Eighteen months after selling his startup to chipmaker AMD for $665 million, Finnish entrepreneur Peter Sarlin has left his role as CEO of the unit now known as AMD Silo AI. He is now chairman at two new ventures: physical AI lab NestAI, and QuTwo, an AI startup aimed at…
Webflow buys AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suite
Webflow, which offers a software platform for building and hosting websites, is acquiring AI-powered content-generation platform Vidoso to beef up its suite of marketing offerings. Founded in 2024, Vidoso uses large language models to help organizations generate marketing collateral like images, presentations, video clips, blog posts, and social media content.…
Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots
Robotics company Sunday has raised a new funding round that has valued the company at unicorn status, meaning over $1 billion, it announced on Thursday. Sunday says it has raised $165 million at a $1.15 billion valuation in a Series B round led by Coatue Management. Other investors in the…
Lucid Motors shows off robotaxi concept called ‘Lunar’
Lucid Motors has debuted a robotaxi concept vehicle that it’s calling the “Lucid Lunar,” which it showed off at an investor day on Thursday in New York City. It’s a two-seater vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, designed to be built on the same underlying platform that Lucid Motors…
Tinder tries to lure people back to online dating with IRL events, virtual speed dating
Tinder held its inaugural product keynote on Thursday, unveiling an ambitious slate of updates designed to reinvigorate its product, bolster safety, and harness AI. This comes on the heels of Match Group’s $50 million investment in product development, announced last August, as the parent company looks to re-engage its user…
This receiver setting solved my all audio sync problems
I grabbed an audio receiver to get Dolby Atmos in my living room, and I’ve been very happy with that decision. A receiver was the only way I could get all of these speakers set up, so there wasn’t really any other choice I could’ve made. What I didn’t know…
How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote
Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, next week with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for Monday at 11am PT / 2pm ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to…
Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say
Rox, a startup developing autonomous AI agents to boost sales productivity, has raised a round valuing the company at $1.2 billion, according to multiple sources. The funding included a lead investment from returning backer General Catalyst, two of the people said. Rox AI and General Catalyst did not respond to…
Why Rivian is holding the $45,000 base model R2 until ‘late 2027’
Rivian revealed the specs and pricing details for its pivotal R2 SUV on Thursday, and the company also finally answered a long-burning question: When will customers be able to buy the promised $45,000 base model? That answer is “late 2027,” according to the company’s press materials. And there’s a catch.…
This $10 app turned my iPad into a record player (and it’s totally worth it)
Nostalgic tech has been on a steady rise over the last decade or so. I received a record player for Christmas when I was 16, much to my delight. However confused my grandma must’ve been when she saw the turntable at the top of my wishlist, my excitement was beyond…