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StartupsEtched Fields Funding Offers at Valuations as High as $50 Billion
AI chip startup Etched is reportedly reviewing investment offers valuing it at $40-$50 billion, weeks after its $21 billion funding round.
ReviewsMy Experience With the Strongest Tech of 2026
Rugged laptops, smartwatches, and reinforced electronics promise extreme durability, but true toughness takes more than a protective shell. Here is what testing some of the strongest tech…
VentureMenlo Ventures Invests in Factory After Public Dispute With Khosla
Menlo Ventures joined Factory’s latest funding round at a $5 billion valuation after a public dispute between CEO Matan Grinberg and Vinod Khosla.
RoboticsSunday Hits $1.15B Valuation as Memo Household Robot Moves Toward Real Homes
Sunday has raised $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation to move its Memo household robot from demonstrations into a late-2026 beta in real homes.
Cloud ComputingAmazon Ends Data Center NDAs as Community Backlash Intensifies
Amazon says AWS has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies for data centre projects in response to growing concerns about transparency, energy use, water use, and…
AIEtched Draws Funding Offers at a $40B+ Valuation as AI Chip Race Heats Up
AI chip startup Etched is reportedly reviewing funding offers at valuations of $40-$50 billion, just weeks after raising $700 million at a $21 billion valuation.
AIHackerRank AI Interviewer Chakra Is Rethinking the Technical Job Interview
HackerRank is rolling out Chakra, an AI interviewer that conducts technical interviews, watches how candidates work with AI and produces structured evaluations for hiring teams.
AIChatGPT Text Watermarking Is Coming to Europe Under the EU AI Act
OpenAI will add invisible text watermarks to eligible ChatGPT and Codex outputs in the EU, using its textGrain technology to help identify AI-generated text.
AIOpenAI Visual Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT Image Generation
OpenAI is testing visual ads alongside ChatGPT image generation, giving advertisers a new image-based format while keeping sponsored content separate from AI-generated results.
AppsTikTok’s AI Shopping Assistant Turns the For You Feed Into a Checkout Lane
TikTok is adding an AI Shopping Assistant and Buy Direct checkout, allowing shoppers to ask product questions and buy directly from brands without leaving the app.
AIReflection AI Unveils Beam, a 501B Open-Weight Model Built for Efficient Reasoning
Reflection AI has unveiled Beam, a 501B open-weight model designed for coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks with lower inference compute.
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