a16z co-leads Segura’s $8M round to use WhatsApp for insurance distribution — TFN
Brazilian startup Segura has raised an $8 million in a seed round to build what it calls the…
OpenAI breaks free from exclusive AI pact with Microsoft
As part of an investment announced earlier this year, the Amazon unit said it was jointly developing products…
The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path
David Silver gave the world its very first glimpse of superintelligence. In 2016, an AI program he developed…
The fresh faces behind SusHi Tech Tokyo — the students driving Japan’s entrepreneurial turn
Tokyo is readying for its annual startup convention, SusHi Tech Tokyo — starting Monday — to bring together…
Texas Startup Ranch Proto-Town Aims to Revive American Manufacturing
An inflatable office space at the center of Proto-Town. The charismatic founders preach a gospel of reviving American…
SpaceX Has Deal for Right to Acquire Cursor for $60 Billion
SpaceX said it has an agreement giving it the right to acquire artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60…
Foreign tech firms take root in a rapidly developing Vietnam
In a gleaming skyscraper in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a handful of software engineers…
AI-armed founders disrupting venture capitalism?
A recent report noted that Indian venture capitalists are sitting on nearly $10 billion, waiting for the “right”…
OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s former chief product officer who was recently tapped to build a new AI workspace for…
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI
Startups that are shutting down are now selling off their company data, including emails and Slack messages, for…
I Sold My Startup A Year After Founding It. Here’s Why That Was The Fastest Way To Build Real-World Healthcare AI
By Louis Blankemeier In October 2024, my co-founders and I set out to make our Ph.D. research useful…
Jane Street Invests $1 Billion in CoreWeave, Boosts Spending Plans
Jane Street Group, a trading firm, has taken an additional $1 billion stake in AI cloud services provider…