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• Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43 billion of holdings in startups #Tech #AI #Startups

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  May 20, 2026

• Musk's xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it's buying $2.8B more. #Tech #AI #Business

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  May 20, 2026

• Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25 billion per month for compute #AI #Startups #CloudComputing

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  May 20, 2026

• Sam Altman makes 'mic drop' offer to every Y Combinator startup #Startups #Venture #Tech

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  May 20, 2026

• You don't need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it. #Startups #VentureCapital #AI

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  May 20, 2026

• The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived #Tech #SpaceX #Finance

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  May 20, 2026

• Microsoft's carbon removal plans aren't dead after all #Tech #Climate #Sustainability

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  May 20, 2026

• OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem -- for real this time #AI #OpenSource #Science

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  May 20, 2026

• IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed #AI #Startups #Tech

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  May 20, 2026

• Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe #Tech #Automotive #AI

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  May 20, 2026

• Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support #Tech #AI #Hospitality

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  May 20, 2026

• Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams #Tech #Startup #Mobile

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  May 20, 2026

• Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind #EV #Automotive #GlobalMarket

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  May 20, 2026

• OpenAI barrels towards IPO that may happen in September #AI #Startups #Finance

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  May 20, 2026

• Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point #Tech #Startup #Business

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  May 20, 2026

• Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information #Security #Privacy #TechNews

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  May 20, 2026

• Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI #AI #Tech #Business

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  May 20, 2026

• AI search startups are blowing up #AI #Startups #Tech

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  May 20, 2026

• Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create six-minute songs #AI #Music #AudioTech

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  May 20, 2026

• Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in one week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups ends May 27 #Startups #Tech #Venture

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  May 20, 2026

• NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead #Startups #AI #Funding

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  May 20, 2026

• GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #TechNews

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  May 20, 2026

• Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas #AI #Design #Tech

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  May 20, 2026

• Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind #Startups #Technology #Maritime

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  May 20, 2026

• 'Ask YouTube' brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts #AI #Tech #Video

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  May 20, 2026

• Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user #Security #Tech #Communication

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  May 19, 2026

• Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem #DefenseTech #Startups #Innovation

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  May 19, 2026

• From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing #AI #Cybersecurity #Startups

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  May 19, 2026

• Elon Musk said Sam Altman "stole" a non-profit -- but the trial showed he had similar aims #Tech #AI #Startup

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  May 19, 2026

• Google takes a page out of Meta's book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses #Tech #AI #Hardware

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  May 19, 2026

• Google's Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• How to use Google's new information agents #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• Google Search as you know it is over #Tech #AI #Search

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  May 19, 2026

• Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• Google's Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video -- and that's just the start #AI #Tech #Video

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  May 19, 2026

• Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• OpenAI is making it easier to check if an image was made by their models #AI #OpenSource #Tech

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  May 19, 2026

• Google's AI now lets you talk to your Gmail inbox #AI #Tech #Google

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  May 19, 2026

• Google's AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes #AI #Android #Startup

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  May 19, 2026