September 29, 2025

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding: Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes. Read More

Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks: Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork. Read More

This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups: Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: If it isn't a Y Combinator company, he won't invest in it. Read More

Data centers need power now. That's why we're working to build multi-gigawatt power stations that generate reliable electricity, with fewer delays and minimal added strain to the grid.

OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system: This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon toward conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences.  Read More

OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT : The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users' delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations -- including the death of a teenage boy by suicide. Read More

Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance: Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team's grunt work. Read More

AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews: The Y Combinator startup raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners. Read More

DeepSeek releases 'sparse attention' model that cuts API costs in half: Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations. Read More

Go Nano Bananas and Beyond! Learn how Google Cloud AI can empower your startup to build innovative applications at their upcoming Startup School: GenAI Media, kicking off on Oct 28.

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Frank founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase: The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Frank of lying about its customer base. Read More

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