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Tech Startups Just Raised a Record $297 Billion in Q1 2026 - Here's Where the Money Is Going
The first quarter of 2026 has rewritten the record books for startup funding. Globally, startups raised approximately $297 billion in Q1 2026 — the highest quarterly total ever recorded, fueled almost entirely by a surge of mega-deals in AI…
Do Or Die: How EV Startups Rivian, Lucid, And Slate Are Navigating Their Most Important Year Yet
Rivian, Lucid, and Slate need to get this year right. All three are planning to launch crucial products this year, and all three are racing to scale up and start earning money. But in the meantime, they're trying to stay alive and relevant in an…
Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy's funding boom
It happens in every emerging industry: founders and investors push toward a common goal, until the money starts to roll in and that shared vision begins to diverge. Cracks are emerging in the fusion power world, which I saw firsthand at The…
AI hit software engineers first. Here's what they want you to know.
Software engineers have a message for white-collar workers: Get ready. Since late last year, advances in tools like Claude Code and Codex have transformed how engineers do their jobs. While some are loving the new era of AI embedded in their…
Is 'Founder Mode' sustainable for modern leaders?
“Founder mode” often glorifies speed, control, and intensity. The hands-on leadership style has sparked debate about whether it is sustainable over the long term. Below, industry experts who have studied the balance between…
I wanted more from life: How IIT Guwahati is helping me rewrite my future
I am 19, a sophomore at IIT Guwahati pursuing Data Science and Artificial Intelligence as my major. I come from the steel city of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, while my roots are connected to Odisha. I mostly grew up in Jamshedpur, completing my entire…
Anthropic's relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration. There were earlier signs of a thawing relationship — or a sense that not every part of the…
From AI shopping to video, Alibaba is making the investments analysts want to see
Alibaba shares have accelerated their gains this month as the Chinese e-commerce giant has released a succession of new artificial intelligence models. 'Alibaba's approach of having a large range of AI models [is] a smart strategic play that sets…
SiIicon Valley's AI agent hiccups: Wasted tokens and 'chaotic' systems
The underlying technology behind AI agents is still rickety and a potential cost-sucker. At two Silicon Valley events this week, executives and engineers shared the reality of scaling the tools popularized by the rise of OpenClaw. One executive…
Refreshed NAB Show Reflects an Industry in Flux
It is fitting that the 2026 NAB Show takes place in a Las Vegas Convention Center that recently completed an astounding three-year, $600 million renovation. That makes it the perfect setting for a show that reflects an industry in a constant state…
Jaguar's marketing machine runs on something most car brands refuse to track
Tension: Automakers collect mountains of data but avoid measuring the emotional journey that actually drives purchase decisions. Noise: The industry obsesses over click-through rates and lead volume while ignoring the cross-tier consistency that…
Apple's upcoming AirPods Pro 3 variant could debut a groundbreaking new feature
Earlier this year, Apple acquired a secretive startup: Q.ai, for over 2 billion dollars. It's the companies second largest acquisition to date, and it leaves you wondering: what's the end game here? While smart glasses seem like an obvious play…
TotalAV Keeps Prices Low While Covering the Basics of Online Protection
TotalAV isn't a name most people grew up hearing. Norton and McAfee have decades of marketing behind them. TotalAV showed up in 2016 and spent its early years largely under the radar. What got it noticed wasn't buzz. It was pricing. The entry-level…
We moved to Mexico in our 60s because the US was too expensive. We feel younger than ever and have started an AI business.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karen Watts Nauman, 67, and Jeff Nauman, 69, a married couple who moved to Lake Chapala, Mexico, from the US a few years ago. They recently launched The AI Boomers, a platform for AI courses…
OpenAI to shift its focus to businesses | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI's chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work, like summarizing her emails and Slack messages. Friar and…
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