For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…
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Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. |
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why |
A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud —…
Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation |
In Brief Posted: 12:47 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Google rolled out a new feature on Thursday that allowed users to deploy Nano Banana…
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds |
In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Index Ventures has raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, the firm announced…
Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X
The prevailing narrative in Silicon Valley is that Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek R1 came out of nowhere. But the truth is…
Sam Altman isn't the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI |
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…
Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI |
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…
AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off
After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI,OpenAI CEOSam Altman saysmaybe it’stime for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments camejust days after…
Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content |
9:49 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 Snapchat is the latest company to strengthen its stance against AI slop. The social network platform will no…