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61AI's most expensive bottleneck isn't chips or talent, it's electricians: $265M poured into recruiting trades workersJul 30

AI's most expensive bottleneck isn't chips or talent, it's electricians: $265M poured into recruiting trades workers

62Zuckerberg bets Meta's future on personal AI agents, but he's starting from behind on every front that mattersJul 30

Zuckerberg bets Meta's future on personal AI agents, but he's starting from behind on every front that matters

63X settles with the World Federation of Advertisers, permanently killing the ad industry's brand-safety coalitionJul 29

X settles with the World Federation of Advertisers, permanently killing the ad industry's brand-safety coalition

64As consumer AI browsers collapse, a Perplexity veteran bets the next wave belongs to knowledge workJul 29

As consumer AI browsers collapse, a Perplexity veteran bets the next wave belongs to knowledge work

65DoorDash builds its own drones and an operating system to route burritos between humans, robots, and aircraftJul 29

DoorDash builds its own drones and an operating system to route burritos between humans, robots, and aircraft

66Elon Musk's X Money payments app launches with no New York license and 180-day fund freeze riskJul 29

Elon Musk's X Money payments app launches with no New York license and 180-day fund freeze risk

67Pangram's $9M bet: AI detection without watermarks, and Substack and Quora are already buying itJul 29

Pangram's $9M bet: AI detection without watermarks, and Substack and Quora are already buying it

68Spotify won't mandate AI music labels, so third-party trackers are now detecting AI-generated songs themselvesJul 29

Spotify won't mandate AI music labels, so third-party trackers are now detecting AI-generated songs themselves

69Andrew Ng launches LearnVector with $100M from Coursera to build AI tutors that replace classrooms, not teachersJul 29

Andrew Ng launches LearnVector with $100M from Coursera to build AI tutors that replace classrooms, not teachers

70Cyera's $1 billion Oasis acquisition bets that securing AI agent identities is the next cybersecurity frontierJul 29

Cyera's $1 billion Oasis acquisition bets that securing AI agent identities is the next cybersecurity frontier

71Google's $205 billion AI spending shock crystallizes Wall Street's fear that the boom may be outrunning revenueJul 28

Google's $205 billion AI spending shock crystallizes Wall Street's fear that the boom may be outrunning revenue

72Largest US power grid will cut electricity to data centers during shortages, forcing AI builders to find their own powerJul 28

Largest US power grid will cut electricity to data centers during shortages, forcing AI builders to find their own power

73Recursive Superintelligence commits $410M to AWS compute, betting on 'agent count' over headcountJul 28

Recursive Superintelligence commits $410M to AWS compute, betting on 'agent count' over headcount

74Global chip rout accelerates as South Korea's Kospi crashes 11 percent and AI 'circular financing' fears mountJul 28

Global chip rout accelerates as South Korea's Kospi crashes 11 percent and AI 'circular financing' fears mount

75Nonprofits scramble for a slice of the 'funding anthropalypse' as AI IPOs loomJul 28

Nonprofits scramble for a slice of the 'funding anthropalypse' as AI IPOs loom

76Baidu starts testing robotaxis in London as the city becomes the world's autonomous proving groundJul 28

Baidu starts testing robotaxis in London as the city becomes the world's autonomous proving ground

77Cursor launches $7/month India plan as SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition nears closeJul 28

Cursor launches $7/month India plan as SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition nears close

78Chinese open-weight models now drive 60% of US company AI usage, and OpenAI is panickingJul 28

Chinese open-weight models now drive 60% of US company AI usage, and OpenAI is panicking

79Nadella warns companies relying on one AI 'will not survive,' despite Microsoft's own stakes in OpenAI and AnthropicJul 27

Nadella warns companies relying on one AI 'will not survive,' despite Microsoft's own stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic

80Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence secures multi-billion-dollar Nvidia deal for next-gen computeJul 27

Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence secures multi-billion-dollar Nvidia deal for next-gen compute

81Google's $1 Billion SpaceX Bet from 2015 Is Now Worth $94.1 Billion and It Can't Sell a Single ShareJul 26

Google's $1 Billion SpaceX Bet from 2015 Is Now Worth $94.1 Billion and It Can't Sell a Single Share

82Anduril Targets $100B Valuation in New Funding Round, Poised to Overtake Lockheed MartinJul 26

Anduril Targets $100B Valuation in New Funding Round, Poised to Overtake Lockheed Martin

83140,000 Tech Jobs Gone in 2026, and the Market Doesn't Buy the AI ExcuseJul 26

140,000 Tech Jobs Gone in 2026, and the Market Doesn't Buy the AI Excuse

84Warner Bros. Sues Amazon for 'Lawless' Poaching of Executives Under ContractJul 26

Warner Bros. Sues Amazon for 'Lawless' Poaching of Executives Under Contract

85Boring Company Seeks $4 Billion at $20 Billion Valuation, 3.5x Its 2022 Mark Despite 800 Environmental ViolationsJul 25

Boring Company Seeks $4 Billion at $20 Billion Valuation, 3.5x Its 2022 Mark Despite 800 Environmental Violations

86Kalshi Accuses Netflix of Using AI to Fabricate a Trade Slip in Prediction Market DocumentaryJul 25

Kalshi Accuses Netflix of Using AI to Fabricate a Trade Slip in Prediction Market Documentary

87NVIDIA and SK Group Unveil $500 Billion Partnership Spanning AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory ChipsJul 25

NVIDIA and SK Group Unveil $500 Billion Partnership Spanning AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory Chips

88Chegg Faces NYSE Delisting as AI Chatbots Dismantle Its Homework-Help BusinessJul 25

Chegg Faces NYSE Delisting as AI Chatbots Dismantle Its Homework-Help Business

89Prentis, Backed by Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, Seeks $100M to Build AI Agents That Control ComputersJul 25

Prentis, Backed by Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, Seeks $100M to Build AI Agents That Control Computers

90Two Volkswagen Engineers Charged With Insider Trading Ahead of $5B Rivian Joint VentureJul 25

Two Volkswagen Engineers Charged With Insider Trading Ahead of $5B Rivian Joint Venture