Barret Zoph is going back to Google, six years and two startups later

Barret Zoph is joining Google DeepMind as vice president of research, returning to the organisation he spent six years in before it was DeepMind at all. He announced the move on Wednesday, arriving th [...]

Kevin Durant’s $250,000 Hugging Face bet is reportedly worth $60M

Kevin Durant and his business partner invested $250,000 in Hugging Face’s early rounds and his payout is reported at around $60M if Nvidia’s $12.9B acquisition completes. Employees at late-stage E [...]

UK Launches £100M Sovereign AI Procurement Competitions for Public Services

The UK government launched the first procurement competitions under its £100 million Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme on August 31, 2026, opening four challenges that invite British AI startup [...]

OpenAI starts charging some customers only when its AI actually works

OpenAI is offering some large customers outcome-based pricing, where they pay only once the AI actually finishes a task. Salesforce, Adobe, and several startups are also moving away from fixed subscri [...]

Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy. [...]

AI wants to become your family’s chief of staff. Should you let it?

Startups like Fambot use AI to manage school emails, sports schedules, meal planning, and the endless logistics of family life. [...]