XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
Architecting memory and storage in the AI era
The era of AI inference has arrived. Imagine a healthcare system analyzing millions of data points in real time to accelerate life-saving medical research, or an intelligent assistant instantly resolving thousands of complex customer needs at once. These real-world breakthroughs rely on advanced infrastructure acting as the engine of continuous intelligence, powering real-time services while…
OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
Many Colleges Are Closing — A Deeper Enrollment Crisis May Be Ahead
College closures are no longer isolated failures but signs of a deeper enrollment and financial crisis. As student numbers decline, rising costs, debt, and unsustainable operating models are putting more institutions at risk. The bigger challenge may be ahead: colleges must do more to attract, engage, and retain every prospective student.
I Left a Secure Career to Become an Entrepreneur — and I Wasn’t Nearly as Ready as I Thought
Thinking about quitting your job for entrepreneurship? These three tests reveal if you’re actually prepared.
Why Innovation Now Depends on Resilience, Not Just Speed
Speed built the last era of innovation. Resilience may define the next.
7 Quiet Signs Your Company Culture Is in Trouble
Subtle signs like silence, disengagement, favoritism and poor collaboration can reveal a struggling company culture before bigger problems emerge.
She Runs a $185 Billion Company. Here’s the Exact Type of Person She Is Looking to Hire.
AI is changing the way people work and requiring employees to know more, in greater depth.
Why Coding Agents Work and Go-to-Market Agents Don’t (Yet)
Coding agents are transforming software teams overnight, but GTM agents are stuck. It’s not an intelligence problem — it’s a context problem.
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows ‘Tweet’ for now
A federal judge temporarily barred an X rival from using the Twitter name, but found that X was likely to have abandoned the “Tweet” trademark and bird logo. The startup has since relaunched as Tweet.app.