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technology8 days ago•3 min saved

OpenAI Cleared in Musk Lawsuit, Clearing Path for IPO Push

A federal jury in Oakland found Sam Altman, OpenAI and president Greg Brockman not liable in Elon Musk’s 2024 lawsuit, ruling that Musk’s breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment claims were unproven and time-barred. The verdict removes liability and suggests OpenAI can continue with its for-profit restructuring and a potential IPO around a $1 trillion valuation, with the judge signaling agreement with the jury and the remedies portion of the case being dropped.

via The Guardian|

#artificial-intelligence #elon-musk #law

lifestyle17 days ago•4 min saved

Losing a Job Abroad Sparked a Reinvention: Startups, Beekeeping, and a New Life

A Canadian expat in Germany loses her job in January 2025, triggering an identity crisis and the challenge of securing unemployment benefits on a work visa. She rebuilds with a strict daily routine, collaborates with former colleagues to launch a data-science startup, and expands a beekeeping business with her husband. Despite financial strain, she pursues personal goals (yoga teacher training, running) and the value of community, ultimately finding more purpose and stability a year later.

via Business Insider|

#beekeeping #expat #germany

technology29 days ago•2 min saved

Ex-DeepMind Scientist Secures Record $1.1B Seed for Ineffable AI

Former DeepMind researcher David Silver raised a record $1.1 billion seed for Ineffable Intelligence, valuing the European startup at $5.1 billion. Backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia, Google and others, the company will focus on reinforcement learning with the aim of pursuing superintelligence, highlighting a wave of ex-Big Tech talent launching AI labs.

via CNBC|

#ai #funding #reinforcement-learning

technology1 month ago•3 min saved

Six Hidden Windows Settings Slowing Your PC—and How to Fix Them

A slow PC isn’t always due to age. Start with a reboot, then speed things up by adjusting six hidden Windows settings: disable unnecessary startup programs, limit background app activity, switch to High Performance when plugged in, manage Windows Update with Active Hours or pause, turn off visual effects, and enable Storage Sense to auto-delete junk files. These tweaks can yield noticeable responsiveness without buying a new computer.

via WTOP|

#performance #startup #technology

business1 month ago•4 min saved

Wedding-day Slack post ignites debate over hustle culture and work boundaries

A startup founder posted a Slack exchange showing a colleague who had just married saying they were back online, praising their dedication. The post went viral and sparked a heated debate about blurred work-life boundaries and the pressures of an 'always-on' culture. Experts say flexible tools and an uncertain job market contribute to the issue, and leaders should set clear boundaries and model healthier expectations. The authenticity of the exchange wasn’t independently verified, and the founder apologized for the post.

via Business Insider|

#always-on #business #hustle-culture

science-and-technology1 month ago•6 min saved

Brain-on-a-chip tackles Doom, hinting at a new era of computing

Australian startup Cortical Labs wired 200,000 human brain cells onto a silicon chip to play Doom, building on Pong experiments as it pitches biological computers that could someday sit in data centers alongside traditional silicon chips for far greater energy efficiency.

via The Economist|

#biological-computing #cortical-labs #doom

technology2 months ago•6 min saved

Startup Pays $800 a Day to Break AI Chatbots’ Memory

California startup Memvid is hiring an 'AI bully' to spend eight-hour shifts provoking chatbots to revisit earlier topics and record where memory falters, paying $800/day. The role is adversarial user research aimed at strengthening AI memory, prompted by studies (ICLR 2025) showing 30-60% accuracy drops when models must remember facts across long conversations and by reports that context retrieval can produce confident but wrong answers.

via Boing Boing|

#adversarial-testing #ai #chatbots

business2 months ago•2 min saved

BioNTech Founders Exit to Launch New mRNA–Focused Venture

BioNTech co-founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci will leave the company by year’s end to form a new unnamed venture focused on next‑generation mRNA medicines, with BioNTech licensing some of its mRNA technology to the startup and taking a minority stake.

via statnews.com|

#biontech #business #mrna

technology3 months ago•8 min saved

Apple makes its largest-ever AI move, acquiring stealth Israeli startup Q.ai for $1.6B

Apple agreed to acquire stealth Israeli AI startup Q.ai for about $1.6 billion, its biggest-ever deal, to boost its AI capabilities after delays in rolling out Apple Intelligence. Q.ai develops imaging-based tech that reads facial micro-movements to control devices, with current applications in smart headphones and glasses; the deal values Q.ai at nearly $2 billion and follows other moves in Apple's AI strategy.

via jpost.com|

#acquisition #ai #apple

technology4 months ago•2 min saved

Moonshot AI hits $4.8B valuation as Chinese AI IPO fever grows

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI is valued at about $4.8 billion in a new funding round, up roughly $500 million from December as demand remains strong ahead of potential further rounds, with the Kimi chatbot fueling investor interest amid IPO momentum for Chinese AI rivals like Zhipu and MiniMax in Hong Kong and ongoing US-China tech tensions.

via CNBC|

#ai #china #funding

business4 months ago•4 min saved

AI-Powered Risk Audits Redefine How Businesses Buy Insurance

Sequoia-backed WithCoverage pairs industry risk experts with an AI audit engine to analyze a company’s policies and operations, providing a line-by-line savings and risk breakdown on the first call. The platform replaces emails and PDFs with a digital workflow, eliminates opaque broker commissions, and has helped customers save up to 30% of their total insurance spend, while expanding into new verticals beyond insurance.

via Sequoia Capital|

#ai #business #insurance

business4 months ago

Ex-Google and Apple Researchers Launch $50M Visual AI Startup

Former researchers from Google and Apple are raising $50 million to launch a new startup focused on visual AI technology, attracting interest from prominent tech and business leaders.

via The Information|

#ai #business #fundraising

business4 months ago•5 min saved

From McKinsey to Startup: Lessons in Confidence and Action

Nathan Wangliao, a former McKinsey consultant, left his corporate job to start an AI startup in Singapore, learning to unlearn consulting habits like overanalyzing and embracing risk-taking and quick decision-making to succeed in the startup world.

via Business Insider|

#ai #business #entrepreneurship

business5 months ago•6 min saved

Ex-Amazon Cofounders Share Lessons on Startup Challenges

Two former Amazon employees, Shalini Aggarwal and Andy Ratsirason, share their experiences leaving Big Tech to build their AI startup, Tenafli. They highlight the importance of unlearning Big Tech habits like building without demand, adopting frugality, and leveraging AI to reduce costs and accelerate research. Their journey underscores the need to focus on customer demand early, manage resources carefully, and overcome the mindset that high-polish is necessary from the start.

via Business Insider|

#ai-tools #amazon #business

business5 months ago•2 min saved

Founder Secures Funding for Second Attempt at Affordable Custom Home Design

Nick Donahue, after shutting down his previous custom home design company Atmos due to operational challenges and market conditions, launched a new AI-driven startup, Drafted, which rapidly generates custom residential floor plans and exterior designs, raising $1.65 million in funding and aiming to simplify and accelerate home design processes.

via Yahoo Finance|

#ai-software #business #funding