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AV startup Pronto.ai acquires off-road autonomous vehicle rival SafeAI
The Venn diagram of engineers that know a little bit about AI, self driving, and mining has a small intersection. Pronto.ai CEO Anthony Levandowski wants as many of those people as possible. And an acquisition is helping him achieve…
Baidu strikes deal to bring its driverless cars to Uber globally
A passenger walks near Uber signage after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on July 10, 2022.David Swanson | ReutersBaidu has struck a partnership with Uber to deploy its autonomous cars on the…
Meta is reportedly using actual tents to build data centers
Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are in a hurry to build their superintelligence tech. The company has been poaching AI researchers, while CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Meta is building a 5-gigawatt data center called Hyperion.…
Nvidia says it hopes to resume H20 AI chip sales to China ‘soon’
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference on May 21, 2025.Chesnot | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesNvidia said Tuesday that it hopes to resume sales of its H20 general processing units to…
Musk’s xAI faces European scrutiny over Grok’s antisemitic posts
The Grok logo is being displayed on a smartphone with Xai visible in the background in this photo illustration on April 1, 2024. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Monday called in representatives from Elon…
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center
Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Monday post on Threads.
The announcement…
Elon Musk says he does not support a merger between Tesla and xAI
Elon musk and the xAI logo.Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty ImagesElon Musk on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla, as questions swirl over the future relationship of the electric automaker and artificial…
Meta acquires voice startup Play AI
Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices.
A Meta spokesperson has confirmed the acquisition, according to Bloomberg, which also reports that an internal memo stated that the “entire PlayAI…
Coffee at 30 cents escalates into billion-dollar burn for JD.com, Meituan, and Alibaba
A Meituan food delivery courier rides an electric scooter in Chongqing, China, on March 29, 2025.Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIn China's fiercely competitive market, the latest price war is playing out in the growing…
Samsung launches Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7 and Flip 7 FE foldable phones
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is super thin, measuring just 8.9 millimeters when closed and 4.2 millimeters when unfolded.Ryan Browne | CNBCSamsung on Wednesday launched three new folding smartphones — including thinner top-end devices and a…
UK launches £500 package to support diverse, underrepresented investors and founders
The British Business Bank, owned by the UK government, is creating a £500 million (around $674 million) economic package to help support diverse and underrepresented fund managers and founders in the country.
Fifty million pounds will…
Robinhood is up 160% this year as bitcoin and crypto stocks soar
Robinhood stock hit an all-time high Friday as the financial services platform continued to rip higher this year, along with bitcoin and other crypto stocks.Robinhood, up more than 160% in 2025, hit an intraday high above $101 before…
A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar
A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues.
404 Media wrote about an experiment conducted by a class at the United Nations University Center for…
Rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public under ticker FLY
Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim sits for an interview at the Firefly Aerospace mission operations center in Leander, Texas, on July 9, 2025.Sergio Flores | ReutersRocket maker Firefly Aerospace filed for an initial public offering on…
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang sells $36 million in stock, 225,000 shares
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, holds a motherboard as he speaks during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 11, 2025.Gonzalo Fuentes |…
Sequoia bets on silence | TechCrunch
There is a time-honored crisis management strategy, wherein one says nothing and waits for the outrage to pass. For Sequoia Capital, the strategy worked pretty well this week. While partner Shaun Maguire initially weathered criticism…
Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan in latest AI talent deal
Chief executive officer of Google Sundar Pichai.Marek Antoni Iwanczuk | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesGoogle on Friday made the latest a splash in the AI talent wars, announcing an agreement to bring in Varun Mohan, co-founder…
Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart
OpenAI’s deal to acquire the viral AI coding startup Windsurf for $3 billion fell apart on Friday, according to The Verge.
In a shocking twist, Google DeepMind is now hiring Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some…