Silicon Valley is full of comfortable offices with gleaming meeting rooms and on-site baristas. So when early HappyRobot engineer Ari Polakof decided to strike out…
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Bridgit Mendler, Even Rogers, and Max Hoat join the Space Stage at Disrupt 2025 |
The space economy isn’t just about rockets and satellites anymore — it’s about building resilient infrastructure, deploying autonomous systems, and creating entirely new models for…
Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts |
This week, the Department of Energy canceled nearly $8 billion worth of awards — a move touted by the Trump administration as an effort to…
OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 1 on Apple's US App Store |
OpenAI’s Sora app for AI videos is a viral hit, despite being invite-only for now and limited to users in the U.S. and Canada at…
Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks |
It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language prompts — is exploding in popularity.…
This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups |
Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built…
OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system |
ChatGPT usersin the U.S. can now makeEtsy and soon Shopifypurchases within conversations, marking a next step toward the future of online shopping— bothforconsumers andthe platforms…
DeepSeek releases 'sparse attention' model that cuts API costs in half |
Oct 2, 2025 By Stephanie Simone Databricks announced it is acquiring Mooncake Labs to accelerate its vision of a Lakebase—a new category of OLTP database…
Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators
Oct 2, 2025 By Stephanie Simone Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is introducing Clumio for…
AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews |
Oct 2, 2025 By Stephanie Simone Airbyte, creator of the open data movement platform, is releasing Airbyte Enterprise Flex to empower customers with data sovereignty…