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AMD Buys Taalas, The Startup That Carves AI Models Into Silicon
The AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc) logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Serving an AI model today means hauling its entire set of…
OpenAI Bought A Presentation Startup. What Does It Mean For Your Job?
When AI slide decks become a commodity, the skills that matter most are communication, negotiation, and critical thinking NextSlide co-founder Ahmed Beshry announced yesterday that OpenAI acquired his startup. The startup is known for converting…
Canada's unicorn moment: AI investment boom helps propel billion-dollar startups
A surge in artificial intelligence investment is reshaping the global startup landscape, creating billion-dollar companies at a pace never before seen. According to new data compiled by BestBrokers using Crunchbase and PitchBook information, global…
How a small Israeli startup was linked to rogue AI hacks at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta
Over a two-week stretch, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta all revealed that their AI models went rogue during routine security testing. The companies each cited a small Israeli startup: Irregular. Irregular 'will issue a full retrospective once we have…
Why billion-dollar robotics startups are obsessed with folding laundry
Before Silicon Valley's robots take over, they have to learn to fold your underwear. In recent months, some of the buzziest robotics startups — including Figure AI, Sunday Robotics, and Weave Robotics — have shown off robots that…
APEC host city Shenzhen offers glimpse of China's future industries
This photo taken on June 25, 2026 shows the robot block in Longgang District of Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Liang Xu) Drones zip across city blocks, delivering meals to doorsteps. On factory floors, humanoid robots are…
7 key trends defining the cybersecurity market today
AI is having a seismic impact on the cybersecurity market. Record-shattering amounts of venture capital is flowing into a new generation of startups focused on AI cybersecurity. At the same time, established cybersecurity vendors are racing to…
CNBC Daily Open: Washington and Tehran both play it cool - but markets can't
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is not in direct negotiations with Washington, while Trump said that Washington is 'low keying it' in negotiations with Iran. Netanyahu rejected Trump's latest Gaza plan in remarks to his…
TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber's AV empire
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! In just a few days…
The world's leading AI companies are all struggling to contain their latest models
The most powerful AI models keep going awry, according to the companies building them. The disclosures come as frontier AI models get more powerful and more capable of acting autonomously. They also highlight a growing challenge for the companies…
Start A Business? There's An AI Agent For That! Y Combinator Head Explains How
New ventures that go totally in on artificial intelligence could potentially see growth and profitability within eight months, says the leader of one of Silicon Valley's most storied startup incubators. They are “breaking the old math' when…
AI is changing more than young bankers' workflows. It's creating a whole new career path.
Young bankers are facing a new choice. Wall Street has traditionally offered a clear, if grueling, career path for junior employees: get an internship, work in investment banking for two years, and decide whether to stay in banking, move to the buy…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Announces ₹10,000 Monthly Pension For Those Jailed During Emergency
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a monthly pension of ₹10,000 for 325 individuals who were imprisoned for taking part in protests against the Emergency. Speaking at a programme held at the state…
What is Unitree and why are China's humanoid robot makers racing to list?
Chinese robot maker Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering at 150.8 yuan (HK$175.37) per share, with subscriptions to start on Monday, as it seeks to raise 6.1 billion yuan in a deal that would see it become the first…
Sovereign AI: Why Canada's next technology challenge is infrastructure
Much of the public conversation around AI still focuses on models, chatbots, funding rounds, and headline-grabbing breakthroughs. Yet the next phase of AI competition may depend on less visible assets: power generation, GPU capacity, networking…
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