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OpenAI said to be in talks to raise $40B at a $340B valuation

OpenAI may have billions of dollars in the bank. But it’s gearing up to raise billions more, according to a

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Google quietly announces its next flagship AI model

Update: Some users on social media report that the changelog has been updated to remove mention of Gemini 2.0 Pro

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Intel has already received $2.2B in federal grants for chip production

Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has already received $2.2 billion in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce through the

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Pentagon scrambles to block DeepSeek after employees connect to Chinese servers

DeepSeek’s terms of service explicitly states it stores user data on Chinese servers and that it governs that data under

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Intel won’t bring its Falcon Shores AI chip to market

Intel is effectively killing Falcon Shores, its next-generation GPU for high-performance computing and AI workloads. The move comes as Intel

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Serial founder DIVINE launches creator app with hip hop legend Rakim

Serial entrepreneur and recording artist Victor Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company,

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a16z has venture scouts scattered across Europe

Despite news that Andreessen Horowitz closed its London crypto-focused office, the VC giant has dozens of scouts across Europe looking

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Boom goes supersonic and Elon promises a self-driving service by summer

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Microsoft signs massive carbon credit deal with reforestation startup Chestnut Carbon

Microsoft announced Thursday that it’s buying over 7 million tons of carbon credits from Chestnut Carbon. The 25-year deal would

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ElevenLabs, the hot AI audio startup, confirms $180M in Series C funding at a $3.3B valuation

ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a