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Former Google, Apple Researchers Raising $50 Million for New Visual AI Startup

Andrew Dai, a veteran AI researcher who recently left Google DeepMind after 14 years, is launching a new startup focused on AI models that understand and process text, images, video and audio simultaneously, Dai said. The new startup, Elorian, is in talks with investors to raise a seed round of around $50 million, said Dai and another person with direct knowledge of the matter.  Striker Venture Partners, a venture capital firm founded last October by Max Gazor, former general...

Indonesia Blocks Grok Over Sexual Imagery

Earlier this week some Democratic senators called on Apple and Google to take Grok out of their app stores over the same issue.

Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Funds Keep Outperforming Its Other Funds

The performance preceded a fall sell-off in crypto prices.

OpenAI, SoftBank Invest $1 Billion in Data Center Developer

SB Energy is working on a Stargate site in Milam County, Texas, leased to OpenAI that could consume 1.2 gigawatts of energy.

Nvidia Taps Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer

The hiring comes as Nvidia faces more competition from its own customers, many of whom are hyperscalers building their own AI chips to offer as an alternative.

Apple Keeps Board Leadership Intact As Succession Chatter Grows

Apple renominates Art Levinson for board chair

Amazon Plans Big-Box Retail Store

The e-commerce giant has recently been trying out more kinds of bricks-and-mortar outposts.

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Andreessen Horowitz Raises $15 Billion

It represents Andreessen Horowitz's biggest fundraising ever. 

Musk’s xAI Burned Through $7.8 Billion in Cash in First Nine Months of 2025

Like other AI developers, xAI is burning cash as it races to dominate the AI model market.

Meta Agrees to Nuclear Deals to Power Its Data Centers

Meta will purchase electricity from nuclear power plants operated by Vistra Corp, Oklo and TerraPower

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The feature will use standards developed by OpenAI and Stripe to establish rules for AI purchases.

Snowflake Agrees to Acquire App Monitoring Startup Observe Inc.

The deal allows Snowflake to better compete with Datadog and Cisco’s Splunk

Nvidia Faces Hurdle to sell H200 in China, Requires Strict Payment Terms

The Chinese government tells companies to hold off any plans to purchase the H200 AI chips

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Google Passes Apple to Become Second Most Valuable Company

Google shares have been on the upswing for the past five months, thanks to the conclusion of its antitrust challenges and gains in AI.

Anthropic to Raise $10 Billion at a $350 Billion Valuation

The round doubles its last valuation.
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