Finally! Digital bank Chime has filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. SEC for an IPO. The company had raised over $2.65 billion in total, and was last valued at $25 billion, per PitchBook. Read More
Exploring greener pastures: AirBnB is diversifying beyond just letting you rent properties. The company is now offering experiences as well, letting travelers book services like haircuts, massages, catering and even photography. Read More
Betting on the boom: Even as investors and analysts worry about data centers accumulating too much capacity, TensorWave, which runs data centers for AI cloud purposes, has raised $100 million to further build out its "dedicated training" cluster of AMD GPUs. Read More
Consistent inconsistency: Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has missed its own deadline to release its AI safety framework. That's not very surprising, as xAI isn't exactly known for making strong commitments to developing AI safely, and its Grok chatbot routinely outrages folk. Read More
Avoiding vendor lock-in: Legal AI tool Harvey said it would start using foundation models from Anthropic and Google, in addition to its backer OpenAI's models. Harvey says it's not leaving OpenAI, however, and it's just adding more models to its offerings. Read More
Did you know? WhatsApp's victory over spyware maker NSO Group surfaced several revelations, so we dove into court transcripts to find more nuggets, like NSO's attack did not require users to interact at all, or that the company's HQ is in the same building as Apple in Tel Aviv. Read More
