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Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot AI valuation up $500 million: sources
Pictured here is Moonshot AI's Kimi chatbot displayed on a smartphone.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — An Alibaba-backed AI startup is currently being valued at $4.8 billion in a fresh funding round, two people with…
Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security
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What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you?
That’s not a hypothetical. According to Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm…
OpenAI to focus on ‘practical adoption’ in 2026, says finance chief Sarah Friar
Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, appears on CNBC's Squawk Box on August 20, 2025. CNBCOpenAI will make 2026 its year of "practical adoption," the artificial intelligence startup's finance chief said in a blog Sunday. "The priority is closing…
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine
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This pharma stock just got whacked — there’s still a major catalyst ahead
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks were climbing on Thursday led by semiconductors and…
OpenAI chip deal with Cerebras adds to roster of Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled "Transforming Business through AI" in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesIn November, following Nvidia's…
Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley.
Why? Because venture capital firms have…
Micron stock climbs as CEO highlights AI demand for memory
Micron stock rose nearly 8% Friday as investors looked to buy AI chip supply chain stocks after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported robust earnings on Thursday, signaling continued AI infrastructure spending.Shares of Micron,…
Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)
If you’ve been following the billionaire exodus from California with some confusion, here’s what’s actually driving the nervousness: it’s not the 5% rate. As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit…
Who’ll next implement an Australia-style under-16s social media ban?
Recently the Australian Senate passed a law to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAustralia's social media ban for…
Led by Texas, New Hampshire, states race add bitcoin to public finance
Led by Texas and New Hampshire, U.S. states across the national map, both red and blue in political stripes, are developing bitcoin strategic reserves and bringing cryptocurrencies onto their books through additional state finance and…
Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid
The Trump administration suffered a series of legal setbacks this week after judges allowed work to restart on several offshore wind farms under construction on the East Coast.
The Department of the Interior had ordered a stop to five…
Google files to appeal search monopoly case
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2025.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGoogle on Friday filed…
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post
Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh tell TechCrunch.
Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well…
Musk’s xAI faces tougher road expanding Memphis area after EPA update
Elon musk and the xAI logo.Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk's xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk's…
OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits "Making Money With Charles Payne" at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024.Mike Coppola | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Friday announced it will begin testing ads within ChatGPT in the coming…
The AI healthcare gold rush is here
AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast.
In just the past week, OpenAI bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for healthcare, and Sam Altman-backed MergeLabs closed a $250 million seed round at an…
Survey finds CEOs, security execs are divided on cyber risks of AI
A survey released Friday by corporate insurer Axis Capital shows there's a growing divide across the C-suite on how executives view the risks, rewards and impact of cutting-edge AI technology. On one hand, artificial intelligence is…