Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all
The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post this week that the industry needs “one
How this founder’s unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech
Thomas Lee Young doesn’t sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial
Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani
Elon Musk’s Grok really, really loves its creator. Since this week’s release of Grok 4.1, X users have circulated posts and screenshots that show Grok
Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according
TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling
TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed at improving the mental health of its
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures
Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival, as part of the organization’s transition
Danish startup FlatPay joins the club of European fintech unicorns to track
Flatpay, which facilitates card payments for SMBs, has joined the ranks of European fintech unicorns — or startups valued at more than $1 billion —
JPMorgan doesn’t want to pay Frank founder Charlie Javice’s legal bills
JPMorgan Chase says it’s been billed a total of $142 million in legal fees for the defense of Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar, respectively the
Leaked documents shed light into how much OpenAI pays Microsoft
After a year of frenzied dealmaking and rumors of an upcoming IPO, the financial scrutiny into OpenAI is intensifying. Leaked documents obtained by tech blogger
VCs abandon old rules for a ‘funky time’ of investing in AI startups
If there’s one thing that VCs agree on when backing AI startups, it’s that AI requires a different investment approach than prior technological shifts. “It’s