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The open-source AI red-teaming tool used by Fortune 500 companies is now part of OpenAI

OpenAI is acquiring Promptfoo, the AI red-teaming startup used by 125k developers and 30+ Fortune 500 firms, to strengthen ...
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How AI is changing SEO tools: Citation tracking, GEO & AI visibility

AI Mode citations don't match organic rankings. 88% come from YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn. Learn what's actually changing in ...
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Italy’s Mirai Robotics raises $4.2M to build autonomous vessels for the ‘blue economy

Italian startup Mirai Robotics has raised $4.2M to build autonomous maritime vessels and AI surveillance platforms, targeting ...
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Munich’s Telura exits stealth with €4M to make deep geothermal economically viable

Telura has raised €4M to commercialise electro-impulse drilling, a technology that fractures rock with high-voltage pulses ...
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Alphabet handed Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Sundar Pichai has run Google since 2015 and Alphabet since 2019. In that time, the company’s market value has grown from roughly $535 billion to approximately $3.6 trillion. On Friday, Alphabet’s ...
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Augur raises $15m from Plural to turn existing surveillance infrastructure into real-time intelligence

London-based Augur raises $15m from Plural to apply AI to existing cameras and sensors, helping operators detect threats in real time.
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Nscale raises $2bn Series C at $14.6bn valuation

Nscale has raised over $4.5 billion in equity rounds since its Series B in September 2025. That velocity would be remarkable for any company; for one incorporated only in 2024, it is extraordinary.