Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity
The newspaper is alleging copyright infringement and calling out Perplexity’s Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) as a culprit.
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Legal AI startup Harvey confirms $8B valuation
Harvey confirms a third enormous round of funding in 2025 that has skyrocketed its valuation. Again.
Amazon hopes to jump start its AI coding tool Kiro by giving it away to startups
Can Kiro win the hearts of startup founders above the many AI coding tools they already have? Amazon hopes a free year will tempt them.
Andy Jassy says Amazon’s Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business
Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia’s AI chip dominance? Maybe not entirely, but Amazon is already making big bucks trying.
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation
AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.
Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’
Spotify Wrapped returns to its data-driven roots with new interactive features, deeper insights, and social experiences designed to revive its fan-favorite feel.
Amazon previews 3 AI agents, including ‘Kiro’ that can code on its own for days
Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced three new AI agents it calls “Frontier agents” for coding, security, and DevOps.
The future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on Dec 3
On Wednesday evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous.