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Nvidia Invested Billions in Ilya Sutskever's AI Company, Safe Superintelligence Inc.

SSI — helmed by Sutskever, who was a co-founder of OpenAI and famously clashed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — announced a “long-term strategic partnership” with Nvidia with a reported investment of $5 billion, which will allow the company “10x our compute in the next 12 months.” The company wrote on X, “We reached the point where our research is worth scaling.”

Y Combinator turned a sports arena into AI's biggest pep rally

Y Combinator filled the Chase Center with aspiring founders for its annual Startup School. Some compared it to a megachurch.

Nvidia reignites "circular" AI concerns

The chip giant appears poised to tighten its ties with OpenAI as it reportedly explores a deal to backstop financing for a massive data center to power the ChatGPT maker's ambitions.

Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone

The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.

Amazon targets Musk’s Starlink with satellite constellation for mobile services

Tech giant files to launch more than 5,000 satellites to provide global consumer service

Google's AI Search Is Rapidly Becoming the Default, New Data Shows

Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way people discover information online.

Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the Smart Systems Stage will be where energy, infrastructure, and technology collide, covering everything from fusion breakthroughs to the grid strain AI is putting on the entire economy.

Moonshot AI releases hotly anticipated Kimi K3 weights.

The Chinese model, the world’s largest open-weight model publicly available, dropped a few minutes shy of the expected 11AM ET. The timing of the release clearly targets the US market and it is already having a major impact on American AI, as shown by the furious debate surrounding open AI (not to be confused with OpenAI) systems.

This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps

This $9 NFC key requires you to physically scan it to unlock distracting apps on your phone.

Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research

After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia as it prepares to scale to its next phase.

This is oh-so close to my perfect MacBook Pro alternative

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Open-source AI push could create troubles for venture capital

VC funds have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into a small group of frontier AI labs.