Podcast Episodes

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition; plus, Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.

Also, OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures

Investors are still waiting for their share of the $250 million windfall, and VideoVerse co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav is now at the center of multip…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people and the grid will actually want; plus, AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x

Reservoir has built an ultra-efficient water heater that can predict hot water demand, store energy, and detect plumbing leaks throughout a home.

Als…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym; plus, Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class's waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.

Plus, embattled hedge fund Situationa…

3 weeks ago

This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new.

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Naïve automates the grunt work of setting up and running a company, plus, Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B, and Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

-Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naive claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.

-Defense tech Hadrian …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Can WindBorne make AI weather prediction lucrative? Plus, Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

-WindBorne Systems has raised a $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.

-Hark claims that its browser use agent is…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits; also, is the future of data centers portable?

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed.

Also, on Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runw…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

June thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem; plus, Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries

June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.

Also, Base Power’s $1 billion round will help the star…

4 weeks ago