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Travis Kalanick's robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z |

Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz will join the company’s board following…

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

The AI industry is not quite experiencing a DeepSeek 2.0 moment, but it feels very close. The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a…

Science Corporation's vision-restoring chip wins EU approval |

Science Corporation, a startup developing novel brain-computer interfaces (BCI), won approval from Europe’s medical device regulator to begin selling a device that restores vision lost…

Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI |

In Brief Posted: 10:54 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 Israeli workplace software maker Monday.com is laying off hundreds of employees as part of a…

Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android |

In Brief Posted: 10:08 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 Google announced on Wednesday a new migration experience built directly into Android 17 that should…

Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous |

As Chinese open-weight AI models grow in capability and popularity, arguments about what should be done about them have once again reached a fever pitch.…

Substack's new tool tells you who's been writing their newsletters with AI |

9:23 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 Substack has launched a new feature that can show you which of your favorite newsletters are being written…

OpenAI's AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B |

9:13 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 OpenAI announced Wednesday that it will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, some 25% more than it…

If you pay a hacker's ransom, chances are that they'll come back for more |

8:29 AM PDT · July 22, 2026 Governments have long warned not to pay a hacker’s ransom demands, arguing that doing so only lets criminals…

Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects |

Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from…