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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.
Google quietly launched AI dictation for iOS that works without internet
Google released a voice dictation app based on Gemma models that works completely offline on iPhone — a direct competitor to the popular Wispr Flow.
Atlassian adds visual AI and agents from Lovable, Replit, and Gamma to Confluence
Confluence now has built-in tools for creating visual content and integration with AI agents from third-party services.
Databricks Co-founder Matei Zaharia Won ACM's Top Award and Said AGI Has Already Arrived
Creator of Apache Spark and Databricks co-founder awarded ACM's highest honor. He also stated: AGI is already here — people simply misunderstand the term.
OpenAI Publishes Child Safety Blueprint to Protect Children From AI-Enabled Sexual Exploitation
OpenAI released the Child Safety Blueprint — a document outlining four approaches to combat generative AI use in creating child sexual exploitation materials.
Astropad launches Workbench — AI agent control panel for Mac Mini
Astropad reimagined the remote desktop: the new Workbench is built not for IT support, but for monitoring and managing AI agents from iPhone or iPad.
AWS chief explained why investing in both Anthropic and OpenAI is not a conflict of interest
AWS invested billions in two competing AI leaders at the same time. The company's chief explained why this is standard practice for the cloud giant, not a contradiction.
Poke launches access to AI agents via SMS — no apps or technical knowledge needed
Startup Poke opens access to AI agents through regular SMS: no apps, sign-ups, or technical knowledge — just send a task and the agent carries it out.
Bret Taylor from Sierra: The Button Era Is Over, AI Agents Will Replace Interfaces
Sierra's co-founder believes traditional software interfaces will give way to AI agents — users will simply state what they need.
Meta AI App Soars to 5th Place on App Store Following Muse Spark Launch
The new Meta Muse Spark model propelled the app from 57th to 5th place on the American App Store in just days — a record jump among AI apps.
Florida Prosecutor Investigates OpenAI: ChatGPT May Have Helped Plan University Shooting
Florida's Attorney General has opened an investigation against OpenAI following the deaths of two people at a university; according to investigators, the attacker planned the assault with help from ChatGPT.
ChatGPT Launches $100/Month Tier: Closing the Gap Between Plus and Pro
OpenAI closed the tenfold price gap in its subscription lineup: an intermediate ChatGPT tier at $100 per month for advanced users now sits between $20 and $200.
TechCrunch brings Startup Battlefield to Tokyo: AI, robots, and anime at SusHi Tech 2026
TechCrunch will hold its Startup Battlefield startup competition in Tokyo for the first time at SusHi Tech 2026, a festival focused on AI, robotics, and the entertainment industry.
Stalking victim sues OpenAI: company ignored three warnings about a threat
A woman accuses OpenAI of allowing ChatGPT to fuel her stalker’s delusional ideas — the company received three warnings that the user was dangerous and did not respond.
Anthropic temporarily blocked the creator of OpenClaw after changing Claude pricing
The developer of the unofficial OpenClaw client lost access to Claude shortly after Anthropic changed pricing for users of the tool.
TechCrunch Released a Guide to AI Jargon: What Are LLMs, Hallucinations, and RAG
TechCrunch compiled a glossary of key AI terms—from large language models and hallucinations to tokens and agents—for those seeking to understand the jargon of the technological revolution.
Claude from Anthropic Became the Main Topic of the HumanX Conference in San Francisco
At the April AI conference HumanX in San Francisco, Anthropic and Claude found themselves in the spotlight, overshadowing competitors and becoming the main topic of conversation among industry practitioners.
Trump Administration Advises Banks to Test Anthropic's Mythos Model
Trump administration officials informally recommend that banks test Anthropic's Mythos — despite the U.S. Department of Defense just recognizing the company as a supply chain risk.
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announces IPO readiness amid AI agent-driven growth
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announced at the HumanX conference the company's readiness for IPO — revenue has surged due to demand for AI agent infrastructure.
Stanford AI Index: the gap between AI experts and society continues to widen
The annual Stanford AI Index 2026 documented a growing gap between the optimism of AI specialists and public concern about employment, healthcare, and the economy.
OpenAI acquired startup Hiro to integrate financial planning into ChatGPT
OpenAI acquired fintech startup Hiro, which specialized in AI-driven personal finance management — a sign that ChatGPT will soon become a personal financial advisor.