Hugging Face Could Be Acquired for $13 Billion Amid AI Boom
The AI industry’s next blockbuster acquisition may not be another model maker. Hugging Face, whose platform helps developers…
Healthcare Startup Devoted Health Could Be Valued at $25 Billion
Devoted Health is the latest startup to show that combining health and AI commands a premium valuation. Just…
Who Made Ox Alpha? the Mystery AI Is Turning Heads in Silicon Valley.
A mysterious new AI model is making the rounds among developers — and nobody is saying who built…
OpenAI’s Chief Economist on What It Takes to Study AI’s Impact on Work
At OpenAI, understanding AI’s impact on jobs is a job in itself. Employees on the company’s economic research…
Neutrogena breaks silence on Hayden Panettiere criticism after actor’s death
Criticism of the company intensified after comments resurfaced from Panettiere’s 2026 memoir and a podcast appearance, in which…
Futureverse collapse: How a claimed billion-dollar Kiwi-founded crypto company roll-up left $40m in debts
Futureverse was then flying high. It had successfully, from the Cayman Islands, executed a complex merger deal with…
I Dropped Out at 16 to Be a Monk. Now I’m Taking on Accenture.
This is a conversation with Lilly Chen, the 30-year-old founder and CEO of FSH Technologies. It has been…
Kiwibank parent interested in talks with Toi Foundation over TSB future, profit down as competition squeezes margins
Kiwibank announced a decline in net profit for the June year, driven by a fall in margins, to…
Stripe Says the Singularity Is Here. Here’s What They Told Investors.
Stripe says the singularity already arrived — more than eight months ago. Executives at the payment processing giant…
Nestle undertaking strategic review of Auckland supplement firm Better Health Company
“This will strengthen our presence not just in New Zealand, but more broadly across the region, with the…
Spark earnings preview: One analyst sees company as hugely undervalued; others see big problems
The sale of the latter is being explored. The Herald has been told Spark employees are bracing for…
Spark appoints Vince Hawksworth as chair to replace Justine Smyth
Smyth, who has been chair since 2017, today welcomed Hawksworth’s appointment. “Vince’s deep experience running large-scale businesses with…