Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher’s new fund appears…
Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation
The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion…
Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty
The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around…
Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content
Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those…
Even Honda is pivoting to data centers
Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for…
Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freight
The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis…
Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut
The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around…
Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off
Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said.
Gemini Spark, Google’s agentic assistant, is now available on Mac
Google’s 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support…
Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc sales in 2028
Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company…