Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup’s MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
His change of position comes after “the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally.”
Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid
The largest grid operator in the U.S. says it will cut power to large data centers to prevent blackouts starting next year.
Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon
Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date.
Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing
Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI
Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China’s growing AI capabilities.
Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive
Businesses that rely wholly on the major AI labs ultimately won’t survive, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicts.
PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google
The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone with the assigned URL view a conversation or project.