OpenAI mess exposes the dangers of vendor lock-in for startups

If you looked at OpenAI prior to Friday afternoon, it had everything an enterprise buyer (and, for that matter, an investor) could possibly...

A brief look at the history of OpenAI’s board

Three OpenAI board members stepped down earlier this year within months of each other — yet the startup didn’t line up replacements. One...

Off/Script launches an app to create and buy AI-designed fashion

Founders of a new community-powered product creation platform, Off/Script, are making a huge bet on AI-designed merchandise. Created by Jonathan Brun and Justine Massicotte,...

Amidst OpenAI chaos, Sam Altman’s involvement in Worldcoin is ‘not expected to change’

Sam Altman may have been asked to leave OpenAI, but his involvement in crypto project Tools for Humanity, which is building Worldcoin, remains...

Screenshots show xAI’s chatbot Grok on X’s web app

Shortly after X announced its plans to test a three-tiered subscription service, X owner Elon Musk teased that his new AI chatbot, xAI’s...

3 skills could make or break your cybersecurity career in the generative AI era

Steve Cobb is SecurityScorecard’s chief information security officer (CISO), bringing more than 25 years of leadership consulting surrounding IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, incident response,...

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs raises cash in the midst of OpenAI chaos

One AI startup’s undoing is another’s opportunity. Case in point: today, AI21 Labs, a company developing generative AI products along the lines of OpenAI’s...

Vendelux grabs new capital for B2B event marketing amid in-person resurgence

In-person events are back, baby, and Vendelux’s AI-powered event intelligence platform tells event marketers which important people will be at what event. The company...

EU widens scope of food delivery cartel concerns probe

European Union antitrust regulators have carried out another series of raids on two online food delivery companies headquartered inside the bloc. The Commission hasn’t...

Twelve Below secures $108M across two new funds

Pre-seed and seed companies have a new bucket of capital to go after today. Twelve Below, a New York-based venture capital firm, closed...