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SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon
SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.
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Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.
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Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by...
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Sixty percent of US consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.
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SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who...
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DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
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Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
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Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no...
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