Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky’s team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky’s app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’

Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company’s most turbulent days are behind it.

Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says

AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands.

Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal

MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.

Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI

The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology.

Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant

A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.

The best AI investment might be in energy tech

Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That’s creating an opening for investors.

Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot

Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup. The deal signals the e-commerce giant’s interest in doorstep delivery.

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