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Why Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and Bitcoin miners to fuel the AI boom

New filings show how the former OpenAI researcher is translating his AGI thesis into billions of dollars of bets on electricity, AI infrastructure, and Bitcoin mining companies.

Ex-Googlers Convert Databricks into an Agentic Lakehouse

Ex-Googlers Convert Databricks into an Agentic Lakehouse

Espresso AI, an innovative platform leveraging large language models (LLMs) to optimize data warehouses, has announced the launch of a groundbreaking solution designed to transform Databricks into an agentic lakehouse.

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Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman Backs $5.6M Composite Round: Startup Used By Google And Salesforce Workers Eliminates 85% Of Digital Busywork

Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman Backs $5.6M Composite Round: Startup Used By Google And Salesforce Workers Eliminates 85% Of Digital Busywork

Composite, a startup that automates web workflows directly inside browsers, announced on Oct. 1 that it raised $5.6 million in seed funding led by former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and NFDG co-founder Daniel Gross.

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Meta's Superintelligence Labs Turns To Vercel, GitHub To Speed Up AI Prototyping: Report

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is shifting its AI prototyping work to external developer platforms.

Mark Zuckerberg Bets Billions On 'Startup Mode' As Meta's Superintelligence Unit Lures Alexandr Wang And Nat Friedman From Top AI Firms

Meta (NASDAQ:META) is reorganizing its artificial intelligence division around compact, high-impact teams as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushes the company deeper into what he calls "superintelligence labs," Business Insider reported.

Exclusive: Who covers the damage when an AI agent goes rogue? This startup has an insurance policy for that

As AI agents start taking on real-world tasks, one startup is offering a new kind of safety net: audits, standards—and liability insurance.

Alexandr Wang is now leading Meta’s AI dream team. Will Mark Zuckerberg's big bet pay off?

Tapped by Mark Zuckerberg to lead Meta’s most ambitious AI initiative yet, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang now oversees a powerhouse team tasked with achieving superintelligence—and outpacing rivals like OpenAI and Google. No pressure.

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Mark Zuckerberg is determined to build an AI superteam—and he's poaching from Sam Altman with multimillion-dollar pay packages

Mark Zuckerberg is determined to build an AI superteam—and he's poaching from Sam Altman with multimillion-dollar pay packages

Reports of $200 million and $300 million compensation packages are rattling the Valley.

The first big winners in the race to create AI superintelligence: the humans getting multi-million dollar pay packages

The first big winners in the race to create AI superintelligence: the humans getting multi-million dollar pay packages

Despite the pessimism about job security in the AI era, one tiny group of humans has become extraordinarily valuable: Those creating AI.

Key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's memo on Meta's new "Superintelligence" AI drive and big hires

Key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's memo on Meta's new "Superintelligence" AI drive and big hires

The hiring spree and restructuring come as pressure mounts on Zuckerberg to justify Meta's massive capital spend on AI infrastructure

Meta stock pops as Mark Zuckerberg poaches new recruits from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

Meta stock pops as Mark Zuckerberg poaches new recruits from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

Meta's stock soared to a record high Monday after the company unveiled new hires for its “Superintelligence" team.

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs — with a battalion of AI gurus poached from OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind to try and secure an AGI win

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs — with a battalion of AI gurus poached from OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind to try and secure an AGI win

Mark Zuckerberg recently shared an internal memo announcing Meta Superintelligence Labs as he plays catch-up with OpenAI and Google in the AI race.

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Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Meta’s entire AI org in a risky, multibillion-dollar bet on ‘superintelligence’

Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Meta’s entire AI org in a risky, multibillion-dollar bet on ‘superintelligence’

Helmed by Alexandr Wang, Meta’s newly created Superintelligence Labs unifies the company’s sprawling AI efforts and raises the stakes for rival AI firms.

Inside the rise of Alexandr Wang and Meta’s $14 billion bet that the MIT dropout will help bring AI supremacy

Inside the rise of Alexandr Wang and Meta’s $14 billion bet that the MIT dropout will help bring AI supremacy

Wang turned Scale AI into a vital piece of the AI revolution, and briefly claimed the title of youngest self-made billionaire in the process. Now Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is paying up to bring him in-house.

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Meta AI Mafia strikes again: EvolutionaryScale secures $142 million seed investment round

The company also announced ESM3, which it says is the largest LLM-based generative model for biology created to date.

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‘Second renaissance’: tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co

Researchers and Silicon Valley are using tools powered by AI to read what had long been thought unreadable

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AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79

Researchers used AI to read letters on papyrus scroll damaged by the blast of heat, ash and pumice that destroyed Pompeii

Tech heavyweights, dissatisfied with San Francisco, are planning their own enclaves—following a tradition among wealthy Americans

Silicon Valley elites like Mark Moritz, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs are over the city—and have put $800 million toward a new one

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