Free apartment cleanings, exoskeletons, 100 robots in a warehouse...
Startups Target the Tricky Task of Making AI Seem More Human
Simulated human behavior companies raise millions
These billion-dollar AI startups have no products, no revenue and eager investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.
These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.
People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds
The data drops as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on datacenter construction. 'We need to take a deep breath. We need to make sure that AI and robotics work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.'
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
How a 40-Minute Window Brought Down a $10 Billion AI Startup: The Mercor Data Breach, Explained
A poisoned open-source package, a credential-stealing payload, and 4 terabytes of stolen data here’s what every AI company needs to learn…
After automation: Software will work for you, not on you
Alex Komoroske, CEO and cofounder, Common Tools — AI promises “infinite software”—endless tools tailored to every need—but funneled through today's app stores, that abundance just means more silos, more trapped data, and more to orchestr...
How to think about AI company finances
OpenAI and Anthropic are using the standard tech startup playbook.
Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation | TechCrunch
/dev/agents, a new company by the developers of Android, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents.
Pluralistic: “Rights for robots” and the AI slavery fantasy (10 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
While the AI bubble is primarily a material phenomenon (driven by the calculation that bosses are easy marks for a sales pitch that sees them replacing workers with software), there is an inescapable ideological component to it: the desire for a world without people in it:
Kiro for startups
Accelerate from idea to production with free startup credits, community support, and structured AI coding.
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare | TechCrunch
Stainless, a New York-based startup, founded in 2022, rose to prominence in the emerging AI industry for automating the creation and maintenance of software development kits, or SDKs — the libraries developers use to interact with APIs.
China’s Learn-On-The-Job Robots Outpace US’ Cautious Rollout
Which philosophy they will learn to think. Can a walled garden outlast an open field, or will openness inevitably prevail?
I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
