Tools for founders to navigate and move past conflict |

The stakes are high for any founding team, so conflict should be expected, even encouraged. However, company culture is built on real reactions and interactions,…

Rebel Audio is a new AI podcasting tool aimed at first-time creators  |

You’ve more than likely had that moment where you’re sitting with a friend, the conversation is flowing, you’re making each other laugh, maybe even saying…

Sequen snags $16M to bring TikTok-style personalization tech to any consumer company |

At Etsy, Zoë Weil helped to drive a billion-dollar increase in gross merchandise volume within a single year by improving the online marketplace’s AI ranking…

The leaderboard “you can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks |

9:30 AM PDT · March 18, 2026 24 min Artificial intelligencemodels are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space,…

Microsoft hires the team of Sequoia-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove |

8:33 AM PDT · March 18, 2026 The team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that was working on an AI-powered collaboration board, has joined Microsoft,…

The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry

Artificial intelligencemodels are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best— and who decides…

Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate |

Y Combinator’s famed CEO Garry Tan told a SXSW audience that he’s got “cyber psychosis” and is barely sleeping because he’s so excited to be…

Exclusive: H&M wants to make clothing from CO2 using this startup’s tech |

The fashion industry knows it has a waste problem. About one garbage truck of textiles is thrown away every second. Meanwhile, the industry generates more…

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…

Apple acquires video editing software company MotionVFX |

12:23 PM PDT · March 16, 2026 Apple has acquired MotionVFX, a company that develops plug-ins, templates, and advanced capabilities for Apple’s Final Cut Pro…