Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology
The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used o make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries from power generation to maritime shipping.
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Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era
AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”
Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system
A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.
Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare – but maybe not as a chatbot
OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched healthcare-focused products over the last week.
Why Egnyte keeps hiring junior engineers despite the rise of AI coding tools
Egnyte, the $1.5 billion cloud content governance company, has embedded AI coding tools across its global team of more than 350 developers — but not to reduce headcount. Instead, the company continues to hire junior engineers, using AI to accelerate onboarding, deepen codebase understanding, and shorten the path from junior to senior contributor. The approach challenges a dominant 2025 narrative that automation will replace developers, showing instead how enterprises are using AI to scale engine
Material Raises $7.1M Seed Round & $1.25M Air Force Contract
For decades, battery manufacturing has stood still despite advances in battery chemistry. SOSV portfolio company and HAX startup development program graduate Material has raised $7.1 million in Seed funding, co-led by Outlander VC and Harpoon Ventures, with participation from GoAhead Ventures, Myelin VC, Demos Capital and Giant Step Capital, to break this stagnation and usher in a new era of energy design.MATERIAL’s proprietary HYBRID3D technology prints energy directly into a component of any s
Neo humanoid maker 1X releases world model to help bots learn what they see
1X released a new world model that it says is a solid step toward its robots being able to teach themselves new tasks.
Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images
Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.
India reportedly tells quick-commerce firms to drop 10-minute delivery promise
India's labor ministry is pushing the country's booming quick-commerce sector to prioritize the wellness and safety of its gig workers.
ElevenLabs CEO says the voice AI startup crossed $330M ARR last year
The company said it took only five months to go from $200 million to $330 million in annual recurring revenue.
Apple launches ‘Creator Studio’ bundle of apps for $12.99 per month
The bundle includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac.
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup
Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation.
Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI
Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf of employees.The new Slackbot, now generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, is Salesforce's most aggressive move yet to position Slack at the center of the emerging "a
Slackbot is an AI agent now
Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.
Why Sakana AI’s big win is a big deal for the future of enterprise agents
In an impressive feat, Japanese startup Sakana AI’s coding agent ALE-Agent recently secured first place in the AtCoder Heuristic Contest (AHC058), a complex coding competition that involves complicated optimization problems — and a more difficult and perhaps telling challenge than benchmarks like HumanEval, which mostly test the ability to write isolated functions, and which many AI models and agents now regularly pass with ease ("benchmark saturation"). Sakana's accomplishment wi
Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups
Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the cap table for nature-friendly startups. Now, the firm has closed its first fund, securing $25.9 million in capital commitments from Cisco Foundation, AMB Holdings, and Builders Vision, among others, along […]
Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp
Brazil's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive.
When shopping stops being a place
For years, online shopping followed a fixed path. Search bar, product grid, filters, checkout. The interface barely changed, even as everything else on the internet did. That path is now breaking. Monday 12 January, 2026, JD Sports Fashion plc (JD Group) became one of the first large retailers to let US customers search and buy sneakers directly inside AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini. No website visit. No app. Just a conversation that ends with a payment. Bas
Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz
AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.
Elon Musk Says Retirement Savings Will Become Irrelevant Thanks to AI — Here's How
Elon Musk, the world's richest man with a net worth exceeding $600 billion, has made a bold claim that could unsettle ...