The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by prominent AI researcher François Chollet, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has...
Monday, March 24, 2025
A Chinese tech giant says it slashed AI costs using only Chinese chips
Prospero Silvério
March 24, 2025
Earlier this year, DeepSeek briefly crashed Nvidia’s stock because of speculation that its models require far fewer chips. Now, Chinese fint...
a16z and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t have
Prospero Silvério
March 24, 2025
Last year, AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However, nearly two dozen sources – inc...
AI chip startup FuriosaAI reportedly turns down $800M acquisition offer from Meta
Prospero Silvério
March 24, 2025
FuriosaAI, a South Korean startup that makes chips for AI applications, has rejected an $810 million acquisition offer from Meta. from TechC...
Ex-Network International execs raise $6M for Enza, an African fintech serving banks
Prospero Silvério
March 24, 2025
Over the past decade, Dubai-based Network International has become one of the dominant payment processors across the Middle East and Africa,...
DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns
Prospero Silvério
March 24, 2025
Genetics testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to initiate the sale of its assets. Alongside th...
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s new robotics startup reportedly raises another $150M
Prospero Silvério
March 23, 2025
The Bot Company, the robotics startup founded by former Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, has raised $150 million in a round led by Green...
Buy now, pay later . . . for a burrito?
Prospero Silvério
March 23, 2025
In 2010, a programmer who was mining bitcoin famously made the comically expensive mistake of spending 10,000 bitcoin on two pizzas. As of t...
Barack Obama joins Bluesky
Prospero Silvério
March 23, 2025
Social network Bluesky, an alternative to X built on open source technologies, has scored a big win in terms of attracting notable users to ...
Browser Use, the tool making it easier for AI ‘agents’ to navigate websites, raises $17M
Prospero Silvério
March 23, 2025
We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various ...
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Jonah Peretti’s career to date has been defined by constant reinvention. As the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, Peretti has been at the forefro...
Charlie Javice trial becomes a master class in hubris for both sides
Prospero Silvério
March 22, 2025
Charlie Javice’s high-profile fraud trial has become a showcase of embarrassing missteps on both sides, with eyebrow-raising details about h...
Week in Review: Google buys Wiz
Prospero Silvério
March 22, 2025
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the NASA astronau...