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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI said Friday it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra after an internal review found it…
After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
HR software provider Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, an anti-tokenmaxxing product that helps a company…
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Big Week For Big Checks
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture…
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Cloudflare is the latest company to join the race to build a new web browser. But instead of pitching a Chrome…
Molly White interview: following the AI and crypto money in US politics
Today we have the Molly White interview! $5-and up patrons and YouTube members got the unedited version of this last…
Airbnb says AI is helping it ship features faster as it tests a new search function
Airbnb might be taking slow steps to roll out AI features to its consumer-facing interface, but the company is rapidly…
Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers
Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their…
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case
A New Mexico Court judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay a fine of $567 million, on top of the $375 million…
No Summer Doldrums For Active Startup Investors In July
Active startup investors kept up the pace in July, with familiar names leading the tallies for deal count and…
OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400
In Brief Posted: 3:43 PM PDT · August 6, 2026 Image Credits:SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas…
The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers
I got a great pitch email for Pivot to AI last week: [Mastodon] I am Shriya, reaching out on behalf of Frame…
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
OpenAI is removing limits on text-based chats for all users on ChatGPT, which recently crossed the 1 billion…
Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company
Developers detest drudgery. The entire field of programming is proof of how hard people will work to automate…
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they’ll try…
OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that…
Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs
Suno, the service that allows users to create AI-generated songs, today announced new tools to mark tracks…
Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
Sidd Motwani, Ian Anderson, and Shivaditya Sinha spent years building the behavioral intelligence…
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic…
Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform
The customer support industry has seen a massive influx of startups like Sierra, Decagon, and Parloa trying…
The Return Of The Repeat Founder: Inside YC’s Growing Class Of Second-Timers
Startup accelerator Y Combinator has long had a reputation for spotting exceptional first-time founders…
Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases
In Brief Posted: 2:21 PM PDT · August 5, 2026 Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas…
Atomarine: nuclear-powered AI data centres at sea
Atomarine is a hot new AI startup that just got funding from Y Combinator! That’s the important part, job…
Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders
Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a…
Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Jeff Dean, one of the longest-serving and most influential executives at Google, is stepping down from the…