Stories
Long reads on the AI and tech events that matter. Every claim is tied to a named source, and every story passes our sourcing, originality and writing checks before it goes up.
funding · · 6 min
Google Vids is free for everyone and includes Veo 3.1
Google opened Vids and Veo 3.1 to every personal account on April 2, 2026, with 10 free clips a month, paid-only music and avatars, and limits Google says can change.
controversy · · 5 min
Judge refuses to dismiss NAACP Clean Air Act suit over xAI's Southaven turbines
Judge Debra Brown rejected both the Justice Department's and xAI's attempts to end the NAACP's Clean Air Act case, and the 'temporary turbine' loophole took the hit.
launch · · 6 min
Cloudflare opens closed beta of post-quantum GeoKey Manager using ML-KEM-768 and X25519
Cloudflare rebuilt GeoKey Manager around hybrid ML-KEM-768 and X25519, dropped attribute-based encryption, and set general availability for Q1 2027.
funding · · 6 min
OpenAI cuts its funding round target to $20 billion
OpenAI trimmed its round to about $20 billion and its valuation to $1.25 trillion, and the first close is expected to land below target.
funding · · 6 min
LPs pile into OpenAI and Anthropic as venture fund cycles shrink
Two LPs say nearly every venture firm now holds both OpenAI and Anthropic, and some funds are returning to market after a year or so instead of three.
funding · · 7 min
Salesforce signs a deal to buy Rune Technologies, a military logistics startup
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to buy Rune Technologies, whose software already runs in the Army and Marine Corps, for a reported $375 million in cash and stock.
funding · · 6 min
Intel stock falls 29% on weak Q4 guidance, an Israel fab blast and the memory crunch
Intel beat Q3 estimates, then guided Q4 revenue to $15 billion to $16 billion against a $17.1 billion Street number, and the stock had its worst day in decades.
funding · · 6 min
Nvidia is weighing a multibillion-dollar debt guarantee for Nscale's West Virginia data center
Nvidia is in talks to backstop billions in construction debt for Nscale's Anthropic-bound campus, a step past the lease and chip financing it has done before.