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Vinci raises $250M at $1.5B valuation
Vinci, a startup building simulation software for chip and hardware design, closed a $250 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Advent, Temasek, and Xora, and plans to use the capit
A New Neurotech Startup Launches to Rival Sam Altman’s Merge Labs
Bridge Neurotech launched with $13.5 million to build a non-invasive, ultrasound-powered brain-computer interface, challenging surgical approaches like Neuralink and Sam Altman-backed rival Merge Labs
Google is about to remove free access to Gemini Flash and Pro
Google will restrict free Gemini users to the Flash Lite model starting October 9, with Gemini Pro and the new 'Deep Think' reasoning feature gated behind subscriptions of $19.99 or $99.99 per month.
Glimpse Launches Explore CT Quality Tool Beyond Batteries
Glimpse, a startup whose software speeds up CT-based quality inspection, is launching a new product called Explore that brings its defect-detection technology to aerospace, automotive, electronics, an
"I don't want an oligopoly": New open-weight AI models mount a comeback against China
New open-weight AI models from Reflection and Mistral are narrowing China's recent lead in the category, giving businesses and governments a Western alternative to the closed ecosystems of OpenAI and
Flai’s AI dealership software is booking 50,000 appointments per month
Flai, an AI startup that manages customer communications for car dealerships, raised a $27 million Series A led by Base10 Partners while booking 50,000 appointments per month for more than 10 of the t
Anthropic's IPO prospectus: Dario Amodei made $18M in 2025, ranking in the middle of top tech executives, and President Daniela Amodei, his sister, made $16.4M (Reuters)
Anthropic's IPO prospectus reveals CEO Dario Amodei earned $18 million in 2025, placing him in the middle tier of top tech executive pay, while his sister and company President Daniela Amodei earned $
The Verge's Best October Prime Day Deal Picks
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days (October Prime Day) is underway, and The Verge has consolidated its standout picks into one guide with over 100 deals spanning headphones, laptops, e-readers, gaming gear,
SignSplit Raises $400M at $1B Valuation
SignSplit raised $400M from W Group at a $1B valuation to scale infrastructure for digitally signing datasets, likenesses, and creative works used in AI.
Silicon Valley Decides Asia’s Growth
Southeast Asia’s economic growth is increasingly driven by AI-related export demand from U.S. tech giants, making regional fortunes dependent on Silicon Valley spending decisions rather than domestic
OpenAI, Anthropic Pledge Faster Safety Disclosures
OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon appeared before an Australian hearing and pledged faster safety incident disclosures, with Anthropic representatives making similar commitments at the same pro
Trump Forms 'Super Intelligence' AI Task Force
President Trump has launched a 'Super Intelligence' task force to unify his administration's scattered AI efforts and reconcile a fractured cabinet on tech policy amid the global AI race.
Latino group bets on bilingual AI for midterm voters
A national Latino civic engagement group is deploying a bilingual AI app to help Hispanic voters navigate the complexities of the upcoming midterm elections, available in both English and Spanish.
ChatGPT Is Faking New Yorker Cartoons, Forging Real Signatures
ChatGPT is generating fake New Yorker-style cartoons that replicate real cartoonists' signatures, and the AI-generated forgeries have spread widely on social media, according to Nieman Lab.
Seagate, Toshiba Bid for TDK Magnetic Head Unit
Seagate and Toshiba are competing to acquire TDK's hard disk drive magnetic head business in a multibillion-dollar deal, driven by surging demand for AI data center storage, according to Bloomberg sou
Google might let Gemini make personal calls for you
Google appears poised to extend its Gemini "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls, potentially letting users automate short personal calls to friends and family through their Android phones.
Anthropic Subscriptions Deliver 5x More Value Than OpenAI
SemiAnalysis compared AI subscription plans across nine providers and found Anthropic delivers roughly five times more API-equivalent value per month than OpenAI for agentic workloads.
OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
OpenAI is rolling out its "textGrain" watermarking system to ChatGPT and Codex users in the European Union over the coming weeks, while making it opt-in for global API customers and granting detector
19-Year-Old Raises $11M for Ghost's $3,499 AI Computer
Nineteen-year-old Zain Javaid raised $11 million for Ghost, his company building a $3,499 personal AI computer that outlets are calling 'the Mac Mini of AI agents.'
Moreno warns Anthropic CEO against 'alarmist' AI commentary
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Monday urging him to drop his "alarmist approach" and "panic-inducing commentary" on AI, per Axios — the latest instance of T
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