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Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic

Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, poss...

Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital, has a new venture that is r...

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Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI a...

Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models...

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Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity

Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without givi...

The DTC skin, hair, and menopause care brand will use the non-dilutive capital t...

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Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple...

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we...

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Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage

Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build...

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announ...

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Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to c...

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regula...

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Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate fina...

The IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.

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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guil...

Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph...

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Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M val...

This round, should it occur, would double the house-help startup's valuation in ...

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‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think

‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive tha...

There's a lot more code — but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more ...

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Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges

Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuatio...

Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.

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Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation

Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced...

Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentia...

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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company cont...

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora an...

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Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human ver...

World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-cente...

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Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings

Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her ...

OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its ...

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Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wak...