OneBrief's $2.15B valuation on $19M revenue bets military planning software can become a platform before Palantir notices. The Battle Road acquisition complicates the math: the simulation engine was already running on Palantir infrastructure.
Claude Code hit $1B in six months by doing what ChatGPT can't: reading your files directly. Paired with Obsidian, it transforms years of accumulated notes into an AI-powered research system. Here's how to set it up.
San Francisco | January 13, 2026 A student trains an AI exclusively on nineteenth-century London texts, asks it about 1834, and
Good Morning from San Francisco, Boxing robots threw punches in Shanghai this weekend. The real fight happened backstage between China
Good Morning from San Francisco, GPT-5 leaks multiply as OpenAI preps for August launch. One problem: they can't
OpenAI's GPT-5 launch rumors heat up with August timeline leaks, but there's a catch: Altman promises free AI for 8 billion people while the company still can't handle current ChatGPT demand. The gap between vision and reality keeps growing.
Good Morning from San Francisco, Trump wants neutral AI. Spoiler: it doesn't exist. Every algorithm contains human bias
US export controls aimed to block China's AI chips. Instead, they created a $1 billion black market while Chinese companies built domestic alternatives. Then Washington reversed course and allowed sales anyway.
Trump wants AI companies to prove their systems are "neutral" to win government contracts worth $100+ billion annually. But researchers say politically neutral AI is technically impossible - every system contains human bias.
Trump ditches Biden's AI safety rules for a deregulation push aimed at beating China. The 28-page plan cuts regulations, fast-tracks data centers, and eliminates "woke bias" from government AI systems. Industry cheers, critics worry about risks.
Good Morning from San Francisco, Google's AI summaries cut website clicks in half. Publishers are dying while users
Proton launches Lumo, an AI assistant that promises zero logging and end-to-end encryption—directly challenging ChatGPT's data-hungry model. Part of Europe's €100M bet on tech independence from US and Chinese platforms.
OpenAI's $500B Stargate partnership with SoftBank collapsed after six months of disputes. Zero data centers built. Now OpenAI scrambles for $40B in fresh funding to go it alone, signing costly deals that dwarf their revenue.
Philadelphia robotics startup Asylon raised $26M after nearly dying in 2021 when their demo drone crashed the night before a Fortune 500 showcase. Now their robot security guards patrol facilities nationwide.
Good Morning from San Francisco, SoftBank promised $500 billion for AI infrastructure. They delivered zero data centers. OpenAI ditched them
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