Livestreamed shopping startup Whatnot closed its latest round of funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to a company release issued on Friday, nearly doubling its valuation from less than a year ago. The $545 million Series G round was led by Iconiq, Lightspeed, and Avra. Valuation Growth and Funding History Whatnot’s rapid financial ascent … Read more
According to Clément Delangue, CEO of startup Hugging Face, China is rapidly closing the artificial intelligence gap and could soon dominate frontier systems. Speaking to CNBC, Delangue stated that China is clearly dominating open models and noted that performance gaps between U.S. and Chinese systems are narrowing despite ongoing U.S. export controls and compute hurdles. … Read more
US researchers have announced the creation of new viruses using artificial intelligence, marking a scientific first that raises hopes for targeted medical treatments while stoking anxieties about frontier biosecurity risks, according to findings published in the journal Science. AI-Designed Phages Kill E. Coli in Laboratory Tests Researchers at Stanford University and the Broad Institute of … Read more
Grindr CEO George Arison announced that the LGBTQ-focused dating platform increased total engineering output roughly 2.5 times between July 2025 and April 2026 using generative artificial intelligence tools. According to company earnings presentations, the productivity gains allowed the software team to match an output that otherwise would have required 200 additional engineers and about $60 … Read more
Neural stem cells in the cerebral cortex split into two independent lineages early in development to produce different types of neurons, according to a study by Irene Varela-Martínez published in Science Advances. This finding, led by the postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), challenges the long-held “inside-out” model of brain … Read more
Lactylation-driven metabolic reprogramming acts as a central driver of therapeutic resistance in cancer, according to recent findings published in the journal Genes & Diseases by researchers Wanghao Zhang, Guanglong Huang, Woheng Tang, Jiaxian Li, Jingxian Chen, Yaojiang Feng, Kaichen Li, Can Pan, Shunshen Li, Huayang Zhang, Rongxu Ye, Hao Long, and Guo-zhong Yi. This cellular … Read more
Kingston entrepreneur David Dossett is testing Augify, a Canadian-developed augmented reality platform that brings cards, pictures, and artwork to life through mobile scanning. According to a news release, the technology allows users to watch paintings animate, hear musicians via CD covers, and visualize retail items at home without requiring large marketing budgets. Transforming Retail and … Read more
Hallucinations and delusions appearing for the first time in midlife or later are frequently categorized as psychiatric symptoms of unclear biological origin, but new research published in Molecular Psychiatry reveals they may be linked to dementia-related brain changes. According to the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, about 65 percent of patients who develop … Read more
Big Tech venture capital portfolios are artificially inflating corporate earnings reports through massive investment gains from private artificial intelligence firms like Anthropic and OpenAI, according to financial data from LSEG. Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet recently booked sizable investment gains in their latest quarters due to their private stakes in these soaring AI developers, masking software … Read more
Advanced Chinese-made robotic devices face strict new sales bans across the United States following federal determinations that remote-controlled hardware presents severe national security and supply chain vulnerabilities. According to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report, foreign-produced advanced robots could potentially be weaponized to directly harm United States national security and domestic personnel, prompting sweeping regulatory … Read more