Avec’s latest AI feature reads your email so you don’t miss the due date
Avec has added a feature that scans an email for a deadline when you swipe left, then resurfaces the message on the relevant day. The $8.4mn startup has published no detail on whe…
Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition
SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, Bloomberg reports, and Cognition did not engage. Chief executive Scott Wu replied publicly that his company is …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gwyneth Paltrow allegedly set to throw dinner in honor of Sam Altman
The actress' firm Kinship Ventures is an investor in the company.
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?
Google is giving college students a free year of AI Pro, and a raft of study tools
Google is rolling out a wave of study tools across Search and Gemini for the new school year. It is also giving eligible college students a free year of its paid AI plan. The comp…
A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal
Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it fetched three months ago, Bl…
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 acceptanc…
Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools
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…
Meta launched a Mac app to put its AI to work for businesses
Meta has released a dedicated Mac app for Meta AI, its chatbot. The company is pushing to turn the assistant into a tool for businesses and creators. The app can watch a window on…
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.
Uber’s first European AV rides go live in Zagreb, with a safety driver
Uber has begun offering autonomous rides in Europe for the first time, in the Croatian capital, Zagreb. From Wednesday, riders there can book a self-driving car through the Uber a…
Samsung hiked foundry prices up to 15%, with China paying the steepest
Samsung has raised prices for some of its advanced contract chipmaking by as much as 15 percent for new orders, according to a Reuters report. Two people familiar with the matter …
Stripe seals its OpenRouter deal for a reported $7.5bn or more
Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, the startup whose software helps companies route their spending across hundreds of AI models. The payments firm confirmed the deal on Wednesda…
Rivian spinout Also raises $150m, and the e-bike is just the wedge
Also, the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian last year, has raised $150 million in a Series D round. The round values it above $1 billion. The company told Fortune the …
Marvell hands Google a $12.2bn share option in a custom-chip deal
Marvell Technology has agreed to give Google the right to buy up to $12.2 billion of its shares. In return, Google will buy its custom chips. The chipmaker set out the deal in a r…
Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone …
T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network
The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on.
Flock built an AI tool that lets police search for people by how they drive
The surveillance firm Flock Safety has told the public for years that its cameras “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” It has now built a tool that does both, accor…
Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxis and Nevada granted 10
Tesla asked Nevada regulators for permission to run up to 5,000 robotaxis across Las Vegas. It was granted 10. The Nevada Transportation Authority set out the limit in an interim …