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Trump to host tech CEOs over dinner for inaugural event in renovated Rose Garden

U.S. President Trump will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for an inaugural event in the White House’s renovated Rose Garden.

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‘Unprecedented Growth’ by Anthropic: This AI Startup is Now Valued at $183B

Claude AI creator Anthropic plans to use the money from its latest funding round for enterprise products, safety research and expanding internationally.

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Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation

The two-year-old OpenAI rival, founded by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, develops open source language models and Le Chat, its AI chatbot built for European audiences.

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C3 AI reports declining revenue, announces new CEO to replace Siebel

Stephen Ehikian is taking over as CEO, succeeding Thomas Siebel, who revealed that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.

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1-800Accountant Review 2025: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons

Looking for a bookkeeping service provider? Read my review of 1-800Accountant’s use cases, pros and cons, and pricing to help you decide if it fits the bill.

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Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers  

Scale is clearly concerned enough about the threat of Mercor, and the poaching of one of its employees, to pursue legal action.

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Salesforce issues weak revenue guidance even as earnings beat estimates

Salesforce reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the latest quarter but issued disappointing guidance.

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Figma’s stock plunges after company’s first earnings report since IPO

Figma reported better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter in its first earnings report as a public company.

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Apple’s Siri upgrade could reportedly be powered by Google Gemini

An AI Siri is in the works and it could be running Gemini under the hood.

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xAI’s CFO is the latest executive to leave Elon Musk’s AI firm

Mike Liberatore left xAI at the end of July. He is the latest in a string of executive departures at Elon Musk’s AI firm.

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