Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans.
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals
When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.
We visited Scout AI’s training ground where it’s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world.
At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
It’s a story Musk has told before — in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk — but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath.
Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS
A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages
Amazon’s new “Join the chat” feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.
Match Group invests $100M in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men
The app is Match Group’s newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again.
Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.