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Bitcoin miner and AI firm Ionic Digital valued at $2.25 billion in Nasdaq debut
Shares of the company, which went public through direct listing, opened at $50 apiece, down nearly 5.7% from a reference price of $53 set by the Nasdaq on Monday.
Billionaire mogul accepts defeat and sells mansion for $87m LESS than asking price as millionaires flee California in droves
The sale of the mansion at such a discount comes amidst a broader trend of California's wealthiest fleeing the state, which has proposed a billionaire tax.
Nvidia launches Open Secure AI Alliance — but there's no room for OpenAI, Anthropic or Google
The Open Secure AI Alliance conceived to promote trust in the development and use of AI, but some companies are notable by their absence...
Cracker Barrel to pay outgoing CEO’s security costs, $4.6M in exit fees after failed rebrand attempt: reports
The Southern dining chain will continue paying an unspecified amount for Masino’s protection for as long as the board deems it “reasonably necessary," according to a regulatory filing.
AI Revenue Just Hit $100 Billion From Zero Two Years Ago. Wall Street Warns of a Massive SaaS Trap.
AI models just crossed a staggering revenue milestone that took the industry two years to reach, but the analyst who flagged it says the real story is the st...
War machines can run amok with AI in control
Tour of the AI kill chain maps the risks of ubiquitous surveillance and flawed algorithms
How US defence aid shaped Israel’s military developments since Oct 7, 2023
US-Israel defence cooperation spans decades, including a $33bn, 10-year memorandum of understanding signed in 2016.
Still Down 26% in 2026, Is Palantir’s Rebound Just Getting Started?
Shares of Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) are up 7% Monday afternoon to $131 and change, but the stock is still down 26% year to date (YTD). Today’s bounce is riding a broader enterprise-software and AI-adjacent rebound rather than a Palantir-s…
Anthropic’s Amodei defends open-weight stance following critique from Palantir’s Karp
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pushed back on claims that his AI startup supports a ban on open-weight models to support its competitive position in a letter after Anthropic was notably absent from a letter signed by many leading AI firms. Leading companies in th…
Banks Bet on Open AI After OpenAI’s Own Hack
Two OpenAI models broke out of a controlled cybersecurity test this month and into Hugging Face’s production systems. The models, GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release system, were being evaluated internally on ExploitGym, a benchmark built to measure ho…
A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics
More progressive Americans are swearing off traditional media
A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics
More progressive Americans are swearing off traditional media
Silicon Valley Startups Urge Trump to Avoid Ban on Chinese AI Models
A coalition of technology companies has urged the Trump administration not to impose broad restrictions on Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models, warning that such a ban could undermine innovation and raise costs for U.S. startups, according to a…
Trump Unveils 21,000 Securities Trades Worth at Least $858,000,000 in First Year Back as US President
Trump’s investment advisers executed more than 21,000 securities trades in his first year back in office, expanding his holdings to at least $858 million across about 1,600 companies. The post Trump Unveils 21,000 Securities Trades Worth at Least $858,000,000…
Prediction: Palantir's Stock Will Make a Huge Move on Aug. 3
Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been on a steady downward slide since achieving an all-time high in October of last year. It recently dipped around 35% from its all-time high, which many investors may view as a buying opportunity. After all, Palantir is one of th…
"We are a very different company to Palantir,” says “discreet” French replacement
The managing director of the little-known French startup thrown into the spotlight when it was chosen by France’s domestic intelligence services to replace controversial US data analytics giant Palantir doesn’t like the company being called the “European Pala…
What is open-weight AI, the tech behind Kimi K3 that's turning heads in Silicon Valley?
The freedom and lower price tag of open-weight models is turning the heads of business leaders in the west, where the merits have prompted letters from top tech leaders warning against restrictions on open models, despite the potential for security risks.
Wrote a free vendor-neutral guide to building a first ontology — what did I get wrong?
Hi All I am an independent author (not affiliated with Palantir). I wrote a free guide, “Ontology Is All You Need: A Practical Implementation Guide for Midsize Companies,”. Link to PDF https://www.applayerai.com/ontology Goal is to teach 50–1,000-person companies to create their first ontology. It’s vendor-neutral by design. Many companies will start in tools they already own and graduate to Foundry later. Before it goes wide, I’d genuinely value this community’s judgment and feedback. Scope: I cap version one at 15–20 object types. Where do real first implementations actually land? is that ceiling right? Sequencing: The guide builds the semantic layer first (weeks 3–8), then adds kinetics: two or three governed actions for a single workflow (weeks 8–11). Many of you work use-case-backwards instead. When does each approach win? Timeline: Is 90 days honest for a midsize company with one half-time data lead and part-time domain experts, ending in one piloted agent b