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Day: May 9, 2026

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How 1,000+ Customer Calls Shaped a Breakout Enterprise AI Startup — Decagon

Decagon, the AI customer support startup founded by Jesse Zhang and Ashwin Sreenivas, built its product through an unusually direct...

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xAI Is Starting Over Again, Again — Musk’s AI Lab Rebuilds Its Infrastructure

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is repeatedly redesigning core parts of its infrastructure and models because earlier systems were not...

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It’s Not Your Imagination: AI Seed Startups Are Commanding Higher Valuations

Seed-stage AI startups are closing rounds at valuations that would have been considered Series A territory just two years ago. Sequoia...

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Cognichip Wants AI to Design the Chips That Power AI, and Just Raised $60M to Try

Cognichip has raised $60 million on a provocative thesis: use artificial intelligence to design better AI chips. Co-founders Ahmed Khan and...

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The Facebook Insider Building Content Moderation for the AI Era

A former Facebook insider is taking the content moderation playbook built at Meta and applying it to the AI era. The venture targets trust...

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Google Releases Gemma 4 Under Apache 2.0 — and That License Change May Matter More Than Benchmarks

Google has released Gemma 4 under the Apache 2.0 license — a decision that may prove more consequential than any benchmark score. The...

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Google Rolls Out New Gemini Capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

Google has expanded its Gemini AI capabilities across its entire productivity suite — Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive — in a move that...

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Microsoft Takes on AI Rivals With Three New Foundational Models

Microsoft has released three new foundational AI models in a direct challenge to OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, signalling that the company...

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OpenAI Acquires TBPN, the Buzzy Founder-Led Business Talk Show

OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the founder-focused business talk show that built a loyal following in the startup and venture capital community....

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OpenAI Raises $3B From Retail Investors in $122B Fund Raise

OpenAI has raised $3 billion from retail investors as part of a broader $122 billion fundraising round — the first time the company has...

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