SpaceXAI launched its latest model, Grok 4.5, the first since the company went public several weeks ago. In a blog post published Wednesday, SpaceXAI characterized its new release as a workhorse that can tackle all the typical tasks the AI industry has tried to automate: coding and app creation, clerical and administrative work, research, writing,
Meta’s AI glasses have a growing reputation as creepy technology. The company hopes to change that opinion by announcing an update that will disable the camera if the LED light that indicates the glasses are recording has been tampered with. The move is apparently a concession to consumer sentiment that glasses are not just fun,
Crypto VC firm Paradigm has raised $1.2 billion (its third venture fund and fourth overall) with the goal of investing in the “technical frontier,” company founder Matt Huang announced Wednesday. For Paradigm, the technical frontier will extend beyond its cryptocurrency investing roots. This fund is expected to expand its investment focus to include robotics and
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the closing of a $25 million Fund II. The company was founded in 2023 by operator-turned-investor Ashley Smith, who runs it as one of the few solo female GPs in venture capital. Speaking to TechCrunch, Smith said this fund will continue the company’s thesis of backing technical founders, specifically those
Meta has unveiled its new AI imager, Muse Image, which was produced by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s dedicated AI unit. The new feature, internally codenamed Mango, will be available for free through the Meta AI app, as well as on Instagram Stories and WhatsApp. What exactly can you do with Muse? It looks like
On Monday, Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang published a provocative new theory, under the title “Everyone is wrong about open source AI in the enterprise.” The post addresses one of the most interesting contradictions in today’s AI economy: More mature AI deployments are shifting to lighter models, he says, even at his own company. But total