OpenAI’s Sora app for AI videos is a viral hit, despite being invite-only for now and limited to users in the U.S. and Canada at launch. On its first day, Sora saw 56,000 downloads and is now ranked as the…
Anthropic has appointed a new chief technical officer, former Stripe CTO Rahul Patil. Patil started at the company earlier this week, taking over from co-founder Sam McCandlish, who will move to a new role as Chief Architect. As part of…
Visual Electric, an AI design startup backed by Sequoia, has announced it is joining the search startup Perplexity. The company stated on its website that its team will become part of a new Agent Experiences group at Perplexity. Aravind Srinivas,…
A U.S. government shutdown could stifle deal flow, freeze visa processing for workers, and cause other problems for startups and the broader tech sector, especially if it lasts longer than a week, according to experts. This shutdown, which began Tuesday,…
Google is integrating its AI coding agent Jules more deeply into developer workflows with a new command-line interface and a public API. This allows Jules to connect directly to terminals, CI/CD systems, and tools like Slack. This move comes as…
Apple is pausing its plans to update the Vision Pro headset in order to focus on creating AI smart glasses that can compete with Meta. This information comes from a new report by Bloomberg. Although the company had been working…
OpenAI has sold 6.6 billion dollars in shares held by current and former employees, according to a new report. This sale pushed the company’s total valuation to 500 billion dollars, which is the highest ever achieved by a privately held…
Google reports that hackers linked to a well-known ransomware group are sending extortion emails to executives at numerous large organizations. The hackers claim to have stolen sensitive information from a suite of business software products developed by Oracle. In a…
On Thursday, Andreessen Horowitz released its first AI Spending Report in partnership with the fintech firm Mercury. Using transaction data from Mercury, the report analyzes the top 50 AI-native application layer companies that startups are spending money on, similar to…
Consumer AI is having its breakout moment, and few startups have captured the spotlight this year quite like Phia. The AI-powered shopping assistant has become one of the most talked-about launches of 2025. This buzz is not only for its…
