Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Meta’s Quiet Pocket App Signals a Bigger Push Into AI-Built Games

Meta’s AI gaming app Pocket lets users build mini games with prompts, signaling a bigger push into social, AI-generated creativity.

Cursor acquisition by SpaceX raises a key AI question: can the coding platform stay open to OpenAI and Anthropic models?

Venice AI raises $65M at a $1B valuation as its privacy-first AI platform grows to 3M users, $70M revenue and its own GPU plans.

SpaceX’s reported AI device prototype could signal a new Musk hardware push, but the AI device market remains crowded and uncertain.

Ashton Kutcher leaves Sound Ventures to launch an AI infrastructure-focused VC firm with Morgan Beller, signaling a shift in AI investing.

Bhavin Turakhia is betting $30M on an AI office suite built from scratch to challenge legacy workplace software and Microsoft Office.

AI dating assistants are moving from date planning to flirtation and breakups, raising new questions about consent, privacy and authenticity.

OKX launches an AI agent marketplace for autonomous payments, reputation and dispute resolution, targeting developers and India.

Riverside is adding newsletter publishing tools, letting users turn recordings into posts and send them from the app.

AI chip startup Etched says it has hit a $5B valuation and $1B in orders as demand for faster, cheaper AI inference grows.