Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius | TechCrunch
…That, plus the release of more capable open models from China, has led to an increase in mainstream interest in open source AI. Reflection, currently valued at $8 billion, was founded in…
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Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once | TechCrunch
…Around 2017 or 2018 — when he was still in his early teens — he started becoming, by his own account, “really, really concerned” about the rise of China and what he saw as…
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab | TechCrunch
Reflection AI will pay $150 million a month beginning July 1, 2026 through 2029 for immediate access to Nvidia's latest GB300 AI chips and supporting hardware across SpaceX's Colossus 2…
South Korea's LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses | TechCrunch
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Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory | TechCrunch
…Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI | TechCrunch
…And then there's China. A recent report from Eclipse — a venture firm he follows closely — documented what Sauvage describes as "vibe manufacturing" -- the rapid, AI-assisted iteration of physical hardware prototyping…
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs' | TechCrunch
…Huang noted that the AI industry is powered by a new breed of industrial factories — the kinds producing the hardware that acts as critical infrastructure for the AI business. (Huang’s company…
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that's not the same as fixing AI's water problem | TechCrunch
…CEO of Allbirds’ new AI biz has a plan. Now she needs a “brand-new team” The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China, but how? The 11…
Exclusive: US government lab is probing Chinese-made lidar for security vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
…A spokesperson told TechCrunch in June, and again in July, that “this isn’t a project that we’re at liberty to discuss with reporters.” China’s leading lidar suppliers, Hesai and…
Disney looking to make a unified 'super app,' report says | TechCrunch
…up straight Hardware Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support Latest in Apps In Brief Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats AI Osaurus brings both…