World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names |

In Brief Posted: 10:43 AM PDT · June 17, 2026 Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and…

Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests |

Anthropic is having a month. The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just…

Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in |

AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round led by Greylock’s Jerry Chen. That’s a modest sum by AI standards, but…

It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS. |

In Brief Posted: 9:09 AM PDT · June 9, 2026 With SpaceX about to break records with an IPO on Friday, Anthropic about to break…

Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months |

9:32 AM PDT · June 5, 2026 Supabase, the open source database of choice for the vibe coding world, has raised a $500 million Series…

Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says |

3:56 PM PDT · June 3, 2026 Lovable and Google announced an expanded multiyear collaboration on Wednesday. Lovable, the fast-growing Stockholm vibe-coding startup, has long…

Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year |

Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million Series C at a $1.8…

Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans |

Cognition CEO Scott Wu made headlines again this week when his two-year-old AI coding agent startup raised $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation. Cognition…

AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation |

In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PDT · May 27, 2026 Cognition, the makers of the autonomous AI software engineer namedDevin, has raised more than $1…

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis |

There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large changes, like cloud computing (runaway costs in…