Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse |

Physical badges used to be all you needed for identity management at a company. But with humans now working alongside machines and AI agents in…

DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO |

DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is preparing for a 2027 IPO debut, but it could come as early as the end of this…

Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids |

If you remember racing home after school to grab the family landline to call your best friend before dinner, a new device from Pinwheel is…

Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation |

4:31 PM PDT · July 13, 2026 Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes agent, is finalizing a new round of funding led by…

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn |

In Brief Posted: 5:29 PM PDT · July 10, 2026 Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, and Sophia Kianni, has…

Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue

Open source AI is booming, according toHugging FaceCEOClem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI…

Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI |

7:00 AM PDT · July 10, 2026 Open source AI is booming, according toHugging FaceCEOClem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub…

Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits |

A number of companies, betting on various architectural approaches, are trying to build the first commercially viable quantum computer capable of significantly outperforming current systems.…

Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups |

12:26 PM PDT · July 9, 2026 Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the founder and managing partner…

Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 11:42 AM PDT · July 9, 2026 AI training startup Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise a round at a $20…