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funding, startups, jobs, and how people and companies are actually making money with AI
Apple Is Talking to the Startup That Squeezes Giant AI Into an iPhone
PrismML says it shrunk a 54-gigabyte AI model down to under 4 gigabytes. Apple is paying close attention.
The Electricity Problem at the Heart of Modern AI
Every AI data centre runs on a fixed power budget. The company that squeezes the most useful work out of each watt wins. Here is what that means in plain English.
AI Token Spending Is About to Blindside Corporate Bosses, Warns Investor Chamath Palihapitiya
Companies are quietly racking up huge AI bills their CEOs don't even know about. One prominent tech investor says the shock is coming, and it will show up in earnings.
Open AI Models Let Companies Build Systems They Actually Own. Here Is What That Looks Like.
NVIDIA's Nemotron family is being shaped by law firms, hospitals and language communities into specialised tools that match frontier accuracy at a fraction of the cost.
Your Software Bill Is Going Up. AI Is Why.
A major tech research firm warns that AI vendors are passing their enormous infrastructure costs on to business customers through higher prices and unpredictable usage fees.
Google Search Now Plugs Straight Into Instacart, Canva and YouTube Music
AI Mode in Google Search can now shop, design and DJ for you through connected apps. Here is what it actually does and who pays.
Energy IPOs Are Breaking Records Because AI Needs So Much Power
Investors poured $12.6 billion into energy company stock offerings in the first half of 2025 alone, more than any six-month period since the dot-com peak in 1999. The reason: AI data centres are hungry for electricity, and someone has to supply it.
OpenAI Is Selling a $70 Basketball and a $175 Quarter-Zip. Who Is the Customer?
The ChatGPT maker has quietly launched a line of branded merchandise, including a rubber basketball and academic-themed clothing. It is less clear who is supposed to buy any of it.
A Smaller AI Trained on One Language Just Beat Two Bigger, Newer Models at Reading Brazilian Portuguese
DharmaOCR outscored both Mistral OCR4 and Unlimited-OCR on a Portuguese reading test, and the reason comes down to focus, not size.
Applied Computing's AI Model Aims to Revolutionize Oil and Gas Operations
London startup Applied Computing secures $20 million to enhance energy facility operations with AI.
Microsoft is coaching its sales team to badmouth OpenAI and Anthropic
The company that built its AI business on partners' models is now telling salespeople those same models are slower, less accurate, and too expensive.
A Film Studio Is Selling an AI 'Odyssey' Knockoff to Ride Nolan's Wave
Fountain 0 has released a trailer for Odysseus: The Fall, an AI-generated movie timed to compete with Christopher Nolan's blockbuster. The result says a lot about where AI filmmaking actually stands.
OpenAI Sells a $230 Keyboard for Its AI Coding Tool, While a Bigger Hardware Fight Brews in Court
The Codex Micro is a flashy, limited-run gadget for power users. The more serious story is a second, secret device that Apple says was built using stolen secrets.
A small team, a big bet: Ode and Anthropic want to replace whole consulting firms with a few sharp engineers
A new joint venture is planting AI specialists inside large companies, backed by some of the biggest names in finance. The question is whether a tiny crew armed with the right tools can outperform an army of traditional consultants.
Mira Murati's AI Startup Just Released Its First Model. It Wants Companies to Own Their AI, Not Rent It.
Thinking Machines Lab launched Inkling, a free-to-download AI model built for businesses that want to customise their own AI instead of paying a monthly fee to OpenAI or Google.