It took Slate Auto about seven months to grow its customer list by 50%, but new reservations appear to be outpacing any cancelations.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power
The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device.
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OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation
Chai is building foundation models for drug discovery, specifically to predict interactions between molecules so they could be reprogramed for cures.
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Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models
Nvidia acquired SchedMD, the lead developer of Slurm, and launched the Nemotron 3 family of open source AI models.
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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid
Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
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Creative Commons announces tentative support for AI ‘pay-to-crawl’ systems
The organization offered support for this idea of an AI marketplace, and suggested several guiding principles.
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Ford’s next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as it pivots away from large EVs
The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.
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Lightspeed raises record $9B in fresh capital
The massive fund haul will allow the Silicon Valley firm to continue to invest in cash hungry AI startups.
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Merriam-Webster names ‘slop’ the word of the year
AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took note.
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Google’s ‘dark web report’ feature will no longer be available starting in February
Google has revealed that its “dark web report” feature will be discontinued starting February 16, 2026. Launched initially about a year and a half ago, this tool aimed to help users monitor their personal information on the dark web For some users, the dark web report seemed like a valuable tool, scanning various data breach […]
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First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion helps you build habits
First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speed run, SignalFire, True Global, and other investors.
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Nvidia reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China
After successfully lobbying the Trump administration to approve the sales of its H200 chips to China, Nvidia is now thinking of adding capacity to produce more of the chips.
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Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant
Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software.
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Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem
Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
How iRobot lost its way home
iRobot survived three decades of competition, but couldn't survive European regulators killing its Amazon buyout. Now it's being taken over by its own supplier in bankruptcy court.
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