Tim Fernholz
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Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction
Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until…
With Sift Stack, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor
Sift is building the data infrastructure for advanced manufacturing.
This startup wants to make enterprise software look more like a prompt
The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise.
Niv-AI exits stealth to wring more power performance out of GPUs
The company raised $12 million in seed funding to measure and manage GPU power surges.
Elon Musk’s xAI faces child porn lawsuit from minors Grok allegedly undressed
The three plaintiffs are seeking to represent anyone who had real images of them as a minor altered…
‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again
The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining…
Google is using old news reports and AI to predict flash floods
A new way to solve data scarcity: Turning qualitative reports into quantitative data with an LLM.
OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical…
Perplexity’s new Computer is another bet that users need many AI models
Perplexity Computer, in the company’s words, “unifies every current AI capability into a single system.”
Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers
The company’s modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.