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businessinsider.com - Shubhangi Goel - Inside the AI startup Elon Musk is betting $60 billion on
Inside the AI startup Elon Musk is betting $60 billion on
Business Insider

A 4-year-old startup just got Elon Musk to fork out up to $60 billion. On Tuesday, Musk's SpaceX announced that it struck a deal with Cursor, giving it the right to acquire the AI coding startup for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for Cursor's work…

vogue.com - Hikmat Mohammed - 4 AI Startups Shaping the Future of Beauty
4 AI Startups Shaping the Future of Beauty
Vogue

This article is part of the Future of AI, a collection of articles that investigates how artificial intelligence will impact the fashion and beauty industries in the years to come. The beauty sector is the corner of luxury that's been the fastest…

techcrunch.com - Tim Fernholz - SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion
TechCrunch

SpaceX said it has struck a deal with Cursor to develop a next generation “coding and knowledge work AI,” which includes a surprising provision—an option to buy the popular software development platform for $60 billion later…

vogue.com - Bella Webb - The AI Startups Promising a Sustainable Future for Fashion
The AI Startups Promising a Sustainable Future for Fashion
Vogue

This article is part of the Future of AI, a collection of articles that investigates how artificial intelligence will impact the fashion and beauty industries in the years to come. In many ways, sustainable fashion is an oxymoron — a utopian…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for US$60 billion
SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for US$60 billion
The Standard

SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for US$60billion later this year, or pay US$10 billion for their new partnership, as it pushes deeper into the lucrative market for AI developer tools. SCROLL TO…

businessinsider.com - Alistair Barr - The AI boom won't last, a top VC warns, as he urges startups to cash out
The AI boom won't last, a top VC warns, as he urges startups to cash out
Business Insider

Elad Gil, Silicon Valley's top solo venture capitalist, has a stark message for AI founders: sell your company soon, while conditions are still favorable. 'Founders running successful AI companies should all take a cold, hard look at exiting in the…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn
SpaceX secures option to buy AI startup Cursor for $60bn or partner for $10bn
The Guardian

SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for $60bn later this year, or pay $10bn for their new partnership, as it pushes deeper into the lucrative market for AI developer tools. Along with OpenAI and…

businessinsider.com - Ana Altchek - How a software engineer grad weighed a Target internship vs startup offer after 2,000 applications
How a software engineer grad weighed a Target internship vs startup offer after 2,000 applications
Business Insider

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dianna Dimambro, a 29-year-old incoming software engineer at a startup. She is based in Jupiter, Florida. Her identity and offers have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been…

gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Firstpoint VC launches with €50m fund to invest in AI-driven games and entertainment startups
Firstpoint VC launches with €50m fund to invest in AI-driven games and entertainment startups
GamesIndustry.biz

New venture capital firm Firstpoint VC has launched with a €50 million fund to invest in AI-driven gaming and entertainment startups. General partners Burak Yılmaz and Mike Fischer lead Firstpoint, each with more than 30 years of…

techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Exclusive: What's the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says
Exclusive: What's the key to better vegan cheese? Microbreweries, one startup says
TechCrunch

Last week, I overheard someone in a pizza shop ask if a particular slice was vegetarian or vegan. Presumably they wanted to know if the pizza had vegan cheese, and when told it was so, they changed the order. Vegan cheese is widely considered a…

spacenews.com - Andrew Jones - China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines
China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines
SpaceNews

HELSINKI — A Beijing-based space startup has secured early-stage funding and extensive credit backing as part of a broader Chinese push toward space-based computing infrastructure. Beijing Orbital Twilight Technology Co., Ltd., also known as…

bloomberg.com - Cailley LaPara - SpaceX Alum's Startup Nears $1 Billion Valuation in Pursuit of Uncrewed Flights
SpaceX Alum's Startup Nears $1 Billion Valuation in Pursuit of Uncrewed Flights
Bloomberg

Reliable Robotics Corp. secured $160 million in new funding — pushing its valuation to nearly $1 billion — as the Silicon Valley startup makes a bigger push for US regulatory approval of its automated flying technology. With the new…

independent.co.uk - The Associated Press - AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
AI startup Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
The Independent

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than $100 billion to Amazon 's AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest $5 billion immediately as part of the new agreement…

refreshmiami.com - Riley Kaminer - Miami wants to be the bridge, and Startup Olé made the case
Miami wants to be the bridge, and Startup Olé made the case
Refresh Miami

If you tried to follow a single track at Startup Olé Miami, you probably failed. But don't worry, it wasn't your fault – it was by design. For two days, the James L. Knight Center in Downtown turned into a multi-track sprint across…

tomsguide.com - Amanda Caswell - I built a pizza startup brand with Claude Design - it looked launch-ready
I built a pizza startup brand with Claude Design - it looked launch-ready
Tom's Guide

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