Benchmark Hires Jack Altman as Newest General Partner
Altman had been running Alt Capital, which had raised a $150 million fund.
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Palo Alto Networks Buys Koi
The news marks the latest in a series of acquisitions by the $131 billion company.
Thrive Capital Raises $10 Billion in New Funds
The raise roughly doubles its last fundraise.
Activist Investor Pushes For Tripadvisor Board Shakeup, AI Changes
Starboard Value started building a stake in the travel review site last summer and has been pushing for it to incorporate more AI features.
SpaceX Joins Pentagon Drone Technology Competition
The Elon Musk space company will compete for a $100 million prize with other companies
Apple Announces March 4 Events
The company could introduce new Macs, iPads and the iPhone 17e.
Alibaba Launches New LLM as China’s AI Battle Heats Up
The new model, Qwen3.5, will play a key role in Alibaba’s effort to turn its chatbot app into an all-encompassing AI agent.
ByteDance Launches New LLM With Better Visual Understanding
ByteDance is trying to compete at the highest level in all kinds of AI models, from large language models to video generation.
Disney, Paramount Send Legal Letters to ByteDance Over AI Videos
The letters come after people used ByteDance’s new AI model to make videos with characters from franchises including Star Wars and Star Trek.
OpenAI Confirms Hiring of OpenClaw Founder
The founder of the buzzy open source project will work on personal agents at OpenAI.
Pentagon Considers Ending Anthropic Relationship Over Dispute
The AI startup has sought to prevent use of its technology for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Homeland Security Asks Tech Companies for Information to Aid Hunt for ICE Critics
Google, Meta Platforms, Reddit, Discord and others have received hundreds of requests in recent months.
Anthropic Appoints Former Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell to Board
Liddell also served as the Deputy White House Chief of Staff during President Trump’s first term
Deel Loses Motion to Dismiss Rippling Racketeering Case
A judge has thrown out global payroll startup Deel’s attempt to dismiss parts of a corporate espionage case brought against the firm by rival Rippling.
FTC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Microsoft AI, Cloud Sales
The FTC sent civil investigative demands to companies competing with Microsoft in recent weeks.
ByteDance In Talks to Sell Gaming Unit Moonton
A sale of Moonton would mark ByteDance’s retreat from online games.
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Feature to Smart Glasses
The feature would let smart glass wearers get information about people they recognize through Meta's AI assistant.
Hollywood Group Slams ByteDance’s AI Video Service for Copyright Breach
The Motion Picture Association said ByteDance violated U.S. copyright on a “massive scale” in just one day.
OpenAI Says China’s DeepSeek Continues to Distill U.S. Models
OpenAI’s letter to U.S. lawmakers comes as DeepSeek prepares to launch its new model.
China’s MiniMax Launches New Flagship AI Model M2.5
Chinese AI models offering strong coding and agentic capabilities are gaining worldwide recognition from app developers.
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