Shortly after Hunter Lightman joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2022, he watched his colleagues launch ChatGPT, one of the fastest-growing products ever. Meanwhile, Lightman quietly worked on a team teaching OpenAI’s models to solve high school math competitions. Today,…
Sarah Murray recalls the first time she saw an artificial model in fashion. It was 2023, and a beautiful young woman of color wore a Levi’s denim overall dress. Murray, a commercial model herself, said it made her feel sad…
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently held an hourlong all-hands meeting with employees, emphasizing the company’s need to succeed in AI. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Cook delivered a strong message about Apple’s commitment to artificial intelligence. The meeting followed an…
A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In a Friday afternoon post, Khan referenced an article about Figma’s impressive first day of trading and argued that the IPO serves as…
Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report. Sources revealed that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools to compare its performance against its own models in areas like coding, writing, and…
Startup founders in 2025 are navigating a capital market that is both perplexing and contradictory, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao. She explains that while capital is not scarce, accessing it has become more challenging than ever. Speaking at…
A jury in federal court in Miami has found Tesla partially responsible for a fatal 2019 crash involving the company’s Autopilot driver assistance system. The jury assessed punitive damages against Tesla, bringing the total payments to approximately $242.5 million when…
The tech industry is still buzzing over Figma’s impressive IPO this Thursday, but another notable tech IPO took place this week—Ambiq Micro. On Wednesday, the chipmaker for wearable devices saw its shares surge from an initial price of $24 to…
CRV has secured $750 million for its twentieth flagship fund, the 55-year-old venture firm announced on Friday. The new fund is smaller than the $1 billion early-stage fund CRV closed in the fall of 2022. At that time, the firm…
In early July, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick allowed chipmakers like Nvidia to resume selling certain AI chips in China. However, the department has reportedly delayed the process. According to reports, Nvidia has not yet received a license to…
