AI testing startup Momentic has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Dropbox Ventures. Existing investors at Y Combinator, FCVC, Transpose Platform and Karman Ventures also participated.
Startups are still racing to build the world's first commercial fusion power plant on land, but Maritime Fusion thinks the path will be easier out at sea.
The deal was led by Coatue, Greenoaks, Dragoneer and Fidelity. Investors including Nvidia's NVentures, Andreessen Horowitz, Franklin Templeton, and other backers advised by T. Rowe Price Associates also participated.
Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety.
A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems questionable.
Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as "too much of a black box."
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Beehiiv's co-founder and CEO Tyler Denk spoke to TechCrunch about why the company has been expanding, and where the media business is going next.
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
A Trump administration order targeting state-level AI regulation is reportedly on hold.
Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State.”
In order to accelerate the construction of new power plants needed to provide energy for its data centers, Meta is looking to get into the business of trading electricity.
A U.S. bankruptcy court has ordered Byju's founder Byju Raveendran to pay over $1.07 billion in a case over missing company funds.
X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media.
Global expectations around climate change has shifted dramatically in the last decade, suggesting that similarly significant changes are on the horizon.
Young's age and background – things that might seem like disadvantages when it comes to more established industries – have become his secret weapons. When he walks into a room of executives twice or three times his age, he says, there's initial skepticism. "Who the hell is this young guy and how does he know what he's talking about?"
The startup’s rapid growth suggests that enerprises are embracing AI agents.
We compiled all the hottest AI wearables currently available, including Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's network.
Notorious hacking collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters takes credit for the breach that affected Salesforce customers’ data, and said it is planning another extortion campaign.
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