Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’
If the product name sounds familiar, it should. It’s a collab with Nvidia that combines AWS tech with the chip maker’s tech.
Amazon previews 3 AI agents, including ‘Kiro’ that can code on its own for days
by Julie Bort
Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced three new AI agents it calls “Frontier agents” for coding, security, and DevOps.
Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases a Nvidia-friendly roadmap
by Julie Bort
AWS has been building its own AI chips – and systems – for years now. It just released its third version, known as Trainium3 with some impressive specs.
Simular’s AI agent wants to run your Mac, Windows PC for you
by Julie Bort
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in an compelling way.
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed
by Julie Bort
Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.
How AI PR startup Clipbook won Mark Cuban’s investment from a cold email
by Julie Bort
Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions.
Gemini 3 refused to believe it was 2025, and hilarity ensued
by Julie Bort
Famed AI researcher Andrej Karpathy got early access to Google’s latest AI model and stumbled onto its “model smell.”
Legally embattled AI music startup Suno raises at $2.45B valuation on $200M revenue
by Julie Bort
Suno has been the target of multiple AI training lawsuits but it has grown so rapidly, VCs were delighted to invest.
AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal
by Julie Bort
Lambda’s new raise was a solid beat over the amount that deal-watchers say it was hoping to hit.
Ramp hits $32B valuation, just three months after hitting $22.5B
by Julie Bort
In 2025 alone, Ramp has leapt from being worth $13 billion to $32 billion with new rounds every few months.
MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis
by Julie Bort
Three-time founder Andrew Berman is back with a startup that helps IT ensure business users’ AI agents operate securely.
After 5 months, the $1,200 bottles of Besties All-In tequila are finally starting to ship
by Julie Bort
Orders were supposed to be fulfilled by end of summer but were delayed again and again due to the bottle.
‘Chad: the Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake
by Julie Bort
Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games.
AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia
by Julie Bort
WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.
AI PowerPoint-killer Gamma hits $2.1B valuation, $100M ARR, founder says
by Julie Bort
Gamma is growing quickly, and profitably, its co-founder CEO Grant Lee says.
6Sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1Mind
by Julie Bort
Amanda Kahlow has been quietly been back in sales and marketing tech for about a year with agentic startup 1Mind.
Chris Sacca’s VC firm is raising a second nuclear fusion fund
by Julie Bort
With fusion advances showing real promise, Lowercarbon Capital plans to double down.
Sam Altman says OpenAI has $20B ARR and about $1.4 trillion in data center commitments
by Julie Bort
Altman named a long list of upcoming business he thinks will generate significant revenue.
Sam Altman says he doesn’t want the government to bail out OpenAI if it fails
by Julie Bort
The furor over Sarah Friar’s comments grew so loud that Trump’s AI Czar David Sacks weighed in.
Why Benchmark made a rare crypto bet on trading app Fomo, with $17M Series A
by Julie Bort
The founders of Fomo, a consumer crypto trading app that launched in May, took an unusual route to raising capital.
Elad Gil on which AI markets have winners — and which are still wide open
by Julie Bort
Over the last year, certain AI markets appear to be nearly sewn up by startup market leaders.
AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams
by Julie Bort
AI researchers at Andon Labs embedded various LLMs in a vacuum robot to test how ready they were to be embodied. And hilarity ensued.
AI mania tanks CoreWeave’s Core Scientific acquisition; it buys Python notebook Marimo
by Julie Bort
CoreWeave’s failed buy of Core Scientific is another sign of an AI bubble. But it’s still shopping.
COI Energy solves a conundrum: Letting businesses sell unused electricity — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
by Julie Bort
Large enterprises routinely buy more electricity than they use. COI Energy has a patented platform that lets them sell and share.
Trump credits Benioff, Huang for decision not to ‘surge’ Fed troops into San Francisco
by Julie Bort
Trump said he scrapped plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after calls from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff. Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed the plan was canceled.