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Today’s highlights
- Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada — 2026-08-21
- Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
- AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom — 2026-08-21
- Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals.
- Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B — 2026-08-20
- Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, an
- OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates — 2026-08-20
- Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies’ investors pause about how “sticky” enterprise AI spending really is.
- ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in — 2026-08-20
- Ever wanted someone else to do your texting for you? ChatGPT is being offered up as an automated text scribe via a new Apple Messages integration.
- Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed — 2026-08-20
- Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the “coming days,” will use AI to automatically tweak your feed and “rememb
- The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss — 2026-08-20
- An effort to transform the world of sports through steroid use doesn’t exactly seem to be bearing financial fruit.
- OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? — 2026-08-20
- Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water — but his suggestion is not completely ludicrous.