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OpenAI's Sora Shutdown Could Signal Alarm for AI-Video Market
OpenAI has discontinued Sora — one of the year's most high-profile AI-video projects. Experts debate: is this a tactical move or the beginning of industry retreat?
OpenAI shut down the Sora video generator after six months — what is behind the decision
OpenAI shut down Sora six months after launch — the service collected photos of users' faces, and now questions have arisen about what will happen to that data.
Qodo raises $70M: a bet on code verification in the era of AI development
Startup Qodo has raised $70 million, arguing that the real challenge of the AI development era is not the speed of code generation, but ensuring that the code actually works.
Mistral AI secures $830 million in debt to build a data center near Paris
The French AI startup is taking on $830 million in debt to build its own data center — the facility is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2026.
AI startup Rebellions raises $400 million at a $2.3 billion valuation ahead of IPO
South Korean startup Rebellions, which develops chips for AI inference, has closed a $400 million pre-IPO round at a $2.3 billion valuation and plans to go public in 2026.
ScaleOps raised $130 million for automated Kubernetes optimization in the AI era
Startup ScaleOps closed a $130 million Series C round — the platform optimizes Kubernetes resources in real time, cutting cloud costs amid the AI boom and GPU shortages.
Americans use AI more often, but trust the results less and less — Quinnipiac poll
A new Quinnipiac poll captured a paradox: AI adoption in the US is rising, while trust in its results is falling — Americans are concerned about transparency, regulation, and its impact on society.
LiteLLM cuts ties with controversial startup Delve after malware attack
Popular AI gateway LiteLLM has dropped certification partner Delve after falling victim to credential theft.
One in seven Americans ready to work under an AI boss — Quinnipiac poll
15% of Americans would agree to a position where their direct manager is an AI program that assigns tasks and creates schedules, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
Ring Launches App Store to Expand Beyond Home Security
Amazon-owned Ring opens an app store — AI platform will expand smart camera applications from home security to elderly care and business use cases.
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.