Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.
A U.S. Cloud Giant Lands at SWI Group’s European Hyperscale Campus — and the Paper Trail Reads Amazon
AiOnX has let its entire Dublin-area campus before it is even finished. The investor behind it, Max-Hervé George, has been quietly assembling Europe’s scarcest data center assets since 2019. The wait is starting to pay.
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Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project
The studio’s first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
Why the Quietest Person in the Room Might Build the Best Startup
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Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board
Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.
Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report
AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.
Companies Are Hitting a Wall With AI — And Outdated Systems Are to Blame
AI is accelerating work across every department, but without alignment and clear standards, most companies are scaling inefficiencies instead of real progress.