SemiAnalysis acquires Citrini Research; founder plans new fund
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the independent investment-research firm to SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor and AI research shop, for an undisclosed sum, according to Bloomberg. Sources told the outlet that van G...
Y Combinator's Garry Tan urges US open-weight labs to distill frontier models
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said US regulators should not act against distillation of frontier AI models, and that American open-weight labs should be free to use the same training techniques on domestic frontier models. In an int...
OpenAI pauses $200 ChatGPT Pro sign-ups, citing Astra demand
OpenAI has stopped selling the $200 tier of ChatGPT Pro, saying demand for its Astra model is straining its systems, according to TechCrunch reporting cited by The Next Web. Existing subscribers keep their plans, and the $100 Pro...
Roblox expands AI game creation to two more countries and adds cross-platform play
Roblox said at its annual Developer Conference that it is expanding "Build," its generative AI game-creation feature, beyond New Zealand to Serbia and Singapore, adding desktop access, an asset library and iterative control. The ...
Khosla Ventures to open first office outside Sand Hill Road in New York this fall
Khosla Ventures confirmed it will open its first office outside Menlo Park, on 14th Street in New York, expected this fall, partner Keith Rabois said at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event Thursday night. Rabois said the firm has no Sa...
Amazon Quick desktop app ships for macOS and Windows with EU sovereign cloud gap
Amazon has made its Quick desktop assistant generally available on macOS and Windows, AWS said, and added an activity feed to the iOS and Android versions that pools email, calendar, CRM and messaging into one list. Amazon pitche...