With the advent of AI, investor loyalty is (almost) gone. At least 12 OpenAI VCs also back Anthropic
With OpenAI closing on another $100 billion in funding and Anthropic just closing on a massive $30 billion of its own, one thing is clear: the concept of investor “loyalty” is hanging on by one thread. Earlier this month, at least 12 direct investors in OpenAI were announced as backers of Anthropic’s $30 billion raise, […]
Former Apple team launches Acme Weather, a new take on weather forecasting
The creator of Dark Sky, who sold his popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, is back with a new take on weather forecasting. The team recently announced the release of a new app, Acme Weather. The app claims to provide better and more reliable forecasts than the one I was using with Dark […]
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI lab of mining Claude as US debates exporting AI chips
Anthropic has accused three Chinese AI companies of setting up more than 24,000 fake accounts using its Claude AI model to improve its own models. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax laboratories are said to have generated more than 16 million interactions with Claude through these accounts using a technique called “distillation.” Anthropic said the institute […]
Uber wants to become the Swiss Army knife of robotaxis
Uber is pitching self-driving car manufacturers. we understand this. The ride-hailing and food delivery company has launched a new division called Uber Autonomous Solutions, aimed at taking on all the tasks associated with operating a robotaxi, self-driving truck, and sidewalk delivery robot business, including software and support services. The initiative announced Monday formalizes an effort […]
Americans destroy Flock’s surveillance cameras
Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the country are dismantling and destroying surveillance cameras on the Flock amid growing public outrage that license plate readers are aiding U.S. immigration authorities and deportations. Flock, an Atlanta-based surveillance startup valued at $7.5 billion a year ago, is a maker of license […]
OpenAI brings in consultants to promote the company
OpenAI is an AI company aiming to grow enterprise businesses in 2026, strengthening its partnerships with four leading consulting companies. OpenAI announced the Frontier Alliance on Monday. This shows that AI Lab is willing to try different approaches to get companies to meaningfully adopt its technology. The collaboration includes a multi-year partnership between OpenAI and […]
Guide Labs Debuts New Kind of Interpretable LLM
The challenge when discussing deep learning models is often understanding why the model behaves the way it does. Whether it’s xAI’s repeated struggle sessions to fine-tune Grok’s bizarre politics, or ChatGPT’s struggles with sycophants and mundane hallucinations, connecting neural networks with billions of parameters isn’t easy. Guide Labs, a San Francisco startup founded by CEO […]
Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts and finds interesting clips so you don’t have to
An AI news app called Particle, developed by a former Twitter engineer, can now keep track of not only news published on the web, but also breaking news in podcasts. Ahead of its recent Android release, Particle introduced a feature called Podcast Clips. It finds the most interesting and relevant moments from different types of […]
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The last five days to save up to $680 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 tickets are officially over. These yearly lowest rates expire on February 27th at 11:59 PM PT. If you’re planning your 2026 technology events calendar, now is not the time to wait. Register now to secure savings before prices go up. What to […]
Secretary of Defense summons Antropic’s Amodei over military use of Claude
Axios reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss military use of Claude. The meeting comes as the Pentagon threatens to declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” (a label typically given to foreign adversaries) after the AI company refused to allow the Pentagon […]