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Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract
The Pentagon awards its first-ever generative AI defense contract worth $1.8M to Jericho Security, targeting deepfake attacks and AI-powered threats against military personnel including drone pilots.Tech - VentureBeat - November 5 -
Boeing, Strikers Meet for First Time Since Last Week’s Contract Rejection
The two sides come together with a push from the Labor Department as the strike stretches to a seventh week.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
This Robotics AI ‘Brain’ Startup Just Raised $400 Million From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Others
Physical Intelligence, now valued at about $2 billion, aims to create AI models that can power robots.Business - Inc. - November 4 -
This Gen-Z-Led Startup Just Raised $2.6 Million to Diagnose Parkinson’s Using AI
Daance.ai emerged from stealth with a platform that aims to use artificial intelligence to help diagnose and monitor movement disorders. Here’s how it works.Business - Inc. - 51 minutes ago -
Why Space Startups Are Excited by Space Force’s New Rocket Contracts
The nation’s military space wing has opened bidding for new rocket launch contracts worth up to $5.6 billion, and it’s aimed at ’emerging’ providers.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
Trump’s pick for defense secretary wants to purge the Pentagon of 'woke' officials
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, said he believes women shouldn’t serve in combat and that he wants to see the military purged of “woke” officials who ...Politics - NBC News - November 13 -
Pentagon chief Austin makes impassioned defense of women in combat
Austin's comments are the strongest statement from the military since Hegseth was tapped by Trump to lead the DOD.Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday -
Liberalism just won — let’s embrace it and work together
Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election has presented an opportunity for Democrats to curb the corporate-regulatory state monster and work collaboratively on shared goals, while also allowing ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Startup Wonder Buys Grubhub From Just Eat Takeaway for $650 Million
The European parent company of the popular food delivery app company had sought to leave the U.S. market since 2022.Business - Inc. - November 13 -
Mother of Teen Who Died by Suicide Sues AI Startup
The boy, 14, spent months talking to an artificial character on Character.AI before becoming depressed. His mother blames the company, saying the tech shouldn’t be accessible to minors.Business - Inc. - October 24 -
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup AnthropicTech - ABC News - October 24 -
Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation
Sierra, the startup founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a fresh round of capital that values the company at $4.5 billion.Business - CNBC - October 28 -
AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round
The artificial intelligence search company is raising $500 million in its fourth funding round this year.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 5 -
Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World
Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn.Tech - Wired - November 14 -
A US Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under Trump
The Biden administration narrowed in on Chinese companies developing frontier AI models, but Donald Trump could take a much broader approach.Tech - Wired - 3 days ago -
How I’m Building My Startup With Remote Workers and AI Tools
Startups like mine are managing remote teams and integrating AI tools to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment.Business - Inc. - 2 days ago -
Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience
President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretaryEntertainment - ABC News - November 13 -
UK economy surprises with September contraction, grows just 0.1% in the third quarter
The U.K. economy showed a surprise contraction in September and only marginal growth in the third quarter, initial figures showed Friday.Business - CNBC - 6 days ago -
Meet Hollywood's AI Doomsayer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The actor says AI companies use movies and TV to make money without fairly compensating actors and the industry should “get ahead of that flood.”Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 23 -
Detroit Lions' secret weapon: The defensive mind of Aaron Glenn
The Lions high-powered offense has a defense to match thanks, in large part, to Aaron Glenn.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7 -
Southeast Asian defense chiefs meet in Laos as maritime disputes with China are flaring
Southeast Asian defense chiefs and representatives are meeting in Laos for security talks at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China in the Asia-Pacific and as the transition to a new ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
Austin says it’s 'unfortunate' that Chinese defense chief declined meeting
China’s defense minister declined a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a meeting of defense leaders in Laos, a move Austin said was unfortunate.Top stories - NBC News - 18 hours ago -
America’s fight with inflation has been won – just in time for a bigger battle
The Fed is likely to cut base rates this month – but its decision will come the day after an explosive US election. There could be recriminations, protest marches and even social unrest on US city ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Donald Trump just won the greatest jury verdict in American history
The 2024 election saw a rejection of lawfare, with Democratic prosecutors' efforts to prosecute Donald Trump failing to make a significant impact on the outcome.Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Post-Election, Emergency Contraception Sales Are Surging. Women-Led Startups Are Meeting the Demand
Customers are stocking up on the morning-after pill—which remains legal in all 50 states—in advance of the next Trump presidency.Business - Inc. - November 14 -
Post Office IT provider Fujitsu won £1.4mn public sector contracts since promise to stop bidding
Two deals were awarded as recently as September despite outcry over Horizon scandalWorld - Financial Times - November 3 -
Charities, universities and GPs warn NI tax rise will hit jobs and services
Funding boost will be wiped out by cost of meeting higher employer levy, say contracted service providers and education bodiesBusiness - Financial Times - November 1 -
Rachel Reeves defiant after historic tax and spend Budget
Verdict of markets will be critical for UK chancellor’s plans to increase government borrowingBusiness - Financial Times - November 1 -
Anthropic, Amazon, and Palantir Team Up to Bring AI to the Defense Department
Government workers will be able to sift through classified information up to the ‘secret’ level using AI.Business - Inc. - November 8 -
Huuuge social casino veteran unveils AI-focused Beyond startup and Decor Society
Huuuge founder Anton Gauffin has started Beyond, which is building a fashion game called Decor Society tapping generative AI.Tech - VentureBeat - October 24 -
Here’s How a Startup Landed $10 Million to Put AI Data Centers in Space
The massive banks of computers needed to power artificial intelligence apps require huge amounts of electricity on Earth. Lumen Orbit wants to send them into the heavens instead.Business - Inc. - October 25 -
OpenAI Chair’s AI Startup Sierra Gets $4.5 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round
Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s company keeps pulling in money from top VC firms as expectations mount.Business - Inc. - October 29 -
From coffee beans to milk, this Singapore-based startup uses AI to determine ingredient quality
ProfilePrint's AI platform could have implications for improving food security.Business - CNBC - November 7 -
AI startup funding hit a record in the L.A. area last quarter. Here's who got the most money
L.A.-area startups received $1.8 billion in the third quarter, the highest quarterly amount for the region, according to CB Insights. Most of it went to a single company.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 8 -
Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs
Fastino emerges from stealth with $7 million in pre-seed funding to advance task optimized enterprise AI models that don’t require a GPU to run.Tech - VentureBeat - November 12 -
Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app
Unbabel on Wednesday announced an artificial intelligence-powered translation service, adding another rival to a highly competitive space.Business - CNBC - November 13 -
AI startup CoreWeave closes $650 million secondary share sale, with Cisco joining as investor
Cisco and Pure Storage have backed CoreWeave, which is taking on Amazon in supplying cloud-based Nvidia graphics cards to companies for artificial intelligence.Business - CNBC - November 13