$5M used to buy you a $25M AI startup. Now? Try $10M at $45M. Investors are flooding the AI startup scene, and valuations are going through the roof. At the latest Y Combinator Demo Day, companies as young as eight weeks were asking for $5 million at a $40 million post-money valuation — and landing … Read more
OpenAI just pulled off a funding round like no other: $122 billion raised at an $852 billion valuation. That’s bigger than most tech IPOs—and it’s coming just months before the company reportedly goes public. With over $3 billion coming from retail investors and participation from giants like Amazon, Nvidia, and Microsoft, OpenAI is signaling it … Read more
Autonomous vehicles are on our streets, but there’s a hidden truth behind the tech: major robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their self-driving cars need help from humans behind the screen. Senator Ed Markey’s investigation shows Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox are all keeping crucial operational details under wraps. And … Read more