With AI Finance, It’s All in the Timing
This may be the moment of maximum AI uncertainty. That means some things will get clearer in the coming months—not necessarily better, just clearer. There are three specific points of uncertainty r...
OpenAI’s Next AI Model Will Have ‘Extreme’ Reasoning
OpenAI’s next GPT model is coming—and soon, according to a person with knowledge of it.Among the highlights, the new model, GPT-5.4, will have more than double the context window of the current GP...
OpenClaw Rips Through China’s Tech and Startup Landscape
OpenClaw mania has swept across China.
Last month, at a five-day online hackathon organized by a Hangzhou-based AI startup, one contestant developed the equivalent of Tinder for AI agents seeking lov...
Alibaba’s Top Researcher Behind Qwen Models Departs
A key architect of Alibaba Group’s highly regarded Qwen open-source AI models said Wednesday that he is stepping down from his role, in a seemingly abrupt departure that surprised many in the indust...
OpenAI Developing Internal Alternative to Microsoft’s GitHub
OpenAI is developing an internal alternative to GitHub, Microsoft’s popular code repository that allows software engineers to store, share and collaborate on computer code, The Information reported ...
Pinterest’s Elliott-Funded Share Buyback Is a Sign of the Times
Let’s take a moment to reflect on the benefits of share buybacks. That might sound like a wonky concept, but it’s important. Buybacks shrink the number of shares outstanding, raising the value of ...
OpenAI Considering Contract for NATO Unclassified Networks
OpenAI is considering an agreement to deploy its AI on all North Atlantic Treaty Organization unclassified networks, an OpenAI spokesperson said, days after OpenAI announced it would start supplying t...
Lux Capital’s Big Warning
A venture firm just said the quiet part out loud: Things aren’t as copacetic in startup land as those sky-high AI valuations would suggest. Lux Capital on Tuesday published a letter it had sent to ...
