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Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner

At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments.

Marina Temkin 3 days ago

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Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router

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Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router

Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.

Ram Iyer 3 days ago

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Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards

The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.

Aisha Malik 3 days ago

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Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

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Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users

Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after quietly testing it in Brazil.

Sarah Perez 3 days ago

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The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut

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The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut

We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, our annual handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world.

Isabelle Johannessen, Michael Schick 3 days ago

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Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

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Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast

Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises reduced the fuel filling process from a week to just a few hours. It's one of ten hurdles the company must overcome to make a profitable power plant.

Tim De Chant 3 days ago

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Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery

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Patreon launches 30 new creator features, including short-form Clips and revamped discovery

Patreon is overhauling how creators get discovered, adding short-form Clips, topic-based communities, and a revamped recommendation system designed to give smaller creators more visibility.

Sarah Perez 3 days ago

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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part

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Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part

Y Combinator alumnus Apollo Atomics is shrinking a key nuclear reactor part, which promises to slash the cost of electricity below natural gas.

Tim De Chant 3 days ago

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AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack

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AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack

The data search and AI giant confirmed unauthorized access to its systems during an incident on Tuesday, and said it was investigating the breach.

Zack Whittaker 3 days ago

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For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage

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For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage

a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. 'Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley," is an advantage, the firm believes.

Anna Heim 3 days ago

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US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI

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US says hackers are targeting vulnerable water systems with the help of AI

Hackers are targeting internet-connected Siemens controllers used in water facilities around the United States.

Zack Whittaker 3 days ago

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Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps

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Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps

Meta said its Muse Spark model is powering the dictation feature.

Ivan Mehta 3 days ago

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Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users

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Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users

Binance's Agent OS works with tools including ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Jagmeet Singh 4 days ago

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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.

Julie Bort 4 days ago

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Waymo’s cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities

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Waymo’s cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities

The next-generation robotaxi, called the Waymo Ojai, is central to the company's push towards mass scale, and eventually, profitability.

Kirsten Korosec 4 days ago

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OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

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OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.

Lucas Ropek 4 days ago

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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

Rebecca Bellan 4 days ago

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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.

Julie Bort 4 days ago

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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth

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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth

AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by ICONIQ after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.

Dominic-Madori Davis 4 days ago

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Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly set to throw dinner in honor of Sam Altman

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Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly set to throw dinner in honor of Sam Altman

The actress' firm Kinship Ventures is an investor in the company.

Dominic-Madori Davis 4 days ago

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Gambling on the Little League World Series? Sports bettors have gone too far

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Gambling on the Little League World Series? Sports bettors have gone too far

Have we tried turning off society and turning it back on again?

Amanda Silberling 4 days ago

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AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t

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AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t

As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.

Sarah Perez 4 days ago

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Google launches new study tools for Students across Search and Gemini

The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.

Aisha Malik 4 days ago

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Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program

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Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program

Multiple cybersecurity researchers said they suddenly lost access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program, which offers models with fewer guardrails for vetted users.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 4 days ago

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