AI labs are currently facing significant turnover, with several high-profile departures making headlines. Recently, three executives from Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines lab left under contentious circumstances and were quickly hired by OpenAI. Furthermore, reports indicate that two additional employees from Thinking Machines are expected to make the same transition soon. As this movement continues, Anthropic […]
Nvidia has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with AI chip competitor Groq, hiring its founder, Jonathan Ross, along with President Sunny Madra and other employees. CNBC reported a $20 billion acquisition deal for Groq’s assets, which, if correct, would be Nvidia’s largest transaction to date. Nvidia clarified that this is not the complete acquisition […]
A group of authors, led by John Carreyrou—who is known for exposing the Theranos scandal—has initiated a lawsuit against six major AI companies: Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity. The lawsuit accuses these companies of training their AI models on pirated versions of the authors’ books without permission. This lawsuit follows a previous class […]
Cursor has announced the acquisition of Graphite, a startup specializing in AI-based code review and debugging. Although the financial details of the transaction were not made public, Axios reported that the acquisition price significantly exceeded Graphite’s last valuation of $290 million, determined during a $52 million Series B funding round earlier this year. The merger […]
OpenAI has launched an app store for ChatGPT, opening the door for developers to submit their applications for review and potential publication. This development was announced on Wednesday, along with the introduction of a new app directory in the tools menu, which has quickly been referred to as an "app store." The initiative follows an […]
Nvidia is set to invest between $500 million and $1 billion in the AI startup Poolside, which specializes in creating AI models for software development. According to a report from Bloomberg, this funding is part of a broader $2 billion funding round that Poolside is currently pursuing, which values the company at approximately $12 billion. […]
Meta is once again restructuring its AI organization, moving swiftly to stay competitive against other major players in the field. Initially reported by The Information, the change has culminated in an internal memo confirming the reorganization into four new groups, as per reports from Bloomberg and The New York Times. The newly created Meta Superintelligence […]
The U.S. government is reportedly considering taking a stake in Intel to bolster its U.S. manufacturing capabilities, especially in light of the company’s delayed Ohio chip factory. This development comes as Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan faces pressure from the Trump administration, which recently suggested that Tan resign due to alleged conflicts of interest, particularly concerning […]
AI chip startup Groq is reportedly in discussions to secure a fresh $600 million funding round, aiming for a near $6 billion valuation, as per sources from Bloomberg. This new valuation marks a significant increase from Groq’s previous valuation of $2.8 billion when it raised $640 million in August 2024. Over its history, Groq has […]
Apple’s head of AI models, Ruoming Pang, is set to join Meta, according to a report from Bloomberg. This decision signals another significant acquisition by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is actively building a team for a new AI superintelligence unit. At Apple, Pang led the internal team responsible for developing AI foundation models, which […]