Andreessen Horowitz shuts down its $175,000 Talent x Opportunity Fund that supported over 60 underserved founders since 2020, laying off at least three staff members as the firm integrates diversity efforts into its broader investment strategy.
IBM cuts nearly 3,000 jobs in fourth quarter as tech giant accelerates shift toward AI automation, following previous replacement of 200 HR positions with artificial intelligence agents while maintaining overall U.S. employment levels.
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria steps down after 11 transformative years that saw the company go public and achieve a fifteenfold stock increase to nearly $30 billion market cap, with Cloudflare executive CJ Desai taking the helm to drive revenue beyond $5 billion.
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service reaches 250,000 weekly driverless rides, matching Waymo's performance while operating across Chinese cities and expanding internationally to Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Switzerland with 140 million accident-free autonomous rides completed.
Pony.ai becomes the first company to receive a citywide robotaxi permit for all of Shenzhen, China, ending pilot zone restrictions as it plans to deploy over 1,000 cost-efficient seventh-generation autonomous vehicles in partnership with local taxi firm Xihu Group.
Google pulls its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accuses the system of fabricating false sexual misconduct allegations against her from a 1987 campaign incident.
Major technology companies are using non-disclosure agreements with local governments across 14 states to secretly develop AI data centers, preventing residents from knowing who is building in their communities and sparking revolts in places like Missouri and Arizona where transparency-starved citizens are enacting construction bans over concerns about utility costs …
Delaware's Attorney General approves OpenAI's corporate restructuring after year-long negotiations, allowing the AI company to become a public benefit corporation while preserving nonprofit oversight that can halt dangerous AI releases and force directors to prioritize safety over profits.
HUMAIN and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk forge a $3 billion partnership to construct cutting-edge AI-ready data centers across Saudi Arabia, combining local AI expertise with global hyperscale infrastructure capabilities to transform the Kingdom into a major digital innovation hub while developing homegrown talent and attracting international tech giants.
OpenAI warns the White House that China's massive lead in power generation—adding 429 gigawatts versus America's 51 gigawatts last year—creates an 'electron gap' that threatens U.S. AI dominance, urging 100 gigawatts of annual capacity increases to compete.