Scale AI competitor Micro1 touts over $100M ARR
Micro1’s rapid growth over the past two years has placed it among the fastest-scaling AI companies. The three-year-old startup, which helps AI labs recruit and manage human experts to train data, started the year with approximately $7 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). The company’s ARR currently exceeds $100 million, founder and CEO Ali Ansari […]
Apple’s management reorganization continues with resignations of general counsel and policy chief
Apple’s leadership shakeup continues. Days after announcing the resignation of AI chief John Gianandrea and design executive Alan Dye’s firing from Meta, the iPhone maker announced the news that two more executives are leaving the company. Kate Adams, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2017, will retire in the second half of next […]
A human CEO weighs in on the AI bubble story and competitors’ risk-taking
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei shared his thoughts on whether the AI industry is in a bubble at the New York Times Dealbook Summit on Wednesday. This was done in addition to overshadowing a specific, unnamed competitor, which is clearly OpenAI. Amodei declined to give a simple yes or no answer, citing the complexities of bubbles, […]
Musk says Tesla’s new software allows him to text and drive, which is illegal in most states.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday’s XPost that owners can now text and drive using the latest version of the company’s fully autonomous (supervised) driver-assistance software, even though it’s illegal in most states. Musk responded to another user who noticed that the latest software update, known as FSD, no longer flashes warnings when using […]
AI makes its way into Apple’s top apps of the year
Apple on Thursday unveiled its annual list of App Store Award winners, continuing its tradition of recognizing the best apps and games of the past year. The iPhone app of 2025 winner was the visual planner Tiimo, and the iPhone game of the year was the card game Pokémon TCG Pocket. While Apple has continued […]
Andy Jassy says Amazon’s NVIDIA rival chips are already a multibillion-dollar business
Can any company, large or small, really reverse the dominance of Nvidia’s AI chips? Probably not. But if you can peel away some of it yourself, you could make hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said this week. As expected, the company announced its next-generation AI chip, Trainium3, an AI […]
Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards again
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to lower fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States. With the CEOs of Ford and Stellantis in attendance, President Donald Trump proposed lowering fuel efficiency for all 2031 model year vehicles to 34.5 miles per gallon. Previous fuel efficiency standards set […]
Venture Capitalists Deploy ‘Kingmaking’ Strategies to Capture AI Winners Early on
In early October, AI enterprise resource planning (ERP) startup DualEntry announced a $90 million Series A round led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures, valuing the one-year-old business at $415 million. The company aims to replace traditional software like Oracle NetSuite with products that can automate routine tasks and provide predictive insights. A large funding round […]
The future of deep tech will be discussed at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on December 3rd
Tonight at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the last StrictlyVC event of 2025 and the line-up is truly ridiculous. Image credit: Aaron V Barrera Photography The series traveled around the world under the auspices of TechCrunch. Steve […]
Autolane is building “air traffic control” for self-driving cars
The rapid adoption of robotaxis by companies like Waymo and Zoox has industry players once again dreaming about how self-driving cars will change our daily lives. This includes driverless taxi rides, of course, but also brainier ideas like sending self-driving cars to pick up groceries or pick up dry cleaning. If that ultimately happens, navigating […]