Whoop, the fitness and health tracking wearable company, has closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation — nearly triple…
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Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1B, again |
In Brief Posted: 4:59 PM PDT · March 27, 2026 Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1…
Whoop's fitness band is cool. Can it stay cool as the company grows? |
For the better part of a decade, Whoop sold itself as a secret weapon for serious athletes. LeBron James was convinced to slap on the…
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora |
In Brief Posted: 8:09 PM PDT · March 29, 2026 OpenAI’s decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months…
Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business? |
This week, a topic that has been boomeranging around Silicon Valley bounced into the spotlight: AI tokens as compensation. The idea is straightforward enough —…
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput |
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an…
Why scientists can't get a laugh |
In Brief Posted: 10:39 AM PDT · March 20, 2026 A newly published survey of more than 500 science conference presentations across a two-year period…
Alphabet's X has a new spinout, and it's going after one of the world's most expensive bureaucratic nightmares |
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the world’s most stubborn industries. It failed twice,…
Alphabet’s X has a new spinout, and it’s going after one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares |
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the world’s most stubborn industries. It failed twice,…
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out |
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign aimed at the world’s wealthiest people called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment…