Month: July 2025
112 posts
VC Victor Lazarte is leaving Benchmark to launch his own firm
Lazarte has only been at Benchmark for two years. He backed startups like Mercor, HeyGen, and Decart AI.
Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects
Intel canceled multiple manufacturing projects in Europe and delayed its Ohio chip plant for the second time this…
Sundar Pichai is ‘very excited’ about Google Cloud’s OpenAI partnership
The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would…
A troubled SPAC plans to buy iRocket for $400M but it already returned most of its cash
iRocket is aiming to hit the public markets but the SPAC vehicle has hardly any cash left.
YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion
YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.
Google’s AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India
Google shared new stats about its AI features’ adoption during its Q2 earnings.
Tesla profits pulled down by falling EV sales and regulatory credits
Tesla saw a 17% growth in its services business, but it was not enough to close the gap…
Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers
Researchers say Apple sent out threat notifications to several Iranians in recent months, saying their iPhones had been…
Amazon acquires Bee, the AI wearable that records everything you say
Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup Bee, which makes a bracelet and an Apple Watch app that…
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
OpenAI was the customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.