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Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers

Andy Konwinski, computer scientist and co-founder of Databricks and Perpelexity, announced on Monday that his personal company, Laude, is forming a new AI research institute

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Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything,’ raises $15M from a16z

Cluely, a startup that claims to help users “cheat” on job interviews, exams, and sales calls, has raised a $15 million Series A led by

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OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft

OpenAI said Monday the U.S. Department of Defense granted it a contract for up to $200 million to help the agency identify and build prototype

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Google reportedly plans to cut ties with Scale AI

Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200

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Apple is salvaging Image Playground with a boost from ChatGPT

When Apple first unveiled Image Playground last year, the company touted it as a quick and easy way to generate personalized, original images with the

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iOS 19: All the rumored changes Apple could be bringing to its new operating system

As Apple prepares to unveil iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 on Monday, several rumors have surfaced, including a potential new name for the operating system,

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Europe will have to be more Tenacious to land its first rover on the Moon

Europe likely just suffered a setback in its attempt to reach another milestone in the commercial race to use lunar resources. Tenacious, which was set to

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Former DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg co-leads $15.5M Series A for AI video ad platform

DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg’s venture fund WndrCo co-led a $15.5 million Series A round for Creatify, an AI video ad platform. Creatify’s AdMax platform uses

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Yep, X was down again

People reported that photos weren’t loading, its banking service XMoney wasn’t working, and search wasn’t returning any results, among other things. Source link

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Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude

Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode (in beta for now) allows Claude mobile app