Companies are paying huge premiums — sometimes over $200,000 — to attract AI talent, even as startups without profits bet big on strategic overpayments.
Author: Nileena Sunil
Americans could face 800 hours of blackouts by 2030 as AI demand surges, warns the U.S. Department of Energy amid shifting energy policies.
TikTok plans a new US-only app launch before a possible sale, as ByteDance faces deadlines, legal hurdles, and political pressure to divest its American operations.
Bild AI — a five-month-old startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze blueprints and streamline the preconstruction process — has raised $3.1 million in a funding round
TSMC delays Japan expansion to prioritize its $100 billion U.S. plant amid looming Trump tariffs, traffic woes, and a shifting global semiconductor trade landscape.
Grammarly acquires Superhuman to accelerate its vision of an AI productivity platform, positioning email as a crucial surface for orchestrating multiple AI agents.
Safe Superintelligence CEO Ilya Sutskever reaffirms focus on developing safe superintelligence as Meta aggressively hires top AI talent from rivals including OpenAI and Scale AI.
Special events with high attendance and media coverage remain attractive targets for lone offenders and violent extremists seeking to cause mass casualties or draw attention to their causes.
Argon AI raises $5.5M seed funding to build an AI-native workspace unifying life sciences data, empowering teams to automate tasks and elevate strategic decision-making.
The launch of the premium tier indicates Perplexity’s ambition to cater to professionals needing robust AI research tools and comprehensive analysis capabilities.
Thinking Machines Lab, led by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, is luring top AI talent with salaries up to $500,000 and a record $2 billion funding round.
“Del Monte Foods, the 139-year-old canned goods giant, files for bankruptcy protection to restructure debts, secure a buyer, and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.”
The Singapore-based company launches in the Bay Area, aiming to help early-stage U.S. startups navigate global ownership, compliance, and employee equity solutions.
Cekura aims to elevate the quality bar for all AI-driven conversations by stress-testing voice and chat agents to ensure reliable, secure, and resilient customer interactions.
Figma’s impressive S-1 filing reveals strong revenue growth, early profitability, and bold AI investments as it moves closer to a potential $1.5 billion IPO.
The U.S. Senate has passed Trump’s budget bill adding $10 billion for NASA’s Artemis program, funding more SLS rockets, Gateway, and Mars mission prep.
22nd Century Technologies — a government IT company that’s grown from $6 million to $600 million since 1997 — officially announced it will expand its headquarters at EastBoro I, 8251 Greensboro Drive in Tysons, Virginia
Meta hires top OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal to build frontier AI reasoning models, joining its superintelligence unit alongside industry leaders like Alexandr Wang
Google partners with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to buy clean fusion power and invest in breakthrough tokamak technology to fuel its zero-carbon AI and data centers
AbbVie’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Capstan Therapeutics aims to advance in vivo CAR-T therapies, transforming autoimmune disease treatment by resetting the immune system.
Mark Chen, the chief research officer at OpenAI sent a forceful memo to staff, talking about rival Meta’s recent efforts to recruit the company’s top research talent
Apple just had its first box office hit with “F1,” a big-budget racing drama starring Brad Pitt
“We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way,” Trump said — as the U.S. awaits a deal on the app’s future amid legal, political, and trade hurdles.
The three-day IAMBIG program brought together 70 Indian American youth from across the country to build leadership skills, foster confidence, and inspire community impact through mentorship, networking, and hands-on sessions.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has said that artificial intelligence accounts for 30-50% of the company’s workload. According to him, the software company has reached about 93% accuracy with the technology.