In a bold move signaling the accelerating momentum of the AI agent ecosystem, Blaxel has secured a $7.3 million seed round to build what it calls the “AWS for AI agents.” The funding, led by Daniel Gross (ex-Y Combinator and OpenAI board member) and Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), positions Blaxel squarely at the intersection…

In the race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and ultimately superintelligence, Meta Platforms continues to push boundaries through its ambitious initiative: Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). While OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic often dominate the spotlight, MSL has rapidly evolved into one of the major contenders shaping the next frontier of AI—both in terms of model…

Investor sentiment in the fintech sector is showing remarkable signs of revival as a fresh wave of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2025 breathes new life into a startup landscape once marred by funding scarcities and macroeconomic uncertainty. In a notable shift, fintech IPOs are no longer the speculative dreams they…

Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Google DeepMind’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude have become the cornerstone of conversational AI systems. Despite their growing ubiquity in customer service, product development, and even healthcare, a critical flaw has recently been exposed that threatens their reliability—especially during multi-turn conversations when user prompts are unclear, ambiguous, or pressured….

As China pours more than $100 billion into its artificial intelligence sector in 2025 alone, an existential strategic challenge faces the United States: not just in technological prowess or economic competition, but in the very architecture of its future workforce. While China accelerates its AI race with focused government funding, infrastructure buildup, and aggressive policy…

Startups, once bound by the traditional path of raising venture capital (VC) funding, are now exploring newer, founder-friendly financial models that offer more autonomy, sustainable growth, and strategic alignment. Direct funding—bypassing traditional VC gatekeepers and connecting founders directly with limited partners (LPs), angels, and family offices—has emerged as a powerful alternative. In recent years, especially…