Land O’Lakes is testing an AI assistant called “Oz” that helps agronomists create optimal crop plans. The tool draws from 20 years of farm data and aims to address severe workforce shortages in rural America. Accuracy is critical – one wrong recommendation could destroy farmer trust.
WisdomAI has secured $50 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins with Nvidia’s participation. The startup uses a clever method to eliminate LLM hallucinations by only employing them for query writing, not answer generation. They’ve grown from 2 to 40 enterprise customers in months.
Anthropic is making a massive $50 billion investment in U.S. AI infrastructure, starting with custom data centers in Texas and New York. The project will create 800 permanent jobs and over 2,000 construction roles, with the first facilities going live in 2026. This positions Anthropic as a major dom
Deductive AI emerges from stealth with $7.5M in funding to tackle the growing debugging crisis in software engineering. The startup’s AI agents can diagnose production failures in minutes instead of hours, already saving DoorDash over 1,000 engineering hours annually.
The CEO of Nexon, publisher of Arc Raiders, says generative AI is now standard across the industry and essential for survival. But the messy rollout of AI voices in the hit Steam shooter shows players and developers are pushing back hard against this assumption.
A Microsoft-backed startup just demonstrated technology that could solve AI’s biggest constraint: power delivery. VEIR’s superconducting system moves massive amounts of electricity with zero energy loss, using cables cooled by liquid nitrogen. This breakthrough comes as AI companies scramble for pow
Companies are moving past the AI hype phase into practical implementation, but new data shows widespread concerns about over-reliance and accuracy. Nearly 40% of tech leaders plan selective AI adoption, while half worry about trusting AI too much. The challenge now is integrating AI without creating
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr says artificial intelligence will transform economies, but outcomes could vary dramatically. He outlined two basic scenarios during his Singapore FinTech Festival speech on Wednesday.
The EU’s first startups commissioner is navigating contentious policies from the AI Act to the proposed 28th corporate regime. Zaharieva calls criticism of the AI Act “propaganda” while advocating for more ambitious European tech policies.
Elon Musk has detailed his financial contributions to OpenAI in new court filings, claiming he gave $38 million including rent payments and four Founder Series Teslas. The disclosure comes amid his ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman over the company’s shift to a for-profit model. Musk all
