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Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required
AI is coming to your TV, whether you want it or not. On Wednesday, Amazon said its AI assistant, Alexa+, will…
Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus
Note-taking has quickly turned into a critical part of the productivity space, with many workplace software…
🫧 Is AI a bubble yet? Our five gauges say no
Is AI a bubble? Not yet. Our updated dashboard tracking the investment wave currently has no gauges in the…
AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.
A biotech startup called Vivodyne says the AI drug-discovery industry has a data problem, and that it has…
When Should A Board Consider Selling A Company?
I recently spoke with the founder of a cybersecurity company that had raised roughly $30 million. I asked him…
Which Investors Have Backed The Most 2026 Unicorns?
The most active investors in the 2026 cohort of newly minted unicorns include some of the most…
Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Data center developers are expected to spend as much as $4 trillion by the end of the decade — and…
Pivot to AI supporters can get this week’s Tante interview right now
I recorded an interview with Tante, long-time commenter on tech and politics, who I’ve known since the…
Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
For as long as anyone can remember, GitHub has been the de facto code host preferred by a majority of…
Data centres get too hot for Texas politicians
Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott used to get electricity users into the state by any means necessary. He…
OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a new batch of security policies focused on containing security incidents while…
Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
Etched on Tuesday announced that it has raised another $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane…
Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Camera-equipped AI wearables today have developed a bit of a reputation problem. Devices like Meta’s…
Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
Companies are still grappling with exactly how software development should work in the AI area, but one early…
OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
After numerous lawsuits over AI chatbots’ lack of safety measures, leading to teens’ suicides and other…
Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Perplexity spent the past year running one of the biggest AI growth experiments, giving its premium service…
VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
Funding to physical AI companies is booming in 2026. Venture investors appear to increasingly see physical AI…
🔮 Introducing: AI Economy Research Fellowship
Created by SHIHOExponential View is appointing its first Research Fellow.We are looking for an economist who…
Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B
In Brief Posted: 4:56 PM PDT · August 17, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Marina…
Anthropic watermarks AI output — and the AI bros yell
The European Union AI Act went through on 1 August 2024. One of the requirements is the “Code of Practice…
AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new…
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
In Brief Posted: 9:38 AM PDT · August 17, 2026 Image Credits:Studio 642 / Getty Images Amanda Silberling…
Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud
Startup Groq has raised $350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that…
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
In Brief Posted: 8:16 AM PDT · August 17, 2026 Image Credits:Chesnot / Getty Images Tim De Chant Nvidia…