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AI Chip Maker Cerebras Heads for Blockbuster IPO as OpenAI Partnership Deepens Cerebras, a specialized AI chip manufacturer, is preparing for an initial public offering that could value the company at $26.6 billion or more. The company has built a particularly close working relationship with OpenAI, the creator of
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AI Startup Accused of Stealing Popular Meme for Labor-Replacement Ad Campaign Artisan, an AI startup, used the "This is fine" meme—created by artist KC Green—in billboard advertisements without permission. The ads promoted Artisan's hiring automation tools with the tagline "stop hiring humans."
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21 European AI Startups Are Quietly Building the Next Big Thing While names like Lovable and Mistral AI grab headlines, a deeper bench of European startups is developing innovative AI tools that could reshape how businesses operate. TechCrunch recently highlighted 21 emerging European AI companies worth watching—many of which
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Venture Capital Giant Coatue Quietly Buying Land for AI Data Centers Coatue, a major venture capital firm, has launched a new strategy to purchase land near power sources—a move that appears designed to support AI infrastructure needs. According to reports, the firm is targeting locations with reliable electricity access,
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Anthropic's $900B Valuation Round Could Close Within 2 Weeks Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, is moving fast on a major fundraising round. The company asked investors to commit their funding within 48 hours, signaling the deal could be finalized in the next two weeks. This follows Anthropic&
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Anthropic Valued at $900B in New Funding Round—Here's What It Means for Your Business Claude maker Anthropic is in talks to raise $50 billion at a valuation around $900 billion, according to sources. The AI company has received multiple pre-emptive offers in the $850 billion to $900
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Amazon Jumps on OpenAI Products—What This Means for Your Business Just a day after OpenAI freed itself from Microsoft's exclusive grip, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it's now offering a full lineup of OpenAI models directly on its platform. The new offerings include OpenAI'
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Former DeepMind Star Raises $1.1B to Build AI That Teaches Itself David Silver, a legendary AI researcher who spent over a decade at Google DeepMind, just founded a new company called Ineffable Intelligence and secured $1.1 billion in funding at a $5.1 billion valuation. The startup'
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AI Agents Just Ran Their Own Marketplace—And It Worked Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, created an experimental classified marketplace where artificial intelligence agents acted as both buyers and sellers. The agents negotiated deals, completed transactions, and exchanged real money for real goods—all without human involvement. The experiment
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OpenAI CEO Apologizes to Canadian Community Over Security Failure OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a public apology to residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, after his company failed to alert law enforcement about a mass shooting suspect. In a letter to the community, Altman said he was "deeply sorry"
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Cohere and Aleph Alpha Merge to Build a Stronger AI Company for Regulated Industries Cohere, a Canada-based AI company, announced Friday that it's merging with Aleph Alpha, a German AI startup. The combined company aims to serve businesses and governments in regulated industries—like healthcare, finance, and law—
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Noscroll Wants to Free You From Doomscrolling—Here's What It Does A new AI tool called Noscroll is trying to solve a problem that plagues millions: mindless scrolling through news feeds. Instead of you spending hours sifting through social media, Noscroll's AI bot reads the internet
