a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, with Musk accusing the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission to prioritize profits. Key witnesses, including Microsoft CEO Saty…
AngelList replaced traditional technical interviews with a process centered on a domain-relevant coding challenge and a production pull request. Candidates complete a JavaScript exercise using an AI assistant, which test…
Final week of the Musk v. Altman trial, where lawyers attacked the credibility of both tech leaders, revealing new details about OpenAI's nonprofit status and a donkey trophy awarded to an employee who challenged Musk. I…
LetinAR, a South Korean startup backed by LG Electronics, has developed an optical lens technology called PinTILT that aims to make AI-powered smart glasses thinner, lighter, and more power-efficient by directing light p…