How Huawei ascended from telecoms to China’s ‘jack of all trades’ AI leader

Despite being hindered by years of U.S. trade restrictions, Huawei has quietly emerged as one of the fiercest competitors across the entire AI landscape.

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Former Tesla president discloses the secret to scaling a company

“We scaled Tesla in 30 months from $2 billion in revenue to $20 billion in revenue,” said Jon McNeil, who is now co-founder and CEO of DVx Ventures.

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Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots

Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.

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Tesla loses its charm for India’s loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers

Tesla’s debut in India has not convinced its early backers, who waited for the company to enter the market for nearly a decade.

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Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work

Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain cloud computing systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company said it’s made changes to ensure this will no longer happen.

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Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal

Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.  Byron, who is married, was captured on a Coldplay concert “kiss cam” with his arms around the company’s chief people officer Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide from […]

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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after viral Coldplay kiss-cam controversy

The CEO’s resignation comes one day after the company said it had placed Byron on leave.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sells an additional $12.94 million worth of shares

It comes as part of a pre-planned arrangement on the heels of surging AI demand

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David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service

When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm “co-founded by White House AI adviser David Sacks.” The announcement has raised questions about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration, where Sacks serves as both AI and crypto czar […]

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Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal

Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart, with Google DeepMind instead hiring the startup’s […]

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