SubQ Launches: 12M-Token Context on Sub-Quadratic AI
Subquadratic exits stealth with SubQ, the first frontier model built on a sparse-attention architecture, a $29M seed round, and a 12M-token context window that costs a fraction of Opus.
Articles Tagged "Startups"
Sierra's $950M Round and the End of the Call Center
Sierra raised $950M at a $15.8B valuation to put AI agents in charge of customer service for some of the world's largest insurers and banks - and the safety questions are just beginning.
OpenAI Misses Revenue Targets - IPO in Doubt
WSJ reports OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets and its 1B user goal in 2026, sending Oracle down 6% and chip stocks sliding as IPO doubts surface.
David Silver Raises $1.1B to Build AI Without Human Data
David Silver, creator of AlphaGo and AlphaZero, closed a $1.1B seed round for Ineffable Intelligence - a London lab building AI that learns without human data.
Cohere Acquires Aleph Alpha in $20B Sovereign AI Deal
Cohere acquires Germany's Aleph Alpha at a $20B combined valuation, backed by a €500M Schwarz Group commitment, to build a transatlantic challenger for sovereign enterprise AI.
Best AI Tools for Startups 2026 - 6 Compared
Six AI tools every startup should know in 2026, compared on pricing, features, and honest trade-offs across productivity, pitching, CRM, writing, analytics, and meeting intelligence.
Bezos's Physical AI Lab Hits $38B After $10B Round
Project Prometheus has closed a $10 billion funding round at a $38 billion valuation, with BlackRock and JPMorgan backing Bezos's bet on physical AI for industry.
Fermi CEO and CFO Exit - $20B Nuclear AI Bet Implodes
Fermi America's CEO and CFO both departed as the nuclear-powered AI data center startup collapsed 83% from its IPO high with no revenue and no anchor tenant.
Factory Raises $150M to Scale Enterprise AI Droids
Factory closed a $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation to expand its Droids - autonomous agents that handle the full software development lifecycle, not just code generation.
OpenClaw Passes The Fake-Star Audit - Mostly
We ran our fake-star methodology against OpenClaw and 10 ecosystem variants, sampling 361,000-star profiles and fork ratios. The main repo looks clean. Most clones look clean. One repo with 6,532 claimed stars has vanished.
Cal.com Closes Its Source Code, Blames AI Hackers
Cal.com moved its core codebase to a private repo after five years of open source, arguing AI tools make public code 5-10x easier to exploit. The community isn't buying it.
A Shoe Company Ditched Shoes for GPUs and Surged 373%
Allbirds sold its entire footwear business for $39 million - roughly 1% of its $4 billion peak valuation - and is rebranding as NewBird AI to buy GPUs and rent compute to AI developers. The stock quadrupled in a day.
