Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI
Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI Earlier this month, it looked like all but two of Elon Musk’s 11 co-founders at his AI startup xAI had departed the company. Now, according to Business Insider, the remaining two co-founders, Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, have left as well. Business Insider said on Wednesday that Kroiss had told […]
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris French lab Mistral AI has raised $830 million in debt to build a new data center near Paris that will be powered by Nvidia chips, according to reports from Reuters and CNBC. Mistral first announced plans to build a data center last year, when its […]
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents OpenAI announced Monday it has acquired Promptfoo, an AI security startup founded in 2024 to protect LLMs from online adversaries. The frontier lab said in a blog post that once the deal closes, Promptfoo’s technology will be integrated into OpenAI Frontier, its enterprise platform for AI agents. The […]
VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions
VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions Following news last month that New York’s hottest venture firm, Thrive, just raised $10 billion for a new fund — its largest ever, double the previous one — another big-name VC firm is attempting to equal that raise. General Catalyst is in talks […]
Honda scraps 3 EVs planned for the US, blaming tariffs and Chinese competition
Honda scraps 3 EVs planned for the US, blaming tariffs and Chinese competition Honda has canceled three electric vehicles it was developing for the U.S. market, blaming President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising competition from Chinese EV companies. Honda said on Thursday that Trump’s tariffs have harmed the company’s gas and hybrid vehicle business, which […]
Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors
Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors Alphabet declined to answer one of its investors during questions about Google’s AI deal with Apple on Wednesday’s fourth-quarter earnings call. Instead of responding to an analyst’s question about how the tech giant is thinking about AI partnerships, such as the one with Apple […]
OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents
OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents OpenAI has launched a new product to help enterprises navigate the world of AI agents, focusing on agent management as critical infrastructure for enterprise AI adoption. On Thursday, AI giant OpenAI announced the launch of OpenAI Frontier, an end-to-end platform designed for enterprises to […]
Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?
Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize? Sometimes, it can seem like the AI industry is racing to see who can spend the most money on data centers. Whoever builds the most data centers will have the most compute, the thinking goes, and thus be able to build […]
Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is ‘hard to imagine’
Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is ‘hard to imagine’ Mark Zuckerberg spoke about his ambitions for Meta’s AI smart glasses business during Meta’s Q4 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. After pivoting its Reality Labs investments away from the metaverse, Meta is doubling down on its production of AI wearables, as well as its own AI models. […]
Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference
Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200, which the company describes as a silicon workhorse designed for scaling AI inference. The 200, which follows the company’s Maia 100 released in 2023, has been technically outfitted to run powerful AI models at faster speeds […]