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The U.S. Air Force will buy data collected by WindBorne Systems‘ fleet of autonomous weather balloons under a new contract that could be worth nearly $50 million to the startup.

When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry. He had seen many e-bike and e-scooter companies fail because of an inability — or an unwillingness — to outsource some of the hardest problems, like logistics, manufacturing, or building a supply chain. He wanted to convince…

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A problem at an LG battery factory caused some parts inside the cells to be installed improperly, which ultimately cost LG $1.9 billion.

The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem: that architecture isn’t predictable the way traditional algorithms are. How can you be sure your brand new humanoid will be safe?

Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its value, according to people familiar with the company.

What happens when AI moves from helping job candidates to evaluating them? HackerRank, a platform used by companies to assess and hire developers, is offering a glimpse at what that future of job interviews could look like with Chakra, an AI agent that conducts interviews, observes candidates as they work, and evaluates not just their…

The scan, co-founded by Spotify’s David Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, uses advanced technology to screen for issues in the blood, skin, and metabolism. The company was founded in Sweden, has raised nearly $1 billion total, and just landed in New York. It has a global waitlist already topping 300,000 people, the company says.

“When will we start flying?” I asked Vessev co-founder and CEO Eric Laakmann, as we pulled away from the Brooklyn marina in the startup’s VS-9 electric ferry. “We already are.”

The Kenyan American engineer previously worked in Google’s cloud computing business before a brief stint at SpaceX’s Starlink communications network in 2024. His experiences convinced him that there was untapped potential for computers in space.

When Nvidia announced on Monday a new consortium of more than 100 companies dedicated to solving rogue AI agents, there was one name notably missing: OpenAI.