Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Cursor Targets India With Cheaper AI Coding Plan as SpaceX Deal Nears Close

Cursor launches India pricing for developers with a cheaper ₹649 plan as its user base grows and SpaceX acquisition nears closure.

Safe Superintelligence lands a Nvidia partnership to expand compute and accelerate its safety-first AI research.

Autonomous Key is a $9 app blocker key that uses NFC to lock distracting apps until you scan it again.

Enigma raises $70M to rethink robot control with a public experiment testing how people want to communicate with AI robots.

Encord is testing brain waves and muscle sensors to solve the physical AI data bottleneck for robots. Here’s why the bet matters.

Moonshot AI’s Kimi has reignited the Chinese AI debate in Washington, raising questions about competition, safety, and who benefits from regulation.

Prentis, a computer-use AI lab backed by Hoffman and Pincus, is seeking $100M at a $1B valuation amid fierce agent competition.

Cognition bought Poke to add AI personality to Devin, betting conversational style and persistence will matter as much as model power.

Midjourney acquisition of Co-Star signals a bigger consumer-app push, bringing the astrology app’s team and 4.3 million users into the AI lab.

Bluesky’s AI assistant expands with Quests, turning the Bluesky AI assistant into a research tool for trends, accounts and network activity.