Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data
For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it. A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month, he said, his phone had been inundated by calls from “strangers” who were “looking for a lawyer, a product designer, a…
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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life
Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.
The Download: making drugs in orbit and NASA’s nuclear-powered spacecraft
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. A plan to make drugs in orbit is going commercial A startup called Varda Space Industries is betting that the future of pharmaceuticals lies in orbit. The company has signed a…
Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves
Adaption’s new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.
A plan to make drugs in orbit is going commercial
Varda Space Industries, a startup that’s been pitching its ability to perform drug experiments in space, says it has signed up the pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics in what may be remembered as a notable step toward in-orbit manufacturing. The idea of building things in outer space for use on Earth has so far been explored…
5 Tax Strategies Smart Founders Use to Protect Their Profits
From sales tax compliance to entity structure and year-end planning, these common tax mistakes can quietly drain profits and create costly problems for growing businesses.
The 5-Step Sales Process That Consistently Converts Prospects Into Clients
Every entrepreneur needs to take a systematic approach to sales. Here’s where to start.
How Working for an NBA Team Taught Me 3 of the Most Important Leadership Lessons of My Career
Working for an NBA team taught me discipline and how to perform under pressure. When I became a CEO, I put those lessons to work.
AI Now Decides Which Brands Consumers See First — Is Yours One of Them?
AI is becoming the new place where people discover and compare products, so businesses need to optimize for AI-driven decisions before customers ever reach the checkout page.