The space ambitions of nation states and billionaires alike demand better sources of power, and a new startup founded by two Stanford PhDs may have…
Author: Tim Fernholz
K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute |
An ambitious satellite builder will launch one of the highest-powered spacecraft ever built in the weeks ahead to demonstrate technology that will be required to…
Niv-AI exits stealth to wring more power performance out of GPUs |
6:00 AM PDT · March 17, 2026 Electricity is a key raw material for artificial intelligence, but new processing techniques outstrip the ability of data…
Elon Musk's xAI faces child porn lawsuit from minors Grok allegedly undressed |
12:18 PM PDT · March 16, 2026 Elon Musk’s company xAI should be held accountable for allowing its AI models to produce abusive sexual images…
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents |
In Brief Posted: 10:49 AM PDT · March 9, 2026 OpenAI announced Monday it has acquired Promptfoo, an AI security startup founded in 2024 to…
Perplexity's new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models |
Starting this week, Perplexity subscribers will have a new agentic tool at their disposal. Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, “unifies every current AI capability…
Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing |
Tech investors haven’t given up on the dream of making physical products with the same speed and ease as coding software. Executives at Freeform, a…
SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links |
Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Serena Grown-Haeberli began collaborating at SpaceX, developing optical communications links that keep thousands of Starlink internet satellites in constant contact.…