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Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?

Misaligned agents are just one layer of the AI security challenge that startup Witness AI is trying to solve. It detects employee use of unapproved tools, blocking attacks, and ensuring compliance. 

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.

TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images. 

Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. […]

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Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies

Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising and striking commercial deals.

Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.

As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own.

While it's easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space. It's “not nice up there,” said Rubenstein. “It is not nice at all."

Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior's actions.

Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.

Musk's legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns "many orders of magnitude greater" than his initial investment.

Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come.

The flood of AI-generated sexual imagery has spurred concern from state and congressional officials alike.

The $400 million round was led by Dragoneer.

Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story.

Elon Musk's AI company had installed and operated 35 natural gas turbines without permits, something the EPA now says was illegal.

The startup has partnered with Eli Lilly and enjoys the backing of some of Silicon Valley's most influential VCs.