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Health insurance startup Alan reaches €5B valuation
30% of European unicorns may have lost their billion-dollar status, but not Alan. The French health insurance startup is now…
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAdvanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI…
Musk testifies tweet that led to $44 billion lawsuit “may not have been my wisest”
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OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing one of the largest private funding…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
Taryn Plumb February 26, 2026 When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
Taryn Plumb February 26, 2026 When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
Taryn Plumb February 26, 2026 When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
Taryn Plumb February 26, 2026 When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
Taryn Plumb February 26, 2026 When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse
Salesforce pulled out all the stops to convince investors that the AI revolution won’t be its death when it announced…
General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years
General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based venture firm with more than $43 billion in assets under management, has announced it plans…
Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storySince the middle of last year, there have been at least three major AI…
OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital
OnlyFans — the massive adult creator network where performers and influencers sell subscription-based content directly to fans — is considering…
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better
Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as…
India’s app downloads rebounded to 25.5 billion in 2025, fueled by AI assistants and microdrama boom
India is a country of extremes when it comes to app usage. The country continues to top global app downloads,…
The A in AGI Stands for Ads
The World is Ads Here we go again, the tech press is having another AI doom cycle. I’ve primarily written…
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company…
Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared
In Brief Posted: 3:45 PM PST · January 3, 2026 Connie Loizos Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025…
The European startup market’s data doesn’t match its energy — yet
The excitement for the European startup market was hard to ignore at the annual Slush conference in Helsinki last month….