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A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters
Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.
View the articleAmazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.
View the articleWith $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.
View the articleNew Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
View the articleLululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally
Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic.
View the articleOpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down
Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed.
View the articleAccel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort
The six startups were selected from over 2,000 applications and will receive $500,000 to $2 million each.
View the articleKentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center
A "major artificial intelligence company" reportedly offered a Kentucky family $26 million to build a data center on their farm.
View the articlePentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says
During a hearing Tuesday, a district court judge questioned the Department of Defense’s motivations for labeling the Claude AI developer a supply-chain risk.
View the articleAnthropic hands Claude Code more control, but keeps it on a leash
Anthropic’s new auto mode for Claude Code lets AI execute tasks with fewer approvals, reflecting a broader shift toward more autonomous tools that balance speed with safety through built-in safeguar...
View the articleSpotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists
The idea behind the new tool is to give artists more control over which tracks are associated with their name on Spotify.
View the articleCrusoe makes big battery buys for its data centers
Form Energy and Redwood Materials both received orders from the data center developer.
View the articleDatabricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product
With an overflowing war chest from its recent $5 billion raise, Databricks is buying startups and looking for more. It acquired Antimatter and SiftD.ai.
View the articleArm is releasing the first in-house chip in its 35-year history
Arm is producing its own CPU for the first time. It developed the CPU with Meta, which is also the chip's first customer.
View the articleOpenAI’s plans to make ChatGPT more like Amazon aren’t going so well
OpenAI says it's moving away from Instant Checkout, which allowed users to buy items directly through the ChatGPT interface.
View the articleGoogle TV’s new Gemini features keep fans updated on sports teams and more
Three Gemini-powered features are coming to your Google TV. This includes visual responses, deep dives, and sports briefs.
View the articleOpenAI adds open source tools to help developers build for teen safety
Rather than working from scratch to figure out how to make AI safer for teens, developers can use these policies to fortify what they build.
View the articleTalat’s AI meeting notes stay on your machine, not in the cloud
The subscription-free AI meeting notes app is a local-first twist on notetaking tools like Granola.
View the articleBKR Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders
BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian toward its $50 million target.
View the articleBRK Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders
BRK Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian towards its $50 million target.
View the articleCrunchyroll confirms data breach after hacker claims unauthorized access
Crunchyroll said it continues to investigate the data breach involving its users' personal information.
View the articleDoss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP
Doss's AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest.
View the articleArm Is Now Making Its Own Chips
The chip design firm says Meta, OpenAI, Cerebras, and Cloudflare are among the first customers of its new artificial intelligence hardware.
View the articleApple Music partners with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature
Apple Music teamed up with Ticketmaster to power its Concert Discovery feature, which recommends live music events based on users' listening habits.
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