Space data companies have argued for years that the private sector needs their products, but the real uptake has been from government buyers. Now, with…
Author: Tim Fernholz
Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident |
In Brief Posted: 3:12 PM PDT · April 1, 2026 Anthropic accidentally caused thousands of code repositories on GitHub to be taken down while trying…
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try |
The most advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now can AI return the favor? Cognichip is building a deep learning model…
Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles |
To build the autonomous machines of the future, sometimes your model needs a model. Companies developing self-driving cars, robots manipulating the physical environment, or autonomous…
Starcloud raises $170 million Series Ato build data centers in space |
Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating…
Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation |
In Brief Posted: 10:05 AM PDT · March 27, 2026 Aetherflux, the space solar power startup launched by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, is in talks…
Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem |
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…
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…