Sila raises $300 million to grow Washington battery materials plant
The battery materials startup plans to scale production of silicon-carbon anode material for more than 100,000 electric vehicles.
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AI is pushing streaming apps toward the same everything-app model
Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and TikTok are expanding beyond their original formats as AI makes recommendations, creation and ads eas...
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Tesla adds Florida robotaxi pilots before earnings
Tesla is testing unsupervised Model Y robotaxis in Orlando and Tampa as investors wait for details on its slower-than-promised rol...
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U.S. signals sanctions risk for Chinese AI models over IP claims
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington may scrutinize Chinese open AI models and sanction companies if intellectual prop...
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Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal is on hold after state lawsuit
A judge paused Paramount’s $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover after 12 states sued, keeping one of Hollywood’s biggest d...
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Deezer says AI tracks now top half of daily music uploads
Deezer said AI-generated songs averaged 90,000 daily uploads in June, pushing the streamer to remove some low-activity and fraudul...
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Bluecore Energy raises $10 million for barge-based nuclear power
The maritime nuclear startup says it will use the pre-seed funding to advance small modular reactors designed for ports, coastal c...
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Dell VC executive says AI will reshape SaaS pricing, not end the model
Daniel Docter of Dell Technologies Capital says AI is changing software economics, while distribution may decide which startups br...
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Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement
Anthropic will pay authors and publishers over pirated books, while a key fair-use win for AI training remains limited to one cour...
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Black founders face a tougher seed-to-Series A test in AI, VCs say
Black Ops VC co-founders argue AI lowers startup launch costs, but Black founders still need larger seed rounds to reach Series A...
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X rolls out rebuilt Android app after nearly a year of work
X says its new Android app is available globally, with faster performance and a rebuilt technical base meant to support future fea...
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Alphabet’s reported Gemini chip project puts AI costs back in focus
The Information reported Alphabet is developing a 2028 AI server chip that could make Gemini models far more power-efficient.
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