Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.
AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed
OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.
IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push
IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI’s technologies as part of this deal.
2 Moms Used Kickstarter to Launch Their Side Hustle. It Made $2,500 Fast and Is on Track for $30,000 Within Months: ‘Honestly Thrilling.’
Cousins Lauren McDuffie and Rachel Albers set out to simplify a kitchen staple.
This Former Google Employee Created an ‘AI’ Chatbot That Lets You Speak to An Actual Human
Thousands of human volunteers are applying to do an AI chatbot’s job themselves.
Building a practical path to post-quantum cryptography
Quantum computing has alternated between breakthrough darling and overhyped promise in technology circles. Its powerful new capabilities come with a threat to break current cryptography, but for business leaders navigating the noise, the signal should be clear: post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is a manageable evolution, not a crisis. The mathematics behind today’s encrypted digital transactions may…
Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.
Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.
The Worst Advice You’ll Get After a Big Win
You crossed the finish line. You expected to feel something. Instead, you felt flat, restless and confused. The internet has an answer for that. It’s wrong — and it’s costing us our best people.
What Customer Experience Transformation Actually Requires — and Why Most Organizations Stall Before They Get There
Here’s why most organizations fall short when it comes to customer experience transformation.
AI Companies Are Suddenly Racing to Watermark Their Content — Here’s What That Means
Anthropic, Suno and Substack have all made moves to tag AI-generated content in the past month.