In a late-night blog post last Friday, OpenAI said it would wind down its partnership with Cursor, the startup behind one of the most popular AI coding tools on the market. The reason OpenAI gave for the decision is effectively that it can’t trust Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX recently acquired Cursor in a $60
Instinct, a startup founded only last year and helmed by a 23-year-old, has managed to ride the wave of AI enthusiasm toward a gargantuan valuation over the course of the summer. The company, which offers an AI assistant that has inspired enthusiasm among its early users, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that it
Last week, I ventured a whopping 15 minutes from my house to see robots do some mind-boggling, jaw-dropping stuff. I visited the Cambridge, Massachusetts, offices of a startup called Generalist AI, where I watched robot arms perform simple chores like stacking cups, putting blocks into bowls, and the like. I was astonished by how quickly
When Fidji Simo announced she was leavin g her role as one of the most senior members of OpenAI’s leadership team after a seven year battle with her chronic illness, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS, the news felt unexpectedly personal. My little cousin has POTS, and it’s been devastating to witness. Simo’s post said
I wish I could have gotten to that company early. With AI company valuations acting like rocket ships, it’s easy to play the “what if” game. The reality is that the process is not as simple as writing a check and watching your money multiply many times over. (Although it may seem like it). Take
Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in startups. As founder and managing partner of Precursor Ventures, he has invested in hundreds of companies and seen massive shifts in markets that require founders to get creative and throw out old fundraising playbooks. On this week’s episode of Build Mode, Startup Battlefield lead Isabelle