China’s Geely is officially bringing its luxury EV startup Zeekr private
China’s Geely Auto is officially taking its luxury EV subsidiary Zeekr private, just over a year after the company debuted on the New York Stock Exchange.
Joby Aviation doubles pilot eVTOL facility capacity as it races to launch air taxis
Joby Aviation has doubled the size and production capacity of its pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California as it races to commercialize electric air taxis by early next year.
Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing
Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.
Helios wants to be the AI operating system for public policy professionals
Helios, a startup aiming to build an AI-powered operating system for policy professionals, has raised $4 million in seed funding.
Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk
Elon Musk said in a post on X early Thursday morning that Grok – the chatbot from his AI company, xAI – will be coming to Tesla vehicles “very soon.” “Next week at the latest,” he said.
Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs
Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone.
iMerit believes better-quality data, not more data, is the future of AI
iMerit is making its Scholars program widely available. It’s a team of experts to fine-tune generative AI models for enterprise applications and, increasingly, foundational models.
Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B
French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.
Teenagers can now hail a Waymo robotaxi in Phoenix
Waymo has begun offering teen accounts for families in Phoenix as it works to expand more of its user base and entrench young riders in the autonomous life.
Moonvalley’s ‘ethical’ AI video model for filmmakers is now publicly available
Moonvalley’s Marey AI video generation model is open to the public. The monthly subscription is available for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99.