Samsung Confirms HBM4E Hits 16 Gbps as Memory Race Accelerates
The number was brief, and the implications were not. Samsung confirmed on Aug. 24 that its HBM4E memory, the next generation of the high-bandwidth chips used in AI processors, has…
Anthropic Launches $35 Million Open-Source Fund and Expands Mythos 5 Access
The announcement on Aug. 24 paired a checkbook with a security update. Anthropic said it is launching a $35 million fund to support open-source AI development, and it expanded access…
Tesla to Open Nevada Semi Factory Next Month
The trucks will start rolling off the line in September. Tesla plans to begin operations at its new electric heavy-truck factory in Nevada next month, according to an Electrek report…
Microsoft AI Marketing Chief Andrea Mallard Departs
The marketing chief of Microsoft’s AI business is leaving. Andrea Mallard, who led marketing for the company’s AI products, including Copilot and the Azure AI platform, has departed, according to…
Intel Unveils Agentic AI Architecture at Hot Chips as x86 Fight Intensifies
The word repeated most often in Intel’s Hot Chips 2026 presentation was not “performance” or “core” but “agent.” Intel, the company that defined the personal computer era and then lost…
AMD Unveils MI400 at Hot Chips as x86 Share Hits Highest Level Since 1995
The presentation at Hot Chips 2026, the annual conference where chip designers show their work, began with architecture diagrams and ended with a market statistic that summed up the industry’s…
General Intuition in Talks to Raise Funds at $6 Billion Valuation
The company trains robots the way children learn: by playing video games. General Intuition, an AI robotics start-up, is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a…
Oura Aims for September IPO Seeking Up to $3 Billion
The pitch to investors is simple: a ring that knows more about its wearer than the wearer does. Oura, the Finnish maker of the smart ring that tracks sleep, heart…
SEC Subpoenas Wall Street Banks Over Collapse of AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness
Over two days at the end of August, subpoenas went out to several of Wall Street’s largest banks. The recipient of the questions was not a bank itself, but a…

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