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Fox News host Jessica Tarlov is calling out the shrinking scope of the spending cut package backed by President Donald Trump, taking aim at tech billionaire Elon Musk for making unrealistic promises while leading the Department of Government Efficiency. “Elon Musk promised us trillions in...

After raising more than $13.5 million and spending eight years building personalized AI shopping technology, the entire team behind startup Crossing Minds is now joining OpenAI, TechCrunch reports. Crossing Minds announced the transition on its website, calling it a "new chapter" and thanking its...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that automation and tapping into the Medicaid population are key to replacing migrant farmworkers, as the Trump administration continues its mass deportation efforts. No Amnesty, Strategic Deportations “The president has been unequivocal that...

Satellite navigation startup Xona Space Systems has secured $92 million in new funding through a Series B offering. The latest tranche brings the Silicon Valley venture's total funding to over $150 million. The company wants to use the new capital to accelerate the transition from research and...

Emerald AI, a new startup funded by Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and other famous names, announced July 1 that it has developed software that turns energy-intensive data centers into flexible tools for managing electricity demand. The company says it raised $24.5 million in seed funding, led by Radical...

Rachel Liverman launched Glowbar in 2019 with a decision to avoid distractions dressed as opportunities. She said no to hosting events in the Hamptons and South by Southwest, and turned down early collaborations with outside dermatologists. Those offers were tempting, but she referred to them as "...

SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI. The investment makes up nearly half of the company's recent $5 billion equity round, according to investors cited by The Wall Street Journal. After xAI merged with the social media platform X, the new entity...

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich is slamming the Trump administration over its plan to destroy 500 metric tons of U.S.-purchased emergency food. The high-energy biscuits, originally meant for children in crisis zones, are set to be incinerated after delays left them sitting in a Dubai warehouse...

Over the past few years, the potential uses of generative AI, both positive and negative, have been talked to death. However, there's one application of the technology that small business owners are saying is often overlooked: the deepfake economy. Several small business owners told Business...

Caesar Sengupta knows what it feels like to jump from a corporate empire into complete uncertainty. He spent 15 years at Google, where he led major products like Google Pay and helped launch the company's Next Billion Users initiative. Then he walked away to start something of his own: Arta Finance...

San Diego biotech startup Gallant just raised $18 million in a Series B financing round, furthering its quest to deliver the first ready-to-use stem cell therapy through conditional U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. But the company isn't directing those funds toward the treatment of sick...

Employees at one New York City startup are being offered what sounds like a dream deal: a rent stipend of up to $1,500 a month, meals covered, free gym memberships, and salaries that can reach as high as $350,000 per year. But to cash in on those perks, workers must agree to work 70 hours per week...

Crediting his wife and co-founder Jyoti Chaudhry for the $17 billion cybersecurity empire they built together, Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) CEO Jay Chaudhry told CNBC in an interview last month, "Without her, none of this would've happened." The buildup began nearly 30 years ago. Spouses Turn Risks Into...

Crediting his wife and co-founder Jyoti Chaudhry for the $17 billion cybersecurity empire they built together, Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) CEO Jay Chaudhry told CNBC in an interview last month, "Without her, none of this would've happened." The buildup began nearly 30 years ago. Spouses Turn Risks Into...

A startup created by Google parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, GOOGL)) is stepping into the broadband spotlight as it goes after a share of the federal government's $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. The company, Taara, says in a blog post that its wireless Lightbridge...