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- Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech toolsby Marina Temkin on February 5, 2026 at 11:53 pm
The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
- Reddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunityby Sarah Perez on February 5, 2026 at 11:20 pm
During the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together and […]
- AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains highby Rebecca Szkutak on February 5, 2026 at 11:11 pm
AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption.
- Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?by Russell Brandom on February 5, 2026 at 10:43 pm
In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money!
- The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters mostby Kirsten Korosec, Graham Starr on February 5, 2026 at 9:36 pm
The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech — including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin.
- a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers by Julie Bort on February 5, 2026 at 9:28 pm
Andreessen Horowitz VC Jennifer Li, who oversees some of the firm's fastest-growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim […]
- OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its ownby Lucas Ropek on February 5, 2026 at 8:01 pm
The new model is built to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.
- One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattackby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on February 5, 2026 at 7:00 pm
An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome.
- Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centersby Russell Brandom on February 5, 2026 at 6:50 pm
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
- NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moonby Amanda Silberling on February 5, 2026 at 6:29 pm
Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world. Crew-12 is expected to head to the International Space Station next week, while the highly […]
- OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agentsby Rebecca Szkutak on February 5, 2026 at 6:09 pm
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while treating them like human employees.
- Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’by Lucas Ropek on February 5, 2026 at 5:51 pm
The newest version of Anthropic's model is designed to broaden its capabilities and appeal, allowing for a greater variety of uses and customers.