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Artificial intelligence has accomplished many things, but few are as dramatic as the way it has supercharged investing in startups. Just look at the recent headlines: OpenAI raised $6 billion at a valuation of $157 billion. Anthropic is looking to raise funding at a valuation of $40 billion.
That posed challenges for our reporters seeking promising but little-known startups for this yearâs edition of The Information 50âthe fifth installment of the franchise. To qualify, companies must be less than two year
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Most of the world's billionaires are men, and the largest share work in finance or banking. Read more âș
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Nio, Xiaomi, and Xpeng have all broken sales records in recent months, but continue to report heavy losses. Read more âș
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Consumers and businesses may have nowhere to hide from Trump's tariffs. So instead of waiting around, they're trying to get ahead of new import taxes. Read more âș
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Jessica Chestler thinks the home she chose is perfect for her future family. She's confident it will be a smart investment no matter what. Read more âș
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Trump's plan to use the military for mass deportations faces sharp legal limits. The administration's few options come with major potential blowback. Read more âș
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Some health influencers say golden-hued vegetable oils like canola are bad for you. It's complicated. Here's the science. Read more âș
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My mom died after years of being sick. Her death inspired me to step outside my comfort zone. Now I spend months in France with my husband. Read more âș
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Fans are still willing to shell out for once-in-a-lifetime experiences, but middle-sized artists are struggling to sell tickets. Read more âș
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Social media giantâs Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges Read more âș
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iâve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iâve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnât have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more âș
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Need good internet in Round Rock? We've done the legwork and found the best options across multiple categories. Read more âș
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Slow Horses season 5 is on the way â here's everything we know so far about the gritty spy drama's return to Apple TV Plus from trailer, plot, cast, and more. Read more âș
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Slashdot reader Bruce66423 shared this report from the Guardian: Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more frequently, despite lacking enough space to host them. In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank's founder, Anne Boden, in March, Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff â many of whom were in the office... Read more âș
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NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found." "Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern." The newly identified substance, named "chloronitramide anion," is produced when water is treated with chloramine, a chemical... Read more âș
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Netflix's Spellbound is an animated fantasy movie with a touching message I'm sure kids and adults will appreciate. Read more âș
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Police in Florida arrested a man on grand theft charges for a fake Elon Musk Facebook scam that duped an elderly woman out of $250,000. Read more âș
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TSMC's US factories likely won't produce the company's most advanced chips, but the Taiwan factories will. Read more âș
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The Ai-Da robot recently made a painting that sold for over $1 million. Is that something to be celebrated or lambasted? Read more âș
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Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversalâs cable TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and Oxygen, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which comes a month after company executives first floated the idea to investors and analysts, could pave the way for more ... Read more âș
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OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more âș
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To call the last two years âtepidâ for tech initial public offerings would be an understatement. In the wake of a record-smashing high in 2021, IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022 and have been slow to recover. But 2025 could be looking up, with some big names likely to hit exchanges. At a recent event about artificial intelligenceâs impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Informationâs financial analysis... Read more âș
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Techies know well that coaxing a large language model to give you a good answer can feel a bit like tricking a toddler. Developers have been known to write, âif you donât give me the correct answer, I will be firedâ in their promptsâsuccessfully. That led to âprompt engineering,â a side hustle for techies who wanted to make easy money by writing and improving prompts for LLMs. Now, a host... Read more âș
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Thereâs a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more âș
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OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsungâs most important partner in using the Android ... Read more âș
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In China, one of the biggest names in tech is Kai-Fu Lee, a Taiwan native and a bestselling author who used to head Googleâs operations in the country. When Lee founded an artificial intelligence startup called 01.AI in Beijing in March last year, Chinese investors including Alibaba Group were so eager to back him that the startup became a unicorn just eight months later. But in the U.S., where Lee... Read more âș
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Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more âș
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Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more âș
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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai called Donald Trump to congratulate the president-elect on winning the election, a guest was on the line: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, xAI and other companies, according to two people familiar with the situation. Muskâs appearance took Pichai by surprise, one of these people said. Read more âș
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