Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living
Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for — housing, food, wireless — and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.
Read SourceAnthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Read SourceSpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.
Read SourceMeta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.
Read SourceChinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.
Read SourceMistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation
The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion.
Read SourceSpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]
Read SourceIt’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe
The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half of that bunch is heading to public markets in the same window, and it’s a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for […]
Read SourceCheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.
Read SourceTheker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.
Read SourceJeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
Read SourceSpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever
Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun.
Read SourceSpaceX SPV investors won’t know their true holdings until post-IPO lock-ups lift
After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud.
Read SourceDeezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others
Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.
Read SourcePool’s new app turns your screenshots into something useful
Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.
Read SourceDoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos
The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.
Read SourceOpendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
The decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
Read SourceAnthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
If founders and other business leaders weren't already envious of Dario Amodei, who sits atop one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies, they're going to be seriously envious now.
Read SourcexAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.
Read SourceFresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues
Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.
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