Exclusive: Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks

The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year.

Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand

Fireflies CTO and co-founder Sam Udotong recently admitted that his AI transcription startup charged $100 an hour for notes taken by a human.

Our Series D in Cursor: Pushing the Frontier of AI Forward

SIMA 2: A Gemini-Powered AI Agent for 3D Virtual Worlds

Introducing SIMA 2, the next milestone in our research creating general and helpful AI agents. By integrating the advanced capabilities of our Gemini models, SIMA is evolving from an instruction-foll…

Why Nvidia Keeps Backing Would-Be Competitors to OpenAI

As we wrote in this story on Tuesday, investors are rushing to back a new crop of research-focused AI labs (dubbed neolabs) hoping to outflank OpenAI and Anthropic. One investor, in particular, is driving most of these new startups: Nvidia.In Reflection AI’s October fundraising, for instance, ...

What If AI Is a Bubble?

America’s economic fate looks tied to AI—for better or worse.

What’s next for Rabbit? Employees say they haven’t been paid for months while company teases new AI hardware

Here's what I found out after interviewing the CEO of Rabbit

Google rolling out agentic ‘Buy for me’ and AI calling, shopping with Gemini, more

Google is getting ready for holiday shopping with a handful of new features led by agentic AI checkout and calling.

Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you

Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.

A battle is brewing over the future of online shopping

You can already buy almost anything with the click of a mouse. Now tech giants are preparing for an AI helper to do even that for you one day.

Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search

Conversational shopping is Google’s first big swing at monetizing AI Mode search.

Dark Clouds Suddenly Gathering Over AI Industry

A major tech selloff is shaking up Wall Street as the gulf between AI company valuations and their lagging revenues continues to grow.

Building for an Open Future – our new partnership with Google Cloud

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

StepStone Group Launches STPEX: New Evergreen Private Equity Fund Raises Over $750 Million at Inception

StepStone launches STPEX, an evergreen interval fund, raising over $750 million for private equity investments.Quiver AI SummaryStepStone Group has successfully launched its new StepStone Private Equity Strategies Fund (STPEX), an innovative evergreen interval fund, which has attracted over $750 million in investments since its inception in September 2025. This fund allows investors to access a diversified portfolio of private equity assets manag

Artificial Intelligence’s Cognitive Toll

As AI becomes more prevalent in education, work and social life, research is increasingly focused on understanding its nuanced effects on core cognitive functions such as memory, attention and creativity

Google will let users call stores, browse products, and check out using AI

There have never been more options for things to buy. Google is betting AI is how shoppers will make decisions.

From Warriors’ Jimmy Butler trade to your kid’s playing time, how AI is changing sports

The Golden State Warriors use it to build their roster. A Bay Area youth soccer team embraces it for analytics and transparency. Cal uses it to find transfers. AI has found a new frontier in...

How AI Is Reshaping Programmers’ Roles Faster Than You Think

The future of programming isn’t about replacement, it’s about reinvention. AI shifts the workload, not the workforce. Find out what that means.

ChargePoint just gave its EV charging software a major AI upgrade

ChargePoint has launched a new software platform that uses AI to optimize any EV charger network with smarter tools and insights.

AI will cause ‘jobs chaos’ within the next few years, says Gartner

The firm named four scenarios AI could create at work, and said businesses should prepare for all of them.

Hybrid AI: The future of certifiable and trustworthy intelligence

How CIOs can unify learning and reasoning to drive trustworthy, verifiable AI.

OpenAI’s Open-Weight Models Are Coming to the US Military

The gpt-oss models are being tested for use on sensitive military computers. But some defense insiders say that OpenAI is still behind the competition.

The future of checkout: AI-powered commerce and the path to zero-click

Checkout isn’t the end of the journey — it’s the moment that makes or breaks it. AI is turning it into a seamless, zero-click experience shoppers love.

Agentic AI has big trust issues

Even as organizations rush to deploy AI agents, concern over agent transparency and decision-making may ultimately hold back the technology’s central selling point.