ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand

The artificial intelligence sector is booming, but behind the scenes, companies are wasting vast amounts of expensive computing power. Graphics processing units sit idle, workloads are over-provisioned, and cloud costs continue to climb. ScaleOps believes the core problem is not…

Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

As AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code each month, a new bottleneck is emerging: ensuring that software works as intended. Qodo, a startup building AI agents for code review, testing, and governance, is betting that verification will…

Why OpenAI really shut down Sora

OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces, so many wondered if this was…