TECH

Forerunner’s long game: As startups stall before IPO, all options are on the table
- By Neclink.com
- . April 12, 2025
Thirteen years ago, Forerunner Ventures began helping to usher in a new era of consumer startups, including Warby Parker, Bonobos, and Glossier. None has gone

Lucid Motors wins bankruptcy auction for Nikola’s Arizona factory and other assets
- By Neclink.com
- . April 11, 2025
EV startup Lucid Motors has emerged as a surprise winner in the bankruptcy auction for electric trucking company Nikola’s Arizona factory and other assets, according

Wayve’s self-driving tech is headed to Nissan vehicles
- By Neclink.com
- . April 10, 2025
Nissan said it will use self-driving software developed by Wayve to beef up its advanced driver assistance system starting in 2027, a landmark deal for

A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index
- By Neclink.com
- . April 9, 2025
If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a drone well before a police

Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals
- By Neclink.com
- . April 8, 2025
Retaining top AI talent is tough amid cutthroat competition between Google, OpenAI, and other heavyweights. Google’s AI division, DeepMind, has resorted to using “aggressive” noncompete

Meta’s benchmarks for its new AI models are a bit misleading
- By Neclink.com
- . April 7, 2025
One of the new flagship AI models Meta released on Saturday, Maverick, ranks second on LM Arena, a test that has human raters compare the

DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data
- By Neclink.com
- . April 6, 2025
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon next week focused on the creation of a “mega API” that will provide

ChatGPT adoption skyrockets in India, but monetization may be trailing
- By Neclink.com
- . April 5, 2025
For years, U.S.-based tech companies have tapped into India’s vast and increasing internet user base for growth. OpenAI is no exception. But while the AI

Amazon’s new AI agent will shop third-party sites for you
- By Neclink.com
- . April 4, 2025
Amazon is starting to test a new AI shopping agent, a feature it calls “Buy for Me,” with a subset users, the company announced in

Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026
- By Neclink.com
- . April 3, 2025
Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood, has raised $50 million in a Series A round as it