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Anvil Robotics Raises $5.5M for Open-Source Robot Platform
Eight-month-old Anvil Robotics raised $5.5M in seed funding to scale its open-source, self-manufactured robot-building platform, with backers betting it can become the 'AWS of physical AI' for teams w
OpenAI Buys TBPN for Low Hundreds of Millions
OpenAI has acquired tech talk show TBPN for a price in the low hundreds of millions, with the deal spearheaded by executive Fidji Simo, who is simultaneously pushing the company to cut side projects l
OpenAI Acquires TBPN to Foster AI Dialogue
OpenAI has bought the tech‑industry talk show TBPN, positioning itself to expand its communications and foster a constructive dialogue about AI, a move widely reported as a strategic media foray.
OpenAI Buys TBPN Talk Show, Vows Independence
OpenAI has acquired the Silicon Valley tech talk show TBPN for an undisclosed sum, with applications CEO Fidji Simo telling staff the show will retain editorial independence as it reports to OpenAI's
OpenAI buys TBPN, its first media acquisition
OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the Silicon Valley tech talk show hosted by former founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays, marking the AI giant's first media company buy. The show, on track for $30M+ in revenu
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Cursor launches Agent‑First Coding Platform Cursor 3
Cursor unveiled its new agent‑first coding platform, Cursor 3, positioning the startup to compete with Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex amid a fresh funding round that now values it at $50 b
Google's Gemma 4 switches to Apache 2.0
Google released Gemma 4, a new generation of open-weight AI models available in four sizes from mobile to single-GPU desktop, and switched their license from a restrictive custom Google license to the
Kintsugi Shuts Down After 7 Years, Open-Sources Depression AI
Kintsugi, a California startup that spent seven years building AI to detect depression and anxiety from speech, is shutting down after failing to secure FDA clearance and is open-sourcing its technolo
Oracle Cuts 30,000 Jobs to Fund AI Data Centers
Oracle has cut approximately 10,000 jobs in India — roughly 20% of its Indian workforce — as part of a sweeping 30,000-employee global restructuring aimed at funding its AI data center expansion.
Microsoft Unveils 3 In-House AI Models
Microsoft launched three in-house AI models—MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2—as AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said renegotiating the OpenAI deal unlocked the company's ability to pursue supe
India’s fintech moves beyond UPI to micro‑banking
India’s fintech sector is shifting from UPI‑centric payments to broader financial inclusion, leveraging human‑assisted services, micro‑banking hubs, Aadhaar‑based biometrics, embedded finance, and dat
Oracle Cuts 10,000 India Jobs in 30K Global Layoffs
Oracle has cut approximately 10,000 jobs in India—roughly 20% of its Indian workforce—as part of a global restructuring affecting 30,000 employees, with the company redirecting savings toward AI data
California suspends VC diversity data law before deadline
California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation suspended enforcement of a 2023 law requiring venture capital firms to report demographic data about their portfolio company founders, ju
Nvidia's New App Auto-Compiles Shaders During Idle
Nvidia's latest beta App introduces an Auto Shader Compilation feature that precompiles game shaders while the PC is idle, aiming to cut runtime shader compilation after driver updates and reduce load
OpenAI $122B Funding Sets Record as VC Hits $297B
Global venture capital poured $297 billion into startups in Q1 2026, a 2.5‑fold jump from the previous quarter, driven largely by four mega‑deals that alone comprised over 60 % of the total worldwide.
Meta's 10 gas plants will emit 12.4M tons of CO2 yearly
Meta is funding 10 natural gas power plants in Louisiana to power its $27 billion Hyperion AI data center, a buildout TechCrunch calculates will emit 12.4 million metric tons of CO2 annually — 50% mor
Anthropic Investigates Claude Code Usage Limit Bug
Anthropic is investigating a bug causing Claude Code users to burn through their token allowances much faster than expected, with some paying customers reporting a single reply consuming 40% of their
PS6 Handheld Beats Xbox Series S in Performance, PSSR 3 Tops DLSS 4.5
The upcoming PS6 Handheld is reportedly more powerful than the Xbox Series S in both rasterization and ray tracing, with its PSSR 3 upscaling expected to surpass NVIDIA’s DLSS 4.5 in image quality.
Wuhan halted as 100 Baidu robotaxis malfunction
A system malfunction halted about 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis on Wuhan’s roads, prompting safety concerns and highlighting the challenges of large‑scale driverless taxi deployments.
India Sends 100+ Deep-Tech Startups to Nice Pre-G7
India's Ministry of Education will bring 100–120 of the country's top deep-tech startups to Nice, France (June 14–16) through the Bharat Innovates platform, with PM Modi expected to inaugurate the sho
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