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China's DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
DeepSeek says the V4 model can compete toe-to-toe with leading American systems from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup...
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘super app’
OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.
OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at ...
OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 AI model is good at tasks like writing and debugging code, doing research online, making spreadsheets and documents, and doing ...
Don’t stop hiring humans — stop hiring the wrong humans, Artisan’s founder says
Artisan may be known for their bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign but the reality is every founder needs to assemble the right team if they want to scale.
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon's homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event
StrictlyVC San Francisco adds Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga to the stacked lineup. This event kicks off on April 30. Register now to save your seat.
Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
In the last few years, AI-powered dictation tools have taken off. In addition to existing dictation apps like Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, Willow,...
At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty
CS 153 has gone viral on the Palo Alto campus—and on X. Not everyone is happy about it.
Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit
The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.
Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you
That's the premise behind the new startup Noscroll, which is offering an AI-powered bot that can browse your social feeds, news sites, and other online ...
China is requiring government approval for U.S. investment in Chinese AI companies
The move follows Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, which triggered a Beijing probe into foreign investment and tech exports.
DeepSeek’s Sequel Set to Extend China’s Reach in Open-Source A.I.
When the Chinese start-up DeepSeek published details about one of its artificial intelligence models last year, it sent shock waves through the tech...
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