Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price
As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.
The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problem
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South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘ RAMageddon’
The world’s two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.
This Unexpected Tech Founder Is Now Richer Than Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang
This CEO is now one of the richest people in the world, with a fortune greater than $200 billion.
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
The startup, which runs a popular free AI leaderboard, launched its commercial service just last September.
Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go
Cursor has launched a new mobile app for remote oversight over coding agents.
Trump administration threatens 92 GW of new electricity supply with red tape
The Trump administration’s moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
TIDAL’s new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.
Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs. Now They Pay a Machine to Find Them.
AI is transforming every corner of higher education — from admissions to advising — faster than universities can write the rules to govern it.
The First 30 Seconds of Customer Contact Have a Bigger Impact on Revenue Than Most Leaders Realize. Here’s Why.
Discover why the first moments of customer contact can have an outsized impact on trust, conversions and business growth.
Comcast Paid $23 Billion for NBCUniversal. Now It’s Spinning It Off Because the Strategy ‘Was Not Working.’
The spinoff announcement sent Comcast’s stock up 23% — and may have turned NBCUniversal into a takeover target.