TECHNOLOGY
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round
AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at a $13 billion valuation, th...
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
Snap will be spinning off an internal generative AI video team into a separate company. The new company — dubbed Dotmo —...
Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
Valve has some good news and bad news about Steam Controllers. The good news: if you make a reservation for a Steam Cont...
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bringing on some big names to the team in the lead-up to its public debut: Google DeepMind AI legend Noam Shaz...
The 11 standout startups from YC’s Demo Day, according to VCs
With each new season comes another YC Demo Day. On Tuesday, the Spring 2026 cohort was unveiled, filled with defense tec...
Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features
Rivian has been sued over allegations that the EV maker made false claims about the autonomous driving capabilities of i...
Almost half of U.S. singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says
Dating app giant Match Group — which owns apps like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid — conducted a study to determine how U.S....
Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
If Amazon Web Services has its way, the cloud giant is going to push even deeper into Nvidia’s market, in what might be ...
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told grid operators on Thursday to fast track interconnection requests f...
The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it
“The first thing was, I thought, ‘Wait a second, did somebody not change the ad?’” Fadell, known as the father of the iP...
Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports
A data breach at a Texas state government department allowed hackers to take the driver’s license information and passpo...
‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
Karamo Brown, famous for his pep talks on Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” has jumped into the wellness and AI space with his new ...