Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
There’s about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
Before You Blame Your Team, Run This 5-Question Audit on Yourself
When the same challenges keep showing up on your team, the pattern often points back to you. Here’s how to spot it before it becomes a barrier.
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Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles
Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.
‘Startup Paradise’: How Hawaii Is Trying to Set the Stage to Create ’30 or 50′ New Tech Millionaires
State officials and entrepreneurs say they are one unicorn away from changing the startup landscape.
Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants
The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE’s HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.
Mother tongue
“Daddy?” Theo curled against my side in bed. “Where do words go when they die?” I’d orchestrated the bedtime routine flawlessly: bath (taken), teeth (brushed), potty (tinkled), books (two), song (one, poorly sung), and snuggle (his chin on my second rib). Now was the moment when our son’s eyelids were supposed to flutter gently closed,…
Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada
Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals.
Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B
Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle […]
OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates
Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies’ investors pause about how “sticky” enterprise AI spending really is.