Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics swing in their favor, stand out from…
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A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have…
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…
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names |
In Brief Posted: 10:43 AM PDT · June 17, 2026 Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and…
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple |
In Brief Posted: 8:35 AM PDT · June 16, 2026 African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company…
Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware |
Lovable, the AI-powered app-building platform, has backed a Danish hardware startup, Atech, that wants to introduce “vibe coding” to the process of creating hardware. Lovable…
Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: 'I was duped and feel silly' |
Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some…
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
Anthropic has come out against a proposed Illinois law backed by OpenAI that would shield AI labs from liability if their systems are used to…
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs |
Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With…