Microsoft: Anthropic Claude remains available to customers except the Defense Department |

11:17 AM PST · March 6, 2026 Enterprises and startups that use Anthropic Claude through Microsoft’s products need not fear that the model will be…

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year |

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely co-founder and CEO Roy Lee shared with TechCrunch last summer was a lie, Lee admitted on…

Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months |

In Brief Posted: 10:59 AM PST · March 5, 2026 Nominal on Thursday announced a fresh $80 million Series B extension round at a $1…

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center |

Stripe on Monday released a preview of a new feature that could help AI startups (and other companies) solve the problem of passing through the…

MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens |

After deal talks lasting almost a year, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rivaI Cal AI. Cal AI is the AI calorie counting app startup…

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets |

In Brief Posted: 3:00 PM PST · February 27, 2026 OpenAI has fired an employee over the employee’s activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket, the…

More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before |

11:39 AM PST · February 24, 2026 AI has brought the startup world the rise of a new phenomenon: startups that almost instantly hit multimillion-dollar…

A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox  |

The now-viral X post from Meta AI security researcher Summer Yue reads, at first, like satire. She told her OpenClaw AI agent to check her…

With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic  |

With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is…

Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation |

6:00 AM PST · February 11, 2026 University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced…