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Voters in nine states put a fence around the AI buildout
Ballot measures and midterm upsets turned server farms into one of the most punishing issues of the 2026 cycle, and the industry is already adapting.
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Manus raises over $500M to rebuild its agent alone
The Chinese agent developer lands a Boyu Capital-led round at a reported $4B valuation after…
Agentic AI Foundation takes on four projects and reaches ten total
OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face and Alibaba each handed over a component of the agent stack.
TypeSafe banks $870M at a $7.5B valuation weeks after Jev launch
TypeSafe, maker of the non-text Jev model, has raised $870M at a $7.5B valuation led…
Anthropic rewrites its usage rules to ban abusive chats and election meddling
Anthropic's updated usage policy outlaws election interference, weapons software, surveillance and prolonged verbal abuse of…
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Keyframe Labs turns AI into lifelike video-call avatars
Keyframe Labs makes AI avatars realistic enough for live video calls.
Agentic Fabriq gives AI agents an identity and permission layer
Agentic Fabriq gives autonomous agents verifiable identities and permission boundaries.
AI infrastructure and model startups in Robinhood Ventures Fund II
Robinhood Ventures Fund II puts compute clouds, runtimes, and niche model builders in one portfolio.
Agentic AI startups in Robinhood Ventures Fund II
A look at the agentic AI companies inside Robinhood Ventures Fund II, from identity layers to video-call avatars.
Open-source chatbot coalition shows public-interest AI can ship real products
A coalition of 10 organizations built an open-source chatbot in seven weeks to prove public-interest AI can compete with Big…
OpenAI offered the US government a $42.6 billion stake
Sam Altman pitched a 5% government equity stake worth over $42 billion, sparking debate over regulatory independence.
OpenAI staffers fund a rival super PAC to push for AI regulation
OpenAI employees have donated over $215,000 to a Super PAC pushing for strict AI regulation, opposing their own president
AI Wealth Divide Deepens in Silicon Valley as Thousands Strike It Rich
A venture capitalist describes a Silicon Valley where 10,000 AI workers have become millionaires while the rest face layoffs and…
