Anthropic's annualized revenue surges to $65B

The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.

Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India

Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.

OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it

ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.

Warp's new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development

On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.

Why Apple's camera-equipped AirPods may not be the 'pervert pods' consumers fear

Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.

Etched's valuation doubles to $21B in a month

Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.

OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach

The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process.

Cursor capitalizes on Github frustration, launches rival hosting platform

Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, Github.

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.

AI isn't close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.

It's the data, stupid.

Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus

Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie

Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required

Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.

TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers

TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute

Watch as Silicon Data's Steve Hou joins the Equity podcast to break down the index tracking what it costs to rent a GPU.

Researchers complain that OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program

Multiple cybersecurity researchers said they suddenly lost access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program, which offers models with fewer guardrails for vetted users.

Google launches new study tools for Students across Search and Gemini

The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.

AI was supposed to win people over by now -- it hasn't

As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections

A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.

Stripe didn't really buy OpenRouter because of the 'singularity'

What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.