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

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.

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 Anthropic

Tech - 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 secretary

Entertainment - 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

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

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.

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 scandal

World - 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 bodies

Business - 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 borrowing

Business - Financial Times - November 1

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

Chinese AI startup takes aim at OpenAI's Sora with image-to-video tool launch

Beijing-based Shengshu Technology updated its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu for generating videos based on separate images.

Business - CNBC - November 14

This startup’s AI platform could replace 90% of your accounting tasks—here’s how

Puzzle, a fintech startup, launches an AI-powered accounting platform that automates 90% of routine tasks, aiming to support accountants and streamline business finances.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

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