The Mindset Every Founder Needs to Make Smarter Business Purchases
Every decision you make as a founder moves capital. From small tools to big contracts, the winners evaluate every dollar with the same discipline investors apply to deals.
The Download: an AI agent’s hit piece, and preventing lightning
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Online harassment is entering its AI era Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library he helps manage. Then things…
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Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’
The new project, called Material Scale, will initially focus on climate tech startups in the apparel industry.
AI Without Data Is Like a Sailboat Without Wind — Take These 3 Steps to Keep Your Business From Drifting
Data strategy is what determines AI readiness and outcomes. Here’s how to build the foundation that makes AI actually work in your business.
Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic has released a new version of its mid-size Sonnet model, keeping pace with the company’s four-month update cycle.
Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions
Mistral AI has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages the infrastructure behind it.
OpenAI Just Killed the ChatGPT Model That Some Users Literally Fell in Love With. They Are Devastated.
People were married to it. Others called it their best friend. Now GPT-4o is gone, and the grief is real.
Move Over Unicorns. ‘Soonicorns’ Are Taking Over the Startup World in 2026.
AI is flooding the startup world with cash, creating a new class of companies — and there are now more than 2,000 of them in the U.S. alone.
SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links
Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers.
Running AI models is turning into a memory game
When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs — but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture.
European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakers’ devices, citing security risks
EU lawmakers found their government-issued devices were blocked from using the baked-in AI tools, amid fears that sensitive information could turn up on the U.S. servers of AI companies.