Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce 

The startup, Monaco, has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan.

Predictive AI Thrives, Despite GenAI Stealing The Spotlight

GenAI and predictive AI battle for resources, but even as the overwhelming attention focuses on genAI, enterprises are still adopting predictive AI just as much.

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How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project
How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project

Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta’s biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction has thrown the small agricultural community in North Louisiana into the spotlight as a high-profile example of how the infrastructure behind generative AI could impact nearby residents. For […]

Meridian raises $17 million to remake the agentic spreadsheet

A new company called Meridian.AI has emerged from stealth with an IDE-based approach to agentic financial modeling.

T-Mobile will live translate regular phone calls without an app
T-Mobile will live translate regular phone calls without an app

T-Mobile is preparing to test a new AI feature that translates live phone calls into more than 50 languages. Live Translation is launching in beta “this Spring,” according to a press release, with registration for eligible T-Mobile customers available starting today. “Some of the biggest barriers wireless customers face are the simplest ones – like […]

Pushing Deeper Into AI Music Creation With Mozart AI

Mozart AI raises $6 million led by Balderton Capital as the music creation startup launches a mobile app and scales its AI powered audio workstation for artists and producers.

Uber Eats adds AI assistant to help with grocery shopping
Uber Eats adds AI assistant to help with grocery shopping

Uber announced a new AI feature called “Cart Assistant” for grocery shopping in its Uber Eats app. The new feature works a couple different ways. You can use text prompts, as you would with any other AI chatbot, to ask it to build a grocery list for you. Or you can upload a picture of […]

‘Shut up and focus on the mission’: Tech workers are frustrated by their companies’ silence about ICE
‘Shut up and focus on the mission’: Tech workers are frustrated by their companies’ silence about ICE

Keep your head down. Compartmentalize. Don’t make trouble. That’s what many tech workers are taking their CEOs’ strategic silence to mean, amid an immigration crackdown across the US by the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Widespread violence by federal agents has sparked protests in Minneapolis and across the country. One month after an ICE […]

The Real Truth About The Upsides And Downsides Of Generative AI As A Mental Health Advisor

Most discussions about AI that’s used for mental health is tilted to one side or the other, either its good or its bad. The full story is a tradeoff. An AI Insider scoop.