Travis Kalanick says ‘Masa money’ was ‘easy’ and ‘too loose’ during SoftBank’s hyper-funding eraKalanick, who raised billions for Uber himself amid SoftBank’s aggressive 2017 investment spree, contrasted this with his own stealth appro...
16 Mar, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
Meta shares jump on report company slashing VR spendingShares in Meta rose sharply on Thursday following a report that the Facebook parent company is significantly cutting back on virtual realit...
04 Dec, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
OpenAI awards $40.5 million to a wide range of nonprofits under new foundation structureOpenAI promised to grant out $50 million in July in response to the recommendations of an advisory commission they convened to offer feedba...
04 Dec, 2025, 08.08 AM IST
OpenAI awards $40.5 million to a wide range of nonprofits under new foundation structureThis is the first wave of donations since the maker of ChatGPT rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October. The company has...
03 Dec, 2025, 09.38 PM IST
Alibaba’s main AI app debuts strongly in effort to rival ChatGPTAlibaba's Qwen app has seen a massive surge, crossing 10 million downloads post-relaunch, signaling a strong contender against OpenAI's Cha...
24 Nov, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
Canva’s bullish on India; Ola’s revenue fallsIndia may emerge as Canva’s largest market within three to five years, cofounder and chief product officer Cameron Adams told ET. This and ...
13 Feb, 2025, 07.44 PM IST
Musk’s $97.4 billion offer for OpenAI; Peak XV’s exitsA consortium led by Elon Musk has made an audacious $97.4 billion bid for the non-profit overseeing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. This and more in ...
11 Feb, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
Meet the India origin techie who bought 'chat.com' and sold it to ChatGPTDharmesh Shah, the Indian-origin co-founder and CTO of HubSpot, sold the domain name chat.com to OpenAI for over $15 million. Shah had init...
07 Nov, 2024, 07.15 PM IST
OpenAI hires former Pebble CEO Gabor Cselle for 'secret project'Sam Altman-run OpenAI has hired Gabor Cselle, former CEO and co-founder of X (formerly Twitter) rival Pebble, to work on a "secret project".
04 Nov, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
Sam Altman's rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto projectWorld Network, which is facing scrutiny over its data collection, introduced a new version of its orb iris-scanning device at an event in S...
18 Oct, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
Google search monopoly US case remedies to come by DecemberThe U.S. Department of Justice will outline by December what Alphabet's Google must do to restore competition after a judge found it monopo...
07 Sep, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
Elon Musk is hiring techies for Tesla and xAI, the startup that aims to ‘understand the Universe’Elon Musk announced that Tesla and xAI are hiring network engineers and technicians through a post on X. He previously criticized MBAs for ...
16 Jul, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
AI search startup Genspark raises $60 million in seed round to challenge GoogleThe funding is led by Singapore-based fund Lanchi Ventures and valued the startup, currently without revenue, at $260 million. Lanchi Ventu...
19 Jun, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
Google brings Gemini AI models to enterprise toolsGoogle introduces Gemini for Google Workspace, offering lower-priced plans for artificial intelligence tools. It aims to compete with Micro...
21 Feb, 2024, 09.04 PM IST
Microsoft rolls out AI-powered Copilot app for AndroidThe Copilot app on Android is similar to ChatGPT, with access to chatbot capabilities, image generation through DALL-E 3, and the ability t...
27 Dec, 2023, 01.13 PM IST
Twitter replaces iconic bird logo with "X" as Elon Musk's influence deepens; X-men memes go viralTwitter has replaced its iconic blue bird logo with a white 'X' as its new official logo following Elon Musk's takeover of the platform. Mu...
27 Jul, 2023, 02.28 PM IST
Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine BingMicrosoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google...
08 Feb, 2023, 12.57 AM IST