Hinge Founder Launches AI-Powered Dating Service Overtone
Hinge founder Justin McLeod raised $18 million to launch Overtone, an AI-driven dating service that avoids algorithmic feeds and swiping.
Hinge founder Justin McLeod raised $18 million to launch Overtone, an AI-driven dating service that avoids algorithmic feeds and swiping.
DeepSeek, valued at $52 billion, plans a new round at $71 billion to expand data centers and AI chip purchases.
Meta's Adam Mosseri said AI token budgets could be capped per engineer within a year or two, citing rising costs that nearly pushed the company to billions in 2026.
Reflection AI, a U.S. startup, has signed a $1 billion compute deal with Nebius, a European AI infrastructure company.
PixVerse, an AI video startup, reached a $2 billion valuation after raising $439 million in Series C funding, according to thedecoder.
ChatGPT has resumed operations on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area, covering 27 EU countries and Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway, following EU regulatory action.
Several high-profile entrepreneurs are shifting focus to AI research, with Anthropic attracting figures like Tom Blomfield and Andrej Karpathy.
Nous Research, maker of Hermes agent, is finalizing a $1.5 billion valuation funding round led by Robot Ventures, with USV and other investors participating.
Singapore-based video-generation startup PixVerse announced its valuation has crossed $2 billion after raising $439 million in its Series C extension round.
Uber has added hotel bookings, boat rentals, and AI-powered shopping features to its app, with plans to gather more driving data through its AV Labs unit.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns enterprises that using proprietary AI models risks exposing sensitive business data, as companies unknowingly share valuable insights with model providers.
Turing Award winner Rich Sutton founded Oak Lab in Toronto to develop AI agents that learn continuously from their environment, according to thedecoder.