Mira Murati says her startup Thinking Machines will release new product in ‘months’ with ‘significant open source component’
Mira Murati, founder of AI startup Thinking Machines and former chief technology officer of OpenAI, today announced a new round of $2 billion in venture funding, and stated that her company’s first product will launch in the coming months and will include a “significant open source component…useful for researchers and startups developing custom models.”
At INBOUND 2025, AI and human creativity take the stage together
INBOUND, HubSpot’s flagship conference for marketing, sales, and customer service professionals, is headed to the west coast for the first time September 3-5, 2025. Over three days, attendees can expect bold insights, meaningful connections, and breakthrough content spanning marketing, sales, customer experience, and AI innovation — all designed to blend the familiar with the surprising, says Courtney Dagher, global events senior team manager, marketing & programming.
zip debuts 50 AI agents to kill procurement inefficiencies—OpenAI is already on board
zip, the $2.2 billion procurement platform startup, unveiled a suite of 50 specialized artificial intelligence agents on Tuesday designed to automate the tedious manual work that plagues enterprise purchasing departments worldwide. This marks what industry analysts call the most significant advancement in procurement technology in decades.
Alphabet's Internet Startup Eyes Federal Funding to Help It Compete With Starlink
Alphabet's Taara startup says its 'fiber over the air' technology meets the requirements for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
Wix Acquires AI Platform That Enables Anyone To Create Software
Wix acquired Base44, an AI platform that enables users to create functional software in minutes using a chat-based interface.
Meta is shelling out big bucks to get ahead in AI. Here’s who it’s hiring
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on a mission for his company to be the first to reach so-called artificial superintelligence — generally considered to mean AI that’s better than all humans at all knowledge work.
The best free CRM software for businesses
Looking for a better way to manage customer conversations? Discover the top free CRM software options for 2025, including HubSpot, Capsule, and Agile CRM.
How DoorDash is evolving its retail media arm as ad revenue grows
The ads division just acquired ad-tech startup Symbiosys for $175 million and is introducing new artificial intelligence tools for restaurant brands.
The ultimate Looker Studio SEO campaign dashboard for 2025
Build better SEO reports with Looker Studio. Learn how to create a live, flexible dashboard that evolves with your data and clients’ needs.
You can use Claude AI's mobile app to draft emails, texts, and calendar events now - here's how
Claude's iOS and Android app will generate the templates for you, but you'll need to take additional steps to send or create them.
OpenAI lifts the lid on ChatGPT’s daily prompt count — and it’s big
OpenAI recently revealed to Axios that its AI chatbot now handles more than 2.5 billion user prompts per day worldwide, a remarkable leap from just 1 billion daily queries in December 2024. And of that figure, around 330 million prompts come from U.S.-based users alone.
5 ways to make assertive decisions in uncertain times, according to business leaders
Here's how to help your business flourish when change is the only constant.