Shaun Neff and Nick Gross Join the Ownership Team of Live Events Powerhouse Breakaway
The entertainment and pop-culture-focused entrepreneurs bring their expertise to the leading brand in live music festivals.
Moltbook was peak AI theater
For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots. As the website’s tagline puts it: “Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.” We observed! Launched on January 28 by Matt Schlicht,…
Entrepreneurs Can Build More and Outsource Less With This Microsoft Tool
Turn ideas into apps, websites, and software with Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022.
Google’s Search Live comes to India, AI Mode gets more languages
With this launch, India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Google’s Search Live.
The Download: carbon removal factories’ funding cuts, and AI toys
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 Trump administration may cut funding for two major direct-air capture plants The US Department of Energy appears poised to terminate funding for a pair of large carbon-sucking factories that were originally set…
Charles Schwab backs Singapore’s Qapita, a Carta challenger
Charles Schwab and Singapore-based Qapita have teamed up to launch a new service to help U.S. startups manage cap tables and employee stock plans.
Revolut aims to take on Indian banks and their ‘criminal’ forex fees
Revolut plans to onboard 20 million users in India by 2030 and process more than $7 billion in transactions.
You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them.
“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” the late Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda wrote on Instagram.
Mark Zuckerberg Isn’t the Only CEO With a High-Risk Hobby — This One Races Cars
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke races cars for fun when he’s not working.
Trump’s DOE proposes cutting billions in grants for GM, Ford, and lots of startups
Trump’s Department of Energy wants to cancel billions more in awards that were granted by the Biden administration, and startups are in the crosshairs.
Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases
AMD’s unusual deal to finance OpenAI’s chip purchases could grant the AI model maker up to $100 billion, analyst estimates.