Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M
Los Angeles-based Coco Robotics, a startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday. The…
US government’s vaccine website defaced with AI-generated content
A U.S. government website designed to inform the public about vaccines has been defaced and now hosts apparently…
Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs
Microsoft and law enforcement have announced a court-authorized takedown of Lumma, a prolific info-stealer malware operation found on…
The US is reviewing Benchmark’s investment into Chinese AI startup Manus
Manus AI is one of the hottest AI agent startups around, recently raising $75 million at a half-billion-dollar…
Meta taps former Google DeepMind director to lead its AI research lab
Meta has chosen Robert Fergus to lead its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab, according to Bloomberg. Fergus had…
Apple and Anthropic reportedly partner to build an AI coding platform
Apple and Anthropic are teaming up to build a “vibe-coding” software platform that will use generative AI to…
UK founders grow frustrated over dearth of funding: ‘the problem is getting worse’
According to Dealroom data cited by the Financial Times, British startups raised just £16.2 billion last year, far…
Founders Fund’s new $4.6B fund indicates an era of big VC spending
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has completed the raise of its third growth fund, according to an SEC filing.…
How Musk manages his growing family: WSJ
Elon Musk says it’s his duty to “make new humans.” Now, a WSJ investigation suggests he may have…
Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals
Retaining top AI talent is tough amid cutthroat competition between Google, OpenAI, and other heavyweights. Google’s AI division,…