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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI's biggest bottleneck isn't compute -- it's memory - TechCrunch

A chip startup secured $135M betting that memory bandwidth, not raw compute, is AI's biggest bottleneck. The company is targeting the memory wall that slows down LLM inference and training.

TechCrunch · 4 min read Hardware

RAG Is Burning Money — I Built a Cost Control Layer to Fix It

Engineer shares a production-ready cost control layer for RAG systems combining semantic caching, query routing, token budgeting, and circuit breaking—cutting LLM costs by 85% without degrading answer quality.

Towards Data Science · 21 min read Tools

We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well

A book claiming to examine AI's impact on truth used AI-generated quotes without disclosure, raising questions about how AI tools are being deployed in publishing and whether authors understand their own tech stack.

Wired AI · 1 min read Community

Exclusive: Microsoft is building a super app that combines coding, chat, and other Copilot AI tools

Microsoft is building a unified Copilot super app combining GitHub Copilot, chat, Cowork, and a new Autopilot agentic workflow under the banner 'Delivering one Copilot,' led by new Copilot chief Jacob Andreou and launching by end of summer. The move addresses customer frustration with scattered AI tools across Microsoft's portfolio.

Fortune · 4 min read Industry

Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI with a record $965 billion valuation and says its ‘Mythos’ AI model is coming soon

Anthropic hit a $965B valuation on a $65B funding round and announced Claude Opus 4.8, but the bigger news: Mythos, a model with advanced coding and vulnerability-finding abilities that could chain exploits into sophisticated cyberattacks, ships to all customers in weeks after months of restricted access.

Fortune · 4 min read Industry

SpaceX Lowers IPO Valuation Target | Bloomberg Tech 5/29/2026

Anthropic closes funding at $965 billion valuation, overtaking OpenAI for the first time. Dell surges on AI hardware outlook beating estimates. SpaceX adjusts IPO valuation downward.

Bloomberg Tech · 1 min read Market

Anthropic Valuation of $965 Billion Passes OpenAI

Anthropic raised $65 billion in a new funding round, pushing its valuation to $965 billion and overtaking OpenAI's valuation for the first time. The deal marks a watershed moment in AI competition and reflects shifting investor sentiment toward the Claude-maker.

Bloomberg Tech · 1 min read Market

Illinois Moves to Become the First State to Mandate AI Safety Audits - Governing

Illinois is poised to become the first state requiring AI safety audits, setting a new regulatory standard that could reshape how companies test and deploy AI systems. The mandate would force developers to assess algorithmic bias, privacy risks, and safety issues before deployment.

Governing · 5 min read Policy