Venture capitalists have placed increasingly bigger bets on AI startups, investing over half a trillion dollars into the sector over the last five years. But these days, the smartest AI investment might be in energy, according to a report by Sightline Climate. Researchers found that up to 50% of data center projects that have been…
Enhanced geothermal has had a promising few years, nudged forward by data centers’ insatiable demand for electricity. Fervo Energy has landed deals on those tailwinds, suggesting, but not guaranteeing, that the company was through the “valley of death.” The term describes when a startup has proven its tech, but hasn’t raised enough money to show…
Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now. Others that participated in the round include existing investors Alumni Ventures and True Ventures,…
Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund, the likes of which will be used to buy up companies in major industrial sectors and, ultimately, modernize and automate them with AI, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. The effort is related to Bezos’ AI startup, Project Prometheus. Bezos, whose…
Rivr, a Zurich-based autonomous robotics startup known for its stair-climbing delivery robot, has been acquired by Amazon in a deal that signals the e-commerce giant’s interest in doorstep delivery. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Rivr co-founder and CEO Marko Bjelonic, who once described the four-legged wheeled robot to TechCrunch as a “dog on roller…
When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how AI can be used in the military. It’s terrifying to think about — how long will it be before a nuclear weapon can be detonated without any human intervention?…
Prediction platform Polymarket has been on a partnership spree — a trend that continued this week, with a new deal involving Major League Baseball. MLB announced Thursday that Polymarket would be its official prediction market partner, a designation that will allow the site to gain exclusive access to official league data as well as to…
Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin this week, he said that with the speed at which artificial intelligence is growing, AI bot traffic will exceed the amount of human traffic that’s online by 2027. Prince explained that bots’ web usage…
Meta on Thursday announced that it’s starting to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle content enforcement as it plans to cut back on third-party vendors. Tasks related to content enforcement include catching and removing content about terrorism, child exploitation, drugs, fraud, and scams. The company says it will deploy these more advanced AI…
DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, standalone “Tasks” app that will allow the company to pay its delivery couriers to complete assignments aimed at improving AI and robotic systems. Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language, DoorDash…