An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was “substantially higher” than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it’s not clear he was behind it.

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The deal is structured as an acquihire of nine key Cleanlab’s researchers.

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Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users

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Patreon isn’t happy about Apple’s new subscription billing mandate, arguing Apple’s shifting rules create uncertainty for creators.

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30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company.

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SpaceX eyes June for IPO to align with Musk’s birthday and the planets.

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How do you build tooling for the AI software stack? A company called Modelence has an interesting answer.

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Apple’s new Creator Studio bundles pro-grade tools into a low-cost subscription, changing how creators approach paid software. It won’t displace Adobe overnight, but it could expand the market by lowering the

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Apple’s Creator Studio Pro leverages AI to help creators with tedious tasks—like finding clips or building slides—without trying to do the work for them

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The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver’s side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was “suddenly opened.”

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