Allbirds is attempting one of the wildest reinventions in recent memory. The sneaker company that once became a Silicon Valley favorite, reached a valuation of more than $4 billion, and turned sustainability into a brand identity, is now abandoning shoes […]

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People are opening up to AI in ways that would have sounded strange a year ago—asking for advice, testing arguments, even walking through legal strategies. That shift is now colliding with a hard truth from the courtroom: what you tell […]

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AI’s growth is hitting a physical wall. More chips and bigger clusters aren’t enough when data can’t move fast enough between them. That’s the gap nEye.ai is chasing, and investors are backing the bet with fresh capital. The Silicon Valley […]

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A broken air conditioner on a summer afternoon can shut down a restaurant in minutes. For large chains running hundreds of locations, moments like that add up fast. Lost revenue, frustrated customers, and stressed staff all trace back to a […]

The post Prefix raises $7.5M to fix $500B facility management problem for restaurants and retailers first appeared on Tech Startups.

Meta is closing in on one of Big Tech’s most lucrative crowns—and this time, the numbers suggest it may finally pull ahead. A new forecast from research firm Emarketer points to a turning point in digital advertising. By the end […]

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Europe’s largest exchange operator is putting real money behind its crypto strategy. Deutsche Börse said Tuesday it has acquired a $200 million stake in U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken, tightening a relationship that started late last year. The investment comes through […]

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For decades, drug discovery has run into the same wall: a large share of disease-driving proteins simply couldn’t be targeted with traditional therapies. Neomorph thinks that the wall is starting to crack—and investors are betting $100 million on it. The […]

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Retailers have spent years collecting customer data. Turning that data into action remains a stubborn problem. Many brands still rely on static rules and broad segments that miss the moment when a customer is actually ready to buy. An AI […]

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OpenAI is moving to lock down its macOS apps after uncovering a security issue tied to a compromised third-party tool, a reminder of how fragile modern software supply chains have become. The company said it traced the issue back to […]

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Cisco is moving quickly to lock down a new and growing risk: AI agents that can operate autonomously within enterprise systems. The networking giant is in early talks to acquire Astrix Security, a Tel Aviv–based AI security startup focused on […]

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A quiet San Francisco street turned into a crime scene before sunrise. A man has been arrested after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, setting part of the property on fire, and later threatening to burn […]

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Meta is opening its wallet again—and this time, the number is hard to ignore. The company has signed a fresh $21 billion agreement with CoreWeave to secure more cloud computing capacity, extending a partnership that is quickly becoming central to […]

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Meta is stepping back into the AI spotlight with a new model it hopes will reset the narrative. On April 8, Meta Platforms introduced Muse Spark, the first release from its newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs. The model marks a turning […]

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OpenAI’s push to scale its next wave of AI infrastructure has hit a pause in the U.K., a setback that highlights a growing tension facing the industry: building advanced AI systems now hinges as much on energy and policy as […]

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An unknown hacker group claims they breached one of China’s most critical supercomputing facilities, stealing more than 10 petabytes of data—potentially one of the largest exfiltrations of sensitive information ever reported. The alleged target is the National Supercomputing Center in […]

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Polygon Labs is quietly lining up its next move—and it could reshape how money moves on-chain. The team behind one of Ethereum’s most widely used scaling networks is in early talks with investors to raise up to $100 million. The […]

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