VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’
Conway wrote that he “will be stepping back from some of my usual activities,” but he will “continue to support” founders backed by his firm SV Angel.
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Elon Musk's X Launches Cashtags Feature As It Aims To Bring 'Real-Time Financial Data' To Platform: Here's How It Will Work
Elon Musk's X is doubling down on its ambitions to become a financial hub with the rollout of a new Cashtags feature and early-stage trading integration. X Cashtags Feature Brings Real-Time Market Data To Social Media On Tuesday, Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, introduced Cashtags, a feature designed to connect conversations with live financial data. Users who type or search a cashtag—such as a stock ticker or crypto token—will now see suggestions to select the correct asset. Tapping on a cas
Elon Musk has a solution for AI threat to jobs
The billionaire's proposal sparks a fiery debate about work, meaning, and moneY.
Donald Trump calls out his 'very rich and neurotic' friend over Ozempic use; People think its Elon Musk
Donald Trump shares a blunt anecdote about a “very rich and neurotic” friend whose Ozempic use failed, sparking online ...
‘Buy Bitcoin’—Elon Musk’s ‘Massive’ U.S. Dollar Warning Fuels Wild Crypto Price Predictions
Musk, who has gone from trying to cut government spending with his Doge department of government efficiency to advocating for ...
Conflicting plans for Elon Musk’s X, Strait of Hormuz sets up France-Trump showdown
The Trump Justice Department is not playing along with France, as US officials refused to help French investigators go after ...
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO
In recent months, the company announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services to use Cerebras chips in Amazon data centers, as well as a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth more than $10 billion.
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump administration.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why
New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.
Europe is pouring tens of billions of public money into VC. The hard part is making it work
The European Investment Fund is raising a €15 billion fund of funds called ETCI 2 that aims to unlock up to €80 billion in scaleup funding across Europe. Germany’s WIN initiative is targeting €12 billion by 2030. France’s Tibi programme has pledged €7 billion in private capital and labelled 92 VC and growth funds with […]This story continues at The Next Web
Nvidia’s Huang warns DeepSeek running on Huawei chips would be ‘horrible’ for the US
In short: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned on the Dwarkesh Podcast that DeepSeek optimising its AI models for Huawei’s Ascend chips instead of American hardware would be “a horrible outcome” for the United States, as the Chinese AI lab prepares to launch its V4 foundation model on Huawei’s Ascend 950PR processor. The migration from Nvidia’s […]This story continues at The Next Web
Anthropic’s Amodei meets Wiles and Bessent at the White House in first step toward resolving Mythos standoff
In short: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in what the White House called “productive and constructive” talks over access to Mythos, the frontier AI model capable of finding thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. The meeting signals a thaw in the standoff that […]This story continues at The Next Web
Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI
In short: The FAA is developing SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories), an AI system that would extend air traffic conflict prediction from 15 minutes to two hours, with Palantir, Thales, and Air Space Intelligence competing for the contract. The project follows the LaGuardia crash that exposed controller overwork and aging systems, and sits […]This story continues at The Next Web
Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category
In short: AI coding startup Cursor (Anysphere) is in talks to raise at least $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Nvidia, nearly doubling its November 2025 valuation of $29.3 billion. The company has grown from zero to $2 billion ARR in three years – the fastest B2B […]This story continues at The Next Web
Three more senior executives leave OpenAI as the company kills its side quests
Summary: Three senior OpenAI executives, former CPO Kevin Weil, Sora head Bill Peebles, and enterprise CTO Srinivas Narayanan – departed on the same day as the company shuts down “side quests” including Sora (discontinuing 26 April) and dismantles OpenAI for Science. The exits continue a two-year pattern that has seen only 2 of 11 co-founders […]This story continues at The Next Web
NVIDIA didn’t invest in Xanadu, but it made its CEO a billionaire anyway
Christian Weedbrook, the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies, became a billionaire this week without NVIDIA investing a single dollar in his company. His 46.4 million multiple-voting shares were worth approximately $1.5 billion as of midday Friday, after Xanadu’s stock surged nearly fivefold in six trading sessions. The catalyst was not anything Xanadu […]This story continues at The Next Web
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other
For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geographies, selling to different buyers. That's changing.
Who Is Actually Buying the Cybertruck? New Data Shows That It’s Often Elon Musk
Registration data reveals that nearly one in five Cybertrucks sold last quarter went to companies Musk already owns, ...
Tesla’s Cybertruck Sales Have Been Bolstered by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Other Companies
Tesla Cybertruck recent sales don’t appear to be as strong as previously thought. The polarizing pickup’s sales numbers have ...
Elon Musk Drops Design for AI5 Chip, Gives Shoutout to Samsung
A single reveal can reshape an industry, and a recent announcement did exactly that, pulling engineers, investors, and competitors in all at once. Elon Musk pulled back the curtain on Tesla’s AI5 chip design, an intersection of ambition and silicon. However, the announcement came paired with a public nod to Samsung’s collaboration on the project. […] The post Elon Musk Drops Design for AI5 Chip, Gives Shoutout to Samsung appeared first on GameRevolution.