The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says
After their dramatic falling out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.
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Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1.64B
At Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s urging, Frore developed liquid-cooling tech for chips. That shift helped it just raise $143 million.
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world’s wealthiest people, to give away more than half their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster than any […]
Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.
How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote
Nvidia kicks off its GTC conference with Huang’s keynote on Monday, which can be watched in person or via livestream.
Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought
Forethought was years ahead of its time and the 2018 winner of TechCrunch Battlefield.
Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B
Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1B in ARR by year’s end.
Meta didn’t buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web
Meta’s Moltbook acquisition may look odd at first, but the deal could signal how Meta sees AI agents shaping future advertising and commerce on an agentic web.
