Digg’s founders explain how they’re building a site for humans in the AI era
The rebooted version of social site Digg aims to bring back the spirit of the old web.
Chatbot platform Character.AI unveils video generation, social feeds
A platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, Character.AI announced on Monday that it is rolling out a slate of multimedia features. These features include AvatarFX, Character.AI’s
Elon Musk’s Neuralink closes a $650M Series E
Elon Musk’s brain computer interface startup Neuralink closed a $650 million funding round, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The Series E fundraise included investors such as ARK Invest, Founders
Snowflake to acquire database startup Crunchy Data
The surge in data company acquisitions continued Monday with Snowflake’s purchase of Crunchy Data. Cloud data platform Snowflake announced its intent to acquire Crunchy Data, a Postgres database partner, late this
Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
Microsoft’s sustainability goals are imperiled by its push into AI and cloud services.
IBM acquires data analysis startup Seek AI, opens AI accelerator in NYC
IBM on Monday said that it has acquired Seek AI, an AI platform that allows users to ask questions about enterprise data using natural language, for an undisclosed sum. Seek CEO and founder Sarah Nagy said that the
Google Glass is back in the AI glasses game with Android XR smart glasses
Remember Google Glass and the reign of the “glasshole”? Well, Google’s giving face tech another shot with Android XR glasses that look like actual glasses this time.
Salesforce buys Moonhub, a startup building AI tools for hiring
Salesforce has quietly snapped up Moonhub, a startup building AI to vet and hire talent. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. In a post on Moonhub’s website on Monday, the company said that its entire Menlo
Chime, last valued at $25B, aims for $11B in upcoming IPO
Chime, whose pending IPO is expected to be one of 2025’s blockbuster hits, issued a share price range on Monday of $24 to $26. That’s an up-to-$11.2-billion market cap. At the mid-range, the company will raise $800
Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
The compliance company said the customer data exposure was caused by a product change.