Meta Workers About to Feed AI Their Every Keystroke—Surveillance Becomes Training Data
Meta will capture employee keystrokes and mouse movements to train AI models under an opt-in program that's hard to refuse.
Archive
Category: AI Investment & Business
Venture capital, AI startup funding, industry trends, and business implications
Google Commits $750M to Agentic AI Partner Fund—Startups Like Lovable Stand to Benefit
Google commits $750 million to an agentic AI partner fund, backing startups building autonomous systems.
Google Cloud Locks in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab in Multi-Billion-Dollar AI Infrastructure Deal
Google Cloud sealed a multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure deal with Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, marking the startup's first cloud partnership. The Nvidia GB300 NVL72-powered AI Hypercomputer…
Kelp DAO Lost $292M in 46 Minutes—And Its Bridge Didn’t Even Flinch
A single spoofed call drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero bridge. Aave froze markets, Ethena paused bridges, and 20+ chains felt the fallout.
OpenAI’s Sora Cost $1M a Day to Make $2.1M Total—Now It’s Dead
OpenAI's Sora burned $1M/day in compute while making $2.1M total. Three executives left as the company kills consumer 'side quests' for enterprise focus.
Recursive Superintelligence Raised $500M—For an AI Nobody Can Explain
The four-month-old startup with no product and a 20-person team just raised $500M at a $4B valuation. GV and Nvidia led the oversubscribed round.
China Bars Founders of Meta’s $2B AI Acquisition From Leaving—’Singapore Washing’ Backfires
China blocked Manus co-founders from leaving after Meta's $2B deal, branding it 'conspiratorial.' The 'Singapore washing' escape route just closed for good.
OpenAI Loses Product Chief, Sora Head, and Enterprise CTO—Same Day
Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, and Srinivas Narayanan all left OpenAI on Friday. The company is shutting Prism and folding everything into Codex ahead of IPO.
DeepSeek Opens Its Wallet for the First Time—Seeking $300M at a $10B+ Valuation
The Chinese AI lab that rattled US markets with its $6M R1 model is now courting Silicon Valley's money—its first outside capital after years of turning…
OpenAI’s $20B+ Cerebras Chip Bet—Double What Anyone Expected
OpenAI will spend over $20 billion on Cerebras server chips and take an equity stake in the AI chipmaker—double the original January deal and a direct…