Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a 'Supply Chain Risk'

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate Anthropic as a “supply-chain risk” on Friday, sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley and…

AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue |

In Brief Posted: 9:22 AM PST · February 27, 2026 Suno co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman shared on LinkedIn that the AI music generator has…

Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline |

Fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype…

AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation 2 months after launch |

In Brief Posted: 4:13 PM pst · January 26, Ricursive Intelligence, a startup building an AI system to design and automatically improve AI chips, has…

Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 2:44 pm ps · January 22, LiveKit, a developer of infrastructure software for real-time AI voice and video applications, has announced the…

OpenEvidence hits $12B valuation, with new round led by Thrive, DST   |

In Brief Posted: 10:01 am ps · January 21, VCs who have backed OpenEvidence are apparently not worried about new health information products from OpenAI…

AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post   |

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep…

Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 2:05 pm ps · January 16, Database provider ClickHouse secured $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, representing about a…

Indian SpaceX rival EtherealX hits 5x valuation as it readies engine tests |

Ethereal Exploration Guild, an Indian space tech better known as EtherealX, has climbed 5.5x in valuation to $80.5 million after its latest funding round. The…

Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 8:13 AM pst · January 14, Skild AI, which makes foundation models for robots, seems to have more than tripled its valuation…