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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund 

A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The

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Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets

The war in Iran has hammered global oil markets, with gas prices in the U.S. spiking significantly. Amid the rise in transportation costs, Amazon has

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The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great

For years now, smartphone makers have made the camera bump on devices bigger in order to chase camera improvements. Even if that kind of design

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Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India

As demand grows for training and refining AI models, Deccan AI — a startup supplying post-training data and evaluation work — has raised $25 million

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It’s been 20 years since the first tweet

On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. That was, of course, the very first post on the

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Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up, as Arizona files first ever criminal charges over ‘illegal gambling business’

Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes has filed criminal charges against prediction market platform Kalshi for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business in the state without

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‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again

And then there were two: Of the original 11 co-founders who kickstarted xAI with Elon Musk three years ago, only two remain as the deep

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Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved eight pilot programs that will allow a handful of companies, including Archer Aviation, Beta Technologies, Joby Aviation, and Wisk

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DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable

A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending countless hours meeting with senior

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Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran

Prediction market users have made — and profited from — big bets around the bombing of Iran by the U.S. and Israeli military. On Polymarket,