Mercury’s CEO formalizes bets on early-stage founders with a $26M fund

Mercury co-founder and CEO Immad Akhund today announced the launch of a $26 million fund to back early-stage startups, a move that formalizes his extensive history of angel investing. Axios first reported in February. Akhund has been an active angel investor since 2016, backing over 350 startups at their earliest stages. His portfolio includes companies […]

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Perplexity wrapping talks to raise $500 million at $14 billion valuation

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Elon Musk’s Starlink trialled on ScotRail trains

The technology being trailed in the north of Scotland is powered by billionaire Elon Musk’s company Starlink.

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Saudi prince launches AI venture as Trump, Musk, Altman, and Zuckerberg arrive for conference

Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, launched an AI company called Humain to bolster the country’s artificial intelligence sector. The company plans to build out the country’s AI infrastructure, including the construction of data centers. This news arrives as Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are expected to attend a U.S.-Saudi investment forum on […]

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Sam Altman apparently does not respect olive oil

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is using his olive oil inefficiently in an “offense to horticulture,” the Financial Times humorously reports. For its “Lunch with the FT” series, the paper joined Altman in his kitchen. He prepared a garlicky pasta and salad, taking a rare break from his demanding job of advocating for the disruption of […]

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OpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffs

OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg. Growing market volatility and cheaper AI services have made banks, private equity investors, and asset managers wary of investing in Stargate, an OpenAI-led project that aims to raise up to $500 million for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and […]

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GM taps Aurora co-founder for new chief product officer role

General Motors has turned to Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry, to oversee its entire product line of gas-powered and electric vehicles, in a newly created job that will touch nearly every department at the U.S. automaker. The new VP of global product and chief product officer position will cover the entire […]

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Trump says he talked to Apple CEO Tim Cook after China tariff rollback

Apple previously said in February it would spend $500 billion to expand many of its operations in the U.S., including assembling AI servers in Houston.

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Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin going public in latest crypto move by president’s family

American Bitcoin, a Trump Family-backed bitcoin mining company, will go public on the Nasdaq through an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining.

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For Trump, It’s a New Era of Deal-Making With Tech’s Most-Coveted Commodity

As the president heads to the Middle East, America’s dominance over A.I. chips has become a powerful source of leverage for the president.

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