HeyStartup
Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe
The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children.
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras
The collaboration will help OpenAI's models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time-consuming tasks, the companies said.
Z.ai's open source GLM-Image beats Google's Nano Banana Pro at complex text rendering, but not aesthetics
The two big stories of AI in 2026 so far have been the incredible rise in usage and praise for Anthropic's Claude Code and a similar huge boost in user adoption for Google's Gemini 3 AI model family released late last year — the latter of which includes Nano Banana Pro (also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image), a powerful, fast, and flexible image generation model that renders complex, text-heavy infographics quickly and accurately, making it an excellent fit for enterprise use (think: collat
Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin
As Netflix tries to take down YouTube’s dominance in the podcast space, it's getting new originals with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin.
App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B
Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.
AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems
Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics.
Blackstone, General Atlantic-backed Liftoff Mobile files for IPO
The company offers a platform that helps mobile app developers market their wares and has an army of bankers working on its IPO.
Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public
Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.
AI agents can talk — orchestration is what makes them work together
Rather than asking how AI agents can work for them, a key question in enterprise is now: Are agents playing well together? This makes orchestration across multi-agent systems and platforms a critical concern — and a key differentiator. “Agent-to-agent communications is emerging as a really big deal,” G2’s chief innovation officer Tim Sanders told VentureBeat. “Because if you don't orchestrate it, you get misunderstandings, like people speaking foreign languages to each other. Those misunder
Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities
The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends.
Bandcamp takes a stand against AI music, banning it from the platform
"We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans," the company said.
Elon Musk confirms major shake-up for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package
As spotted by Bloomberg, anyone buying a new Tesla from February 14 onwards will need to pay $99 per month if they want to ...
Elon Musk Announces Major Change to Tesla’s Self-Driving
The move could give owners more flexibility to try the technology by lowering upfront costs in a shift to its business model.
Access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service is now free in Iran as regime continues brutal crackdown on protests
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now providing free internet access via its Starlink satellite service to users in Iran as the country’s ...
Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving will become subscription-only
The billionaire said owners will no longer be able to buy Tesla FSD as a one-off $8,000 purchase from February 14.
Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy raises $87M ahead of $250M Series B
Type One Energy has raised more than $160 million from investors to date. The new funding will help the company further refine its stellarator technology.
Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation
Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.
Gemini’s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more
Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.
AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million series A
The company used an AI-native platform to help companies fight threats.
US cargo tech company publicly exposed its shipping systems and customer data to the web
Shipping tech company Bluspark left internal plaintext passwords, including those of executives, exposed to the internet, at a time when hacks in the shipping industry are on the rise.