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Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work
Fusion power’s biggest question remains unanswered: How do you ensure the cost to start the fusion reaction isn’t…
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Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?
Sometimes, it can seem like the AI industry is racing to see who can spend the most money…
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Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric
The Trump administration announced this week the U.S. government would work to build a $11.7 billion stockpile of…
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Apeiron Labs gets $29M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots
Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a large quantity…
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Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips
Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans…
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Gradient’s heat pumps get new smarts to enable old-building retrofits
New York City and others like it are filled with old buildings that are for the most part…
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Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content
A coalition of nonprofits is urging the U.S. government to immediately suspend the deployment of Grok, the chatbot…
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Bye-bye corporate conglomerates. Hello personal conglomerates.
Elon Musk's reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric —…
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HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills
A few years ago, Selina Tobaccowala’s daughter started leaving post-it notes around the house, telling everyone to “turn…
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Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol…