Mercor Contractors Allege The AI Company Slashed Their Wages
Mercor’s latest fund raise made its CEO Brendan Foody (pictured) and his two cofounders the world’s youngest self-made…
Andrew Ng Says Everyone Should Learn to Code — but Not the ‘Old Way’
Everyone should learn to vibe code, according to Andrew Ng. “The bar to coding is now lower than…
Did Sam Altman Just Announce an OpenAI Cloud Service?
Sam Altman cleared up some misunderstandings from the social media echo chamber on Thursday. While doing so, the…
I Left My 15-Year Career for Startups. the Risk Was Worth It.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robert E. Williams, a 40-year-old VC board director and…
How a Diesel Mechanic Made a Career Pivot to Head of AI at a Startup
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 30-year-old Daryl Roberts, lead AI and machine learning engineer…
Cancer Led This Mom to Create Kelp-Based Plastic Alternative
In March 2024, a breast cancer diagnosis abruptly put Alexa Coulombe McGovern’s life on hold. The cause of…
A New Wave of AI-Powered Consulting Startups Is Emerging
For decades, the consulting and tech industries have moved in tandem: Silicon Valley develops new technology, and the…
Bystro AI: Boston startup creates ‘ChatGPT for DNA’ to personalize health care
Its founders call it a Google search or ChatGPT for DNA. In essence, users can ask their genetics…
Internal Amazon Documents Warned AI Startups Are Delaying AWS Spending
For years, Amazon Web Services was among the first, and often the largest, line item on a startup’s…
I Took a Calculated Risk and Left JPMorgan for an AI Investment Bank
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Varun Agarwal, a founding employee at OffDeal, an AI…
French space defense startup Dark ceases operations
WASHINGTON — Dark, a French startup developing air-launched spacecraft technology to capture and dispose of orbital objects, has…
Meet the AI Startup at the Center of Google’s Health Benefits Debacle
Google’s bet on an AI startup to streamline employee benefits quickly turned into a privacy firestorm on Wednesday.…