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ComfyUI Just Raised $30M at a $500M Valuation—Creators Are Done With Black Box AI
ComfyUI closes a $30M round at $500M valuation, proving that creators want granular control over...
Google is reportedly ready to drop $40B on Anthropic — mostly in compute credits
Google is said to be finalizing a massive $40 billion investment in Anthropic, with most...
The Mac Mini AI Tax Is Real: eBay Prices Are Getting Wild
Apple’s Mac mini is sold out everywhere, and eBay resellers are cashing in hard. The...
Uber CTO joins StrictlyVC SF — more scale talk, less fluff
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins the StrictlyVC SF lineup on April 30 to discuss...
Nothing’s Essential Voice Is a Dictation Tool That Actually Makes Sense
Nothing launched Essential Voice, a system-level dictation tool for its phones. It works across apps,...
Maine’s Governor Just Killed a Bill That Would’ve Frozen Data Centers for 18 Months
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed LD 307, a bill that would have imposed the first...
Sam Altman Apologizes to Tumbler Ridge After OpenAI Kept Quiet on Shooter
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a letter to Tumbler Ridge residents apologizing for not tipping...
Cohere and Aleph Alpha are merging — here’s why that matters
Cohere is acquiring Aleph Alpha with backing from Schwarz Group. The goal is a sovereign...
Tokyo is quietly becoming the tech city to watch in 2026
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 isn't your typical expo. With four focused tech domains, live demos,...
Anthropic built a weird little marketplace where AI agents haggle over real stuff
Anthropic set up a test marketplace where AI agents act as both buyers and sellers,...
David Silver raised $1.1B to build an AI that doesn’t need human data
Former DeepMind researcher David Silver's new startup Ineffable Intelligence just raised $1.1B at a $5.1B...
Skye’s AI iPhone screen app got funded before it shipped — and that says something
Skye raised money for an AI-powered iPhone home screen app before launch. The bet is...