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Today’s highlights
- Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity — 2026-09-29
- In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it’s losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
- Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort — 2026-09-29
- Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.
- Nothing’s new flagship Headphone 1 Pro put you in the studio — 2026-09-29
- Nothing has been on a bit of an audio tear this year, releasing the solid Headphone A and the surprisingly good Ear 3A earbuds. The Headphone A released at $199, while the earbuds are under $100, leaving room for somethi
- OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns — 2026-09-28
- A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.
- Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds — 2026-09-28
- Self-driving truck company Aurora laid out an audacious plan for 2030. Its CFO says its targets aren’t aspirational.
- AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion — 2026-09-28
- AMD announced today that it’s acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was val
- Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation — 2026-09-28
- The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup’s valuation from just four months ago.
- AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion — 2026-09-28
- The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.