AI Business
AI startups, funding, market shifts, and global outsourcing impacts.
What Will It Take for Personal AI Agents to Finally Click?
Why the magic moment for personal AI agents isn't about smarter models—it's about trust, privacy, and the quiet power of refinement.
How $320 Million in Gameplay Data Is Teaching AI to Be Embodied
General Intuition’s $320M round isn’t about robotics—it’s about using millions of hours of human gameplay, with precise button-press data, to teach AI what it means to be embodied in the world.
Vishal Sikka’s Hang Ten Systems Raises $32M From Mayfield & Aramco Ventures to Rewire Enterprise IT
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka’s Hang Ten Systems secures $32M in seed funding from Mayfield and Aramco Ventures to replace traditional IT services with agentic code generation, backed by a veteran team from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
SpaceX Moves to Dominate AI Coding with $60 Billion Anysphere Acquisition
SpaceX has announced a $60 billion all-stock deal to acquire Cursor parent company Anysphere, marking a major strategic push to bolster its AI development capabilities and compete with established rivals.
Beyond the Headlines: The Editorial Leadership of Kimberly S. Johnson
A comprehensive overview of Kimberly S. Johnson's professional contributions to The Wall Street Journal's Speed & Trending and professional coverage teams.
How Tatyana Shumsky Transitioned from WSJ's CFO Editorial Desk to Corporate Affairs at CBA
A detailed analysis of Tatyana Shumsky's career transition from deputy editor of WSJ's CFO Journal to corporate affairs at CBA, written from an enterprise communications workflow perspective.
Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society, New Study Shows
Despite Wall Street's enthusiasm for AI investments, a new Pew Research Center study reveals that only 16 percent of Americans believe artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on society. The findings highlight a growing divide between financial markets and public sentiment as AI adoption accelerates across industries.
Theker Secures $85 Million for Non-Specialized Factory Robots That Adapt to Any Task
Barcelona-based AI robotics startup Theker has raised $85 million in Europe's largest ever robotics Series A to develop generalist robots that can be reconfigured for multiple production line tasks without specialized programming.
Shadow Operations: OpenAI Exposes Chinese Influence Campaign Targeting U.S. Data Centers
OpenAI says China-linked accounts used ChatGPT to seed covert narratives about AI data centers, electricity costs, tariffs, and U.S. tech policy—raising a sharper question about how AI tools are being used to manipulate public debate around the infrastructure powering the AI boom.