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Runway Launches $10M Fund and Builders Program for AI-Video Startups
Runway will invest $10M in startups building products based on its AI video models — the company is moving toward real-time 'video intelligence'.
Nomadic raises $8.4M to convert drone video into training datasets
Nomadic attracted $8.4M in investments to transform terabytes of video from autonomous vehicles and robots into structured, searchable datasets using deep learning.
Yupp AI Shuts Down a Year After Launch, Burning $33M in a16z Investments
Crowdsourcing startup Yupp AI ceases operations — the company failed to find product-market fit within a year, despite securing $33M from Chris Dixon at a16z crypto.
OpenAI raises $122B at an $852B valuation — a record round with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank
OpenAI has completed one of the largest venture rounds in history: $122B at an $852B valuation, with $3B raised for the first time from retail investors ahead of the IPO.
Salesforce rolled out a major AI upgrade for Slack: 30 new features at once
Salesforce announced Slack's biggest update in years — 30 new AI features, including autonomous agents, smart summarization, and deep integration with Einstein.
Two incidents caused by employees in a week: Anthropic hits turbulence
TechCrunch reports that Anthropic suffered two serious disruptions in a single week due to human error — an awkward fact for a company building its reputation on safe AI.
Mercor startup attacked via vulnerability in open-source project LiteLLM
A hacker group breached AI recruiting startup Mercor by exploiting the compromise of LiteLLM, an open-source proxy gateway used by hundreds of AI companies.
Cognichip raised $60M to train AI to design chips for AI
The startup claims it will cut chip development costs by more than 75% and make the process twice as fast.
Nuclear AI startup Fermi loses CEO and CFO suddenly — Texas project in question
Fermi, a startup founded by a former US Energy Secretary and building a nuclear campus for AI in Texas, has simultaneously lost its CEO and CFO.
The phrase "it's not just X — it's Y" has become an infallible marker of AI-generated texts
The construction "it's not just X — it's Y" appears in AI materials so frequently that it has transformed from an indirect indicator into an almost 100% guarantee of synthetic origin.
Meta builds Hyperion data center: 10 gas power plants for one AI project
Meta's new AI data center called Hyperion will be powered by ten new gas power plants — in capacity terms, this is comparable to the entire energy consumption of South Dakota.
Anthropic accidentally deleted thousands of GitHub repositories while attempting to hide code leak
The company sent DMCA notices to remove leaked source code, but thousands of unrelated repositories were caught in the crossfire. Management acknowledged the error and revoked most of the requests.
Moonbounce raises $12M for a content moderation engine in the AI era
A former Facebook employee founded Moonbounce, a startup that raised $12M for an AI engine that turns content moderation policies into consistent and predictable AI behavior.
Meta, Microsoft, and Google are building gas-fired power plants for AI data centers — what could go wrong
Three tech giants are betting on natural gas to power AI infrastructure, risking costly “stranded assets” and undermining their own climate commitments.
Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million in stock
Anthropic has absorbed stealth startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million in stock — the company’s first major M&A deal outside traditional AI infrastructure.
Anthropic to charge Claude Code subscribers extra for using OpenClaw and third-party tools
Anthropic has changed the rules for Claude Code subscribers: using the assistant alongside OpenClaw and other third-party tools will require an additional fee.
Physical AI in Japan: Labor Shortage Drives Robots from Labs into Manufacturing
Japanese companies are transitioning robotic systems from pilot projects into actual production — an acute labor shortage is transforming physical AI from experiment into necessity.
Microsoft described Copilot as "entertainment only" in terms of use
Microsoft specified in Copilot's ToS that the AI assistant is "for entertainment only." Similar disclaimers appear in OpenAI's, Google's, and Meta's terms: companies legally shield themselves from liability for AI errors
Spanish startup Xoople raised $130M for Earth mapping for AI
Xoople from Spain closed a Series B round for $130M — the company is building an orbital constellation of satellites for collecting geodata optimized for AI pipelines.
Google released an offline dictation app for iOS with Gemma support
Google quietly released a voice dictation app for iOS that works without internet using Gemma models — the search giant's first competitor to Wispr Flow.
OpenAI Alums Quietly Launch Zero Shot Venture Fund Aiming to Raise $100 Million
Former OpenAI employees have founded the Zero Shot venture fund with an ambitious goal to raise $100 million for their first fund — and have already begun quietly investing in AI startups.
Startup Rocket offers McKinsey-style AI consulting at a fraction of the usual cost
Indian startup Rocket has launched an AI platform that combines strategic analysis, competitive intelligence, and product planning — for a subscription fee instead of millions.
Private capital moves directly into AI startups, bypassing venture funds
Family offices are increasingly entering early-stage AI startups without intermediaries, shifting from passive LPs to active players in the venture market.
Google Maps now automatically captions photos and videos with Gemini AI
Now, when trying to share a photo through Google Maps, Gemini AI will suggest a prewritten caption — the user only needs to accept it or tweak it.
Anthropic expands compute contracts with Google and Broadcom amid revenue growth to $30 billion
Anthropic has expanded its computing-resources agreement with Google and Broadcom as the company reports a revenue run rate of $30 billion a year.
Uber expands AWS contract and bets on Amazon chips, bypassing Google and Oracle
Uber expands its partnership with Amazon Web Services and moves key AI workloads for its ride-hailing business to custom Trainium and Inferentia chips, choosing AWS over rivals Google Cloud and Oracle.
Anthropic released a preview of Mythos — an AI model for defensive cybersecurity
Anthropic has opened limited access to its new model Mythos, developed specifically for defensive cybersecurity tasks in large companies.
Intel officially joins Elon Musk's Terafab chip project
Intel enters partnership with Terafab — Elon Musk's chip initiative, bringing manufacturing expertise to his most cutting-edge project.
Firmus, Nvidia-backed AI data center builder, reaches $5.5 billion valuation
Asian AI data center provider Firmus raised $1.35 billion in six months with Nvidia support and reached a $5.5 billion valuation—one of the fastest capitalization rates in the AI infrastructure sector.
Arcee — a 26-person startup — created a powerful open source LLM and is gaining users
American startup Arcee, with a team of just 26 people, released a high-performance open language model — and it's already gaining real traction.