xAI raises $10B in debt and equity
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has raised $5 billion in debt and $5 billion in equity, Morgan Stanley said on Monday.
Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping
Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between website owners and AI companies — ideally giving publishers greater control…
Legal software company Clio drops $1B on law data giant vLex
Clio, last valued at $3B, makes a bet on AI-powered legal data provider
Next-gen procurement platform Levelpath nabs $55M
Levelpath raises a $55 million Series B led by Battery Ventures
Apple reportedly considers letting Anthropic and OpenAI power Siri
While Siri can already call on ChatGPT for difficult questions, Apple now seems to be exploring a much deeper integration with technology from third-party AI providers.
Songscription launches an AI-powered ‘Shazam for sheet music’
This kind of product could be useful for a musician who records a song, then uploads it to get the sheet music — that way, they can skip the step of having to manually transcribe…
Meta restructures its AI unit under ‘Superintelligence Labs’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is restructuring the company’s AI efforts to center around building AI “superintelligence.” Going forward, all teams working on AI at Meta will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs,…
Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.
Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents
The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big…
Jennifer Neundorfer on how AI is reshaping the way startups are built — live at TechCrunch All Stage
AI marks the most significant revolution in startup development since the advent of cloud computing. This isn’t just an incremental change; AI is fundamentally reshaping every facet of company building, from the initial spark of…