Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Battery Materials Factory Set for 2028
Anthro Energy has broken ground on a battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that is designed to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of electrolytes annually, enough for more than 300,000 electric vehicles.…
Warp Launches Factories to Help Companies Build AI Software Development Workflows
Warp has introduced Warp Factories, an infrastructure system designed to help companies build and operate AI-driven software development workflows without creating the underlying agent infrastructure themselves. The product organizes AI…
Perplexity’s Airtel Giveaway Drove a Huge India User Surge, but Paid Conversion Is Still Unclear
Perplexity saw a sharp increase in downloads, active users, and mobile revenue in India after offering its Pro subscription free for a year to Airtel customers. As the earliest free…
Neko Health to Open First U.S. Body-Scanning Clinic in Manhattan on September 24
Neko Health will open its first U.S. location on September 24 at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo, Manhattan. The health-scanning startup says more than 25,000 New Yorkers have already joined…
Sonic Fire Tech Raises $15 Million to Test Sound-Based Fire Suppression System
Sonic Fire Tech has raised $15 million to continue developing a fire suppression system that uses low-frequency sound instead of water or chemicals. The Ohio-based startup says its technology can…
Amazon Is Buying and Destroying Rare Books for AI Training, Report Says
Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…
Groq Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation as It Expands AI Cloud Business
Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…
Terra Industries Raises Another $18 Million, Bringing Seed Round to $52 Million
African defense technology company Terra Industries has raised another $18 million, bringing its seed funding to $52 million as it expands autonomous defense systems and manufacturing. The company says it…
Japan Struggles to Turn AI Interest Into Everyday Workplace Use
Japan’s ageing population, labour shortages and weak productivity would appear to make it a natural market for workplace AI. Yet adoption remains relatively low, with an OECD study finding that…
Jeff Bezos and Eduardo Saverin Join Consortium Buying Minority Stake in Liverpool FC
Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and backed by investors including Amazon…
Magnum Turns to AI, New Flavors and Functional Ice Cream as Costs Rise
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is experimenting with glow-in-the-dark ice pops, AI-equipped freezers, protein-rich products and new manufacturing techniques as it looks for ways to manage rising costs and changing…
Meta Faces Landmark Youth Safety Trial That Could Force Major Instagram and Facebook Changes
Meta is set to face a major federal trial on August 18 over allegations that Instagram and Facebook were deliberately designed to keep children engaged while collecting data from users…
Gered Mankowitz’s Personal Music Photography Archive Heads to Auction
More than 100 signed photographs by British music photographer Gered Mankowitz will go to auction in Wiltshire on September 7, offering collectors images of artists including the Rolling Stones, Jimi…
Taxidermy Head Bought for £50 Sells for More Than £60,000 After Thylacine Identification
A mounted animal head originally mistaken for an antique fox has sold for more than £60,000 after being identified as a likely thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. The specimen had previously…
