OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia

Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host | AI News

Amazon isn't slowing down on data center spending — but investors don't seem to mind....

Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag | AI News

Friend, the AI wearable, can now talk to its users — for an enhanced price. ...

LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’ | AI News

LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing ...

Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M | AI News

The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environ...

Nscale buys Anyscale as it seeks to own more of the AI compute stack | AI News

British AI neocloud Nscale is buying software startup Anyscale, which helps companies scale their AI workloads across data centers and servers....

Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession | AI News

A new study estimates only 2,000 U.S. engineers have the expertise to deliver meaningful AI ROI, as enterprises race to hire forward-deployed engineer...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come  | AI News

The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches back for more than a decade. ...

Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom | AI News

The Series A was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Brick and Mortar Ventures’ Darren Bechtel, and Y Combinator’...

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack | AI News

It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue ...

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners | AI News

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining property records, maintenance sche...

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls | AI News

The startup analyzes calls, messages and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agents....

As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it | AI News

Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI im...

The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI | AI News

It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at ma...

Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents | AI News

The deal is Cyera's third acquisition this year. ...

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight | AI News

Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots....

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea | AI News

Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself....

Sam Altman is ready to decelerate | AI News

His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."...

Scientific computing in the age of agentic AI | AI News

A new field report shows how scientists use AI coding agents to modernize scientific computing, accelerating software development and discovery in gen...

Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid | AI News

The largest grid operator in the U.S. says it will cut power to large data centers to prevent blackouts starting next year....

Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises | AI News

Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates a...

Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon | AI News

Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date....

5 ways AI Mode in Search helps you enjoy the real world | AI News

It might sound counterintuitive, but Search's AI tools can actually help you make the most of your time offline whether you want to book concert ticke...

Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix  | AI News

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at...

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing | AI News

Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales....

Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive | AI News

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Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system | AI News

Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security platform. ...

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research | AI News

After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase. ...

Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  | AI News

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide, covering everything from fusion brea...

This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps | AI News

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone. ...

The path to artificial superintelligence | AI News

Imagine a healthcare system made up of multiple AI agents: one that manages symptom assessment, another scheduling, a third insurance, and a fourth ph...

Closing the data loop in AI-driven drug discovery | AI News

Drug discovery is a high-cost, high-risk endeavor that is under growing pressure from a market increasingly defined by first-mover advantage. Since th...

Building the enterprise environment for agentic AI | AI News

For the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end ac...

Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI? | AI News

Forget YouTube videos—frontier physical AI models need multiple camera angles, dense annotation, and soon, brain wave readings. ...

Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI | AI News

On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI's Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street....

Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others | AI News

A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stat...

Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | AI News

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand....

One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it. | AI News

A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here's how to fix the problem....

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M | AI News

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case. ...

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M | AI News

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case. ...

Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage | AI News

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures. The acq...

As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions | AI News

AI companies including Nvidia and Mistral urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Ch...

Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | AI News

Users can now ask Attie questions about news, trends, and conversations on Bluesky and other apps on the AT Protocol....

AMD takes on Nvidia with its Helios AI rack scale system | AI News

AMD is challenging its chipmaker rival with a new rack-scale system that will start shipping to customers later this year. ...

Nvidia is sending GPUs to the moon | AI News

If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there. ...

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  | AI News

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it...

How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines | AI News

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at the cost of...

ServiceNow bets $40 million on Indian banking software specialist to expand its financial services push | AI News

ServiceNow's investment gives BusinessNext a strategic partner to expand its AI-powered banking software globally....

After shocking quarter, IBM insists that AI isn’t killing the mainframe | AI News

After IBM's stock crashed last week on warnings of a poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily....

Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads | AI News

Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators...

Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI | AI News

The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI ...

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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US

OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom

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OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is Big Tech’s spiciest move away from Nvidia