Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech

Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

The letter demanded companies institute new safeguards to keep users safe from harmful psychological impacts.

Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital

Some traditions, it seems, are immune to disruption.

Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers

Runware lets developers integrate realtime image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap

Goldman Sachs has led Harness’s Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon

Following a couple of months’ testing, Opera has finally made its AI-powered browser, Neon, available to the public — though you’ll have to shell out for a $19.90-per-month subscription to use it.

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify’s popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories

The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells.

Interest in Spoor’s bird monitoring AI software is soaring

Spoor’s computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.

Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)

Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzaig (Graham & Walker Ventures) pull back the curtain on how VCs build their own go-to-market strategies — not just how they evaluate startups, but also how they win over LPs and founders alike. In this episode of Build Mode, they share hard-won lessons from raising their first funds and how that experience allows… Continua a leggere Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)