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Cursor is raising $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation as AI coding tools become the fastest-growing software category
In short: AI coding startup Cursor (Anysphere) is in talks to raise at least $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and Nvidia, nearly doubling its November 2025 valuation of $29.3 billion. The company has grown from zero to $2 billion ARR in three years – the fastest B2B […]
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No, Janet Jackson Isn’t In the New Michael Movie and Here’s Why
Michael and Janet Jackson shared a close relationship, but she won't be featured in his highly-anticipated biopic. We're breaking down why she's not in the film.
Three more senior executives leave OpenAI as the company kills its side quests
Summary: Three senior OpenAI executives, former CPO Kevin Weil, Sora head Bill Peebles, and enterprise CTO Srinivas Narayanan – departed on the same day as the company shuts down “side quests” including Sora (discontinuing 26 April) and dismantles OpenAI for Science. The exits continue a two-year pattern that has seen only 2 of 11 co-founders […]
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NVIDIA didn’t invest in Xanadu, but it made its CEO a billionaire anyway
Christian Weedbrook, the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies, became a billionaire this week without NVIDIA investing a single dollar in his company. His 46.4 million multiple-voting shares were worth approximately $1.5 billion as of midday Friday, after Xanadu’s stock surged nearly fivefold in six trading sessions. The catalyst was not anything Xanadu […]
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