xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over

xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over

Elon Musk’s xAI lost $6.4 billion from operations on just $3.2 billion in revenue in 2025, according to SpaceX’s IPO filings. And the losses are poised to grow. SpaceX’s filing reveals plans to scale Grok to “multiple trillions of parameters,” a dramatic boost that will likely require significant additional compute spend. Elon Musk merged his…

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter

Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter, and deliver an operating profit for the first time, the Wall Street Journal reports. That’s a big milestone and fast quarter-over-quarter growth that would put it in an advantageous position relative to its chief competitor,…

Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia

Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is, perhaps, one of the greatest corporate hype men of all time when it comes to his company. He may even surpass Salesforce’s Marc Benioff when it comes to relentless optimism in his company’s future and revenues. Even so, he delivers on the hype, quarter after quarter. Instead of…

The SpaceX IPO filing is filled with AI bets, Starship dreams, and Elon Musk at the center

The SpaceX IPO filing is filled with AI bets, Starship dreams, and Elon Musk at the center

SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk 24 years ago, has finally made its IPO filing public. And once the company goes public, Musk will be at its center as CEO, CTO, and Chairman of the board. The hefty filing, posted after markets closed Wednesday, shows a company that has developed far beyond its…

Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral

Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral

It feels like short video clips from podcasts, songs, and movies are suddenly everywhere on social media right now, and that’s not an accident. Brands have realized that the format offers a highly cost-effective way to market products. Brands and marketing agencies often outsource the process of finding the most compelling 30 to 90 seconds…

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25 billion per month for compute

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25 billion per month for compute

Earlier this month, Anthropic surprised the AI world with a deal to buy 300 megawatts worth of compute — securing the entire output of the Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.  Turns out, compute at that scale isn’t cheap. Anthropic will be paying xAI $1.25 billion per month through May 2029, with a discounted…

Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all

Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all

Microsoft is purchasing 650,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits from startup BioCirc, the company said today.  As carbon removal deals go, it’s not a big buy. But this one is notable because last month, two reports said the tech giant was pausing its carbon removal deals. BioCirc confirmed for TechCrunch that the purchase agreement…

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) driver assistance software is now available in Lithuania, the second European country to approve its use, as the company pushes to position itself as an AI and robotics powerhouse and not just an automaker. Making FSD available in Europe — which kicked off last month when the Dutch regulator RDW approved…

Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support

Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support

Airbnb’s core business was letting users book a room or a whole property owned by someone else. In most cases, the host would be a house or a property owner, and you would get a stay with basic services such as a bed, a bath, and a kitchen. The company is now introducing hotels to…

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI’s structure, leadership, and finances, the AI giant is ready to move forward with its initial public offering, sources told the Wall Street Journal. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman reportedly hopes that his company will be ready to go public by September. The ChatGPT maker…