Why Y Combinator Startups Working on Windows AI Agents and Get Pivoted
A startup called Pig.dev, who joined Y Combinator’s winter 2025 batch, was working on AI agent technology to control Microsoft Windows desktops. However, in May, the founder announced that he would abandon his technology and adopt the company in a completely different way. MuscleMem is an AI agent caching system that can offload repeatable tasks. […]
Cursor snaps up enterprise startup koala with a challenge to github copilot
The startup behind Viral AI Coding App Cursor is snapping top talents from AI Enterprise Startups to boost competition with Microsoft’s Github Copilot and attract businesses looking to charge their employees with AI coding tools. In a recent case, cursor maker Anysphere has signed a deal to acquire AI-powered customer relationship management (CRM) startup Koala. […]
Surveillance vendors have been caught exploiting new SS7 attacks to track people’s phone locations
Security researchers say they caught surveillance companies in the Middle East. They say they can take advantage of a new attack that allows phone operators to disclose the location of cell subscribers. This attack relies on the security protections that intruders have been implemented to protect intruders from accessing SS7 or signaling system 7. This […]
SpaceX workers injury rates in Starbase Outpace industry rivals
According to company workers safety records reviewed by TechCrunch, SpareX employees are more likely to get injured while working at Starbase, while working at Starbase. Starbase is a vast launch and manufacturing site recently incorporated as its own Texas City, and recorded an injury rate that was nearly six times higher than the average for […]
Duckduckgo allows you to hide AI-generated images in search results
The privacy-centric browser DuckDuckgo has rolled out a new setting that allows users to filter AI images by search results. The company says it is launching the feature in response to feedback from users who say the AI image can find what it’s looking for. Users perform a search on Duckduckgo[画像]You can access the new […]
With her app smash, Kesha can become who she wants – even the CEO of technology
Kesha – Yes, brush your teeth with a Jack Kesha bottle – now the founder of a startup. But if you think her journey from a gross pop star to CEO is unexpected, you’re not paying attention. Kesha has always embraced contradictions. She exploded into the pop scene in 2010, with impolite ear candies like […]
Built-in chaos of Openai, Thinking Machines Lab and $20 billion seed round
Mira Murati, former Chief Technology Officer of Openai, grew one of the largest seed rounds in history. Murati has secured $2 billion in the Thinking Machines Lab seed round. The move raises eyebrows across Silicon Valley. This is the latest in the wave of top researchers who split from Openai and chase their own AI […]
Meta refuses to sign the EU’s AI Code of Practice
Meta declined to sign the European Union code of practice of AI law a few weeks before the blocking rules for providers of the total purpose AI model took effect. “Europe is on the wrong path of AI,” wrote Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, in a LinkedIn post. “We carefully review the European […]
Netflix will begin using Genai in shows and movies
Companies developing video AI models and tools often work with Hollywood Studios to enable specific workflows. On Thursday, Netflix said it has started using AI in its films and is showing its production. During the company’s post-Lexalt conference call, the company’s co-CEO Ted Salandos said at an Argentine show called “El Atonata,” the platform has […]
Confusion sees India as a shortcut in competition with OpenAs
While Openai is solidifying its lead in the US, confusion is taking a different route. It is quietly expanding to India to compete in the next phase of AI adoption. Search-centric AI startups are rapidly adding millions of users to the world’s second largest internet and smartphone market, positioning them to the mass market scale. […]