AI Startup Sierra Unveils Self-Service Agent-Building Product
Sierra, valued at $10 billion after its last funding in November, takes a big step toward helping customers create agents without help from technical staff.
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SpaceX IPO Bankers Will Forgo Coveted ‘Lead Left’ Position
The company will likely list the banks alphabetically.
Meta, YouTube Found Liable In Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
The "bellwether" decision is likely to affect the outcome in thousands of other cases alleging that social media companies are creating addictive products.
Amazon Adds Returns Dropoffs at FedEx Stores
The companies are now working together after a break up years ago
Space Stocks Rally On Report of SpaceX IPO Filing
A highly-anticipated SpaceX listing is sending stocks of US space companies higher.
Meta Launches Meta Small Business
The initiative is aimed at driving AI adoption and to support entrepreneurship.
Chinese Authorities Bar Manus Cofounders From Leaving Country
Manus, founded in China in 2022, has since relocated its headquarters and part of its workforce to Singapore.
Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Reports First Positive Operating Margin
SenseTime, a 12-year-old AI company best known for its facial recognition technology, has quickly expanded into AI models and agentic applications in the new era.
Meta Approves New Executive Stock Plan Tied to Aggressive Stock Goals
The pay packages are an effort to retain executive talent as Meta’s AI ambitions ramp up.
Amazon Buys Fauna Humanoid Startup
Fauna’s robot Sprout stands only three and a half feet tall.
Judge in Anthropic-Pentagon Case Calls Pentagon’s Actions ‘Troubling’
The comments bode well for Anthropic, which is seeking a preliminary injunction to halt the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a supply chain risk.
Jury: Meta Must Pay $375 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case
A second phase of the trial will begin May 4 that is seeking further damages and changes by Meta.
Software Stocks Drop Once Again on AI Fears
AWS is using AI to free up sales and business development staff to focus on strategic work, but investors apparently see this as more AI-related disruption.
Meta and OpenAI Say They Will Buy Arm’s First AI Server Chip
The chip launch represents a break from Arm’s long-standing role as a neutral supplier of chip designs.
Meta Names Bosworth to Oversee Internal AI Use
The Meta chief technology officer will lead the company's AI for Work initiative.
OnlyFans Owner Dies of Cancer Amid Sale Talks
Billionaire Leonid Radvinsky was in talks to sell a majority stake in the site known for hosting sexually explicit content.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Leave Board of Fusion Startup Helion Energy
OpenAI and Helion Energy “start to explore working together at significant scale”
Meta Hires AI Startup Dreamer’s Team
The hiring will bring back Hugo Barra, a former Meta virtual reality executive, to the company.
Senators Propose Bill to Ban Sports Bets on Prediction Markets
Shares of DraftKings and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment jumped on the news.
OpenAI Hires Ad Sales Exec from Meta
Dave Dugan will be vp of global ad solutions at OpenAI
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