Slate Names New CEO Months Before Launching Its Cheap EV Truck
Just months before it’s set to launch its roughly $25,000 electric pickup truck, Slate Auto has a new CEO. Peter…
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‘Fertile ground’: How an OSU professor built one of Oregon’s most valuable startups – Philomath News
Jonathan Hurst is the co-founder and chief robot officer of Agility Robotics, a startup that began at Oregon State University…
AWS spotlights 50 early-stage startups shaping the future of education technology through the GSV Cup | Amazon Web Services
From a student receiving algebra advice with an AI tutor to a mid-career professional reskilling for a new industry, the…
I work at Meta as a machine learning engineer. Here’s how I leveraged my startup and Amazon experience to land the role.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Saurabh Khandelwal, a 28-year-old machine learning engineer at Meta, based in…
Anthropic investors grow frustrated with CEO after feds ban AI startup
Some Anthropic investors are growing frustrated with CEO Dario Amodei’s combative stance toward the Trump administration — even as as…
AI will replace some jobs but create new ones, Amazon CEO says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that AI will reduce the need for human workers in certain roles but will also…
Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options | TechCrunch
Amazon is introducing a new feature that will allow users to change the personality of its AI assistant, Alexa+. On…
New-age cos deliver; AI Summit sparks capital push
Happy Tuesday! New-age tech firms reported strong December quarter results. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. Also in…
Rivian’s Electric Van Is Finally Getting Big Updates
Rivian’s electric van will get two big updates. The California startup said it’s working on a bigger battery pack and…
Amazon’s Rivian Electric Van Fleet Jumped 50% In 2025
Rivian significantly increased the number of electric van deliveries to Amazon last year. The e-commerce giant’s Rivian EDV fleet jumped…
We left Amazon to build an AI startup. RTO helped make our decision.
Nicole Landis Ferragonio and Joe Luchs first met more than a decade ago in New York City through mutual friends.…
Amazon plans AI content marketplace for publishers: report
Amazon is reportedly developing a new marketplace where publishers can sell their content to companies building artificial intelligence products, according…
Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film production in March
Amazon is set to begin testing a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed for film and television production in…
Big Tech’s AI spending war; PB Fintech shelves QIP plan
Big Tech stocks tumble amid AI spending pledges despite strong quarterly earnings. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.…
Amazon layoffs’ NZ impact; Spark nears satellite launch; AI startup raises $2.3m to address teacher burnout – Tech Insider
Amazon’s local operation – which centres on its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud operation – given its lack of a…
Indian Startup News on Instagram: “AI startup Perplexity has signed a three-year agreement worth about $750 million with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services, according to a Reuters report. Under the deal, Perplexity will run a range of AI models through Microsoft’s Foundry program, including systems from OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI, the report said. Perplexity is backed by Nvidia, whose chips are widely used to train and deploy advanced AI models. A Microsoft spokesperson told Reuters that Perplexity has chosen Microsoft Foundry as its primary AI platform for model sourcing under a new multi-year agreement. The spokesperson added that Perplexity has not shifted spending away from Amazon Web Services, the startup’s main cloud provider, as part of the Microsoft deal. #AI #perplexity #microsoft #indianstartupnews”
AI startup Perplexity has signed a three-year agreement worth about $750 million with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud services,…
I helped create Alexa, then quit Amazon. Here’s why, despite being proud of what we built.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Tunstall-Pedoe, 56, a founder and CEO. Amazon’s acquisition of his…
Amazon Pay isn’t chasing UPI anymore; it’s chasing your savings
For years, Amazon Pay was viewed largely as a payments appendage to Amazon’s e-commerce ecosystem, essentially a convenient checkout option…