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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund

Justin Ernest built Sabertooth VC around a captive network of limited partners rather than spending a year raising a conventional venture fund. That structure let him deploy nearly...

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GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid

GM is working on a new sodium-ion battery chemistry aimed at large-scale energy storage uses, including AI data centers, the electric grid, and GM manufacturing sites. The effort p...

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Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI

The author says they badly want a more capable AI assistant, but worries about what that desire implies. The piece frames modern assistants like Siri as a convenience that could be...

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Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button

Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, the first public version of its Mythos model, with early tester Ethan Mollick saying it outperformed other public models he has used. Mollick...

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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?

The article argues that if cheaper AI models can handle the same workloads without reducing quality, the cost structure of AI could change dramatically. That shift would make AI de...

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As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says

Tools for Humanity, the identity verification company associated with Sam Altman, is reportedly preparing to cut staff after struggling to generate revenue. The company is known fo...

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Apple’s WWDC AI demos looked more real after $250M false ad settlement

Apple’s 2026 WWDC keynote reportedly felt unusually focused on proving that promised work had actually been completed. The article points to repeated, grounded AI demos with people...

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OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic

OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to the report. The move comes just over a week after rival Anthropic also filed to go public, intensifying...

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Apple plays catch-up at WWDC

Apple’s WWDC keynote focused heavily on software refinements, performance upgrades, and features users have requested for years. The company then introduced an upgraded AI-powered...

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Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers

Apple is removing cloud API costs for developers whose apps have fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads. The move aims to make AI experimentation more affordable for s...

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Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?

The article argues that users are likely to face more AI pricing increases as leading AI companies move toward IPOs. Public-market investors will pressure these firms to show stron...

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Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption

Notion temporarily disabled all Anthropic models in Notion AI after degraded performance led to higher failure rates for users selecting Opus 4.7 and 4.Notion’s product head said t...

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OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’

OpenAI is preparing a revamped ChatGPT that would function more like a super app, combining AI agents, coding tools, and pathways to paid products such as Codex, according to the F...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Inside GM’s $900M EV battery gamble

TechCrunch Mobility frames its latest transportation coverage around GM’s $900M EV battery push. The article positions the topic within broader reporting on mobility, electrificati...

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Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far

The article rounds up the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026 to date. Major examples include a massive DOGE data breach, attacks on critical energy and wate...

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OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks

OpenAI has introduced Lockdown Mode, a ChatGPT security feature meant to reduce the chances that sensitive data is exposed through prompt injection attacks. The company acknowledge...

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What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates

Apple is expected to use WWDC 2026 to preview a major Siri redesign with more conversational responses, contextual understanding, multi-step task handling, and deeper app interacti...

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Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor

Sriram Krishnan, a former tech executive, VC, and senior White House AI policy adviser, says he will leave the Trump administration at the end of June. He cited work on the adminis...

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