Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is ‘hard to imagine’
Take Zuckerberg’s outlook with a grain of salt. After all, he thought we’d all be hanging out in the metaverse by now.
AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I headed 30 miles south of San Francisco to a hotel in Mountain View, California, to join some of the most accomplished, and some of the most promising, AI…
Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.
Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X…we think?
Elon Musk says X will begin identifying “manipulated media” but doesn’t share details.
SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire
paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs. The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its rumored $1.5 trillion valuation, it could trigger an IPO cascade for other late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks. Watch as Equity host Rebecca Bellan […]
AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman and other big names
Outtake makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect identity fraud. Its angel investors are a who’s who.
Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025
The company’s sales fell for a second year in a row despite CEO Elon Musk spending years promising 50% annual growth.
ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic
ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.
Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid
An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was “substantially higher” than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it’s not clear he was behind it.
Why Most AI Breaks in the Real World — and What Founders Get Wrong
There’s a fundamental flaw in how AI agents work today. Here’s what the next generation will do to fix it.
The Thought Leadership Playbook You’ve Been Using Is Obsolete. Here’s What Works Now.
Thought leadership still influences buying decisions, but most of it is forgotten moments after it appears. Here’s how you can change that.