Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras
Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016.
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An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax
The organizer of the event swears it’s not a joke.
‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now
This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron.
Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT
Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months.
We found 20 Verge-approved gifts on sale ahead of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is coming up fast, and if you haven’t started shopping yet, there are a lot of great gifts on sale that should still arrive in time if you order soon. Several Verge-approved gadgets are seeing some of their best discounts since the holidays, with options we think will appeal to a wide range […]
From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads
From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic’s beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX.
Apple might let you use ChatGPT from CarPlay
CarPlay users could soon be able to use their chatbot of choice instead of Siri. As Bloomberg reports, Apple is working to add support for CarPlay voice control apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. Previously, users who wanted to access third-party chatbots in the car would need to go through their iPhone, but soon […]
This is the Trump Phone
Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. This time, surprisingly, we received a response – and an interview. The Trump phone is real – maybe, sort of, soon? – and I’ve seen it. Not in the flesh, […]
Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors
The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch’s review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.