SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during test
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SpaceX launched an upgraded version of its Starship rocket booster in South Texas on Thursday to begin testing, and just a few hours later, something inside it exploded. Live streamers…
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As its voice detection app takes off, Wispr secures $25 million from Notable Capital
Voice AI company Wispr’s dictation app, Wispr Flow, is gaining traction. The startup said that after three months of use, an average user writes more than 50% of their grades…
Security startup Guardio raises $80 million from ION Crossover Partners
The Internet today has a new concern. In addition to vibe coding tools and codebases, websites and apps built with them, security issues and blind spots have also grown. Cybersecurity…
Creator Tayla Cannon receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures’ creator fund to build PT software
In 2023, Tayla Cannon moved from Australia to the United States for a job in a city she had never seen before. “No family, no friends, just a fresh start,”…
Luminal raises $5.3 million to build a better GPU code framework
Three years ago, Luminal co-founder Joe Fioti was working on chip design at Intel when he came to a realization. While he worked to make the best chips he could,…
Databrick’s co-founder claims the US must go open source to beat China in artificial intelligence
Andy Konwinski worries that the US is losing its dominance in artificial intelligence to China, calling the shift an “existential” threat to democracy. Konwinski is a Databricks co-founder and co-founder…
Leaked documents shed light on how much OpenAI pays Microsoft
After a year of frantic deal-making and rumors of an upcoming IPO, the financial scrutiny of OpenAI is intensifying. Leaked documents obtained by tech blogger Ed Zitron offer more insight…
Milestone raises $10M to ensure AI rhymes with ROI
GenAI has become an important part of coding workflows, but most companies struggle to track its use, let alone its ROI. Israeli startup Milestone hopes to help with a platform…
Microsoft-backed VEIR brings super leaders to data centers
Power requirements for data centers have grown from tens to 200 kilowatts in a few years, a pace that has data center developers scrambling to design future facilities that can…
Lovable says it’s approaching 8 million users as year-old AI coding startup sees more corporate hires
Lovable, the Stockholm-based AI coding platform, is approaching 8 million users, CEO Anton Osika told this editor during a sit-down Monday, a big jump from the 2.3 million active users…