The Pentagon is spending billions on Big Tech and Silicon Valley startups as it goes all-in on AI

A new report from Brown University’s “Costs of War” project sheds light on a renewed closeness…

Ibotta goes public today. We spoke to its CEO about riding the tech IPO wave

Ibotta is a Colorado-based consumer rewards platform set to go public Thursday on the New York…

Deci announces new AI dev platform and small model Deci Nano

The Israeli company appears to be moving toward a more fully commercial or blended open-source/closed-source model…

Apple is adding to its arsenal of AI startups with a little-known Canadian firm

Apple has added another artificial intelligence firm to its portfolio as it furthers its push forward…

An AI humanoid robot startup raised $675 million — including from Microsoft and OpenAI

We might be getting closer to having human coworkers. Figure, an AI company developing humanoid robots…

Weekend Business News Roundup February 24, 2024

Capital One announced Monday that it is acquiring the credit card company Discover in an all-stock…

Brex, once a Silicon Valley darling, is laying off 20% of its workforce

Brex, a US fintech startup, has cut more than 200 employees from its 1,000-person workforce. This…

Taking on giants: a QA with robotic vacuum startup Matic’s co-founder Mehul Nariyawala

We came to conclusion that the entire space of indoor robotics is built a bit upside…

Universal Music Group is suing Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is facing the heat for its use of—or rather, alleged misuse of—musical…

A startup founded by former Google employees claims that users spend two hours a day with its AI chatbots

Imagine chatting with Friedrich Nietzsche, Socrates, and René Descartes about the meaning of life. Well, there’s…