PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues
The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention… They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there’s a data problem that needs to be solved.
Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI
Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium.
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.
Commodore Callback Revives the Flip Phone for the Digital Detox Era
The Commodore Callback 8020 combines flip-phone nostalgia with modern communication tools for users seeking a simpler mobile experience. The post Commodore Callback Revives the Flip Phone for the Digital Detox Era
Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India.
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business.
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
This will be the second market to have an Uber robotaxi service outfitted with Lucid EVs equipped with a self-driving system from Nuro.
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest has launched ‘Ask Pinterest,’ an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspiration through a conversational interface.