XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to
Larry Page’s flying car company Pivotal loses its CEO
The CEO of a flying car company backed by Larry Page has left the company. Ken Karklin, who was Pivotal’s CEO for more than four
Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft
Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging the AI lab conducted
Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation
Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to ride the wave of AI enthusiasm toward a gargantuan valuation
Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet into a frenzy of speculation about who actually built it.
Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B
Anthropic’s revenue continues to not only grow at an historic pace but also to accelerate. The model maker’s annualized revenue run rate — a projection
Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up
PayPal CEO Enrique Lores’ turnaround plan for the fintech company could include a sale — of itself. The prospect first popped in July when Stripe
India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand
As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu has seized the boom, raising $93 million
Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
As part of a planned data center in Pecos County, Texas, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could become the largest source
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