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Does the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.

10 December 2025 at 05:03
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.

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Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive of Intel, has led a venture capital firm since 1987.

Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom

9 December 2025 at 11:31
Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.

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Ben Horowitz, a major A.I. venture capitalist, in 2019. “The clearest sign that we are not actually in a bubble is the fact that everyone is talking about a bubble,” he said.

A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster

4 December 2025 at 11:30
Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done.

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Colin Roberts, left, and Vivek Nair, the founders of Multifactor, an A.I. start-up, fielded interest from more than 250 investors and raised more money than planned.

Beta Will Sell Motors to Another Electric Aircraft Company

2 December 2025 at 09:44
The deal with a company owned by Embraer gives Beta Technologies an additional source of revenue as it develops its own electric aircraft.

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An electric aircraft made by Beta Technologies, a start-up based in Vermont.

The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

20 November 2025 at 20:34
It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.

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OpenAI’s Stargate data center complex in Abilene, Texas.

Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta

19 November 2025 at 18:35
Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.

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Despite Meta’s efforts to reach A.I. “superintelligence,” Yann LeCun has said that large language models will never be smart enough to be considered superintelligent.

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping

18 November 2025 at 17:56
To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta’s antitrust win may change that thinking.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, in September. On Tuesday, a federal judge found Meta had not violated antitrust law by buying Instagram and WhatsApp when they were tiny start-ups.

Russian Humanoid Robot Falls on Its Face in Hyped Debut

The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.

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The first Russian anthropomorphic robot ‘AIDOL’ falls during their unveiling in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday.

Are A.I. Therapy Chatbots Safe to Use?

6 November 2025 at 13:20
Psychologists and technologists see them as the future of therapy. The Food and Drug Administration is exploring whether to regulate them as medical devices.

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Brittany Bucicchia began using an A.I. therapy chatbot after dealing with mental health struggles.

How A.I. Is Transforming Dating Apps

3 November 2025 at 10:20
Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles.

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Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?

Substrate, a San Francisco company, is trying to take on powerhouses like the Dutch company ASML.

Technicians preparing a silicon wafer for test printing at Substrate’s site in San Francisco.

Can a Start-Up Make Computer Chips Cheaper Than the Industry’s Giants?

Substrate, a San Francisco company, is trying to take on powerhouses like the Dutch company ASML.

Technicians preparing a silicon wafer for test printing at Substrate’s site in San Francisco.

Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Theft

22 October 2025 at 16:23
In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.

© Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

Reddit, which went public last year, has banned scraping of its website and charges companies for access to its data.

An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever

20 October 2025 at 12:18
Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection.

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In a year and a half, Starfront Observatories in Rockwood, Texas, has grown from zero telescopes to more than 550.

Renting a San Francisco Apartment in the A.I. Boom? Good Luck.

16 October 2025 at 09:00
The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.

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Roy Lee, Cluely’s chief executive, at his home in Cluely’s office in San Francisco. His start-up has leased apartments for its employees.

Factory Towns Revive as Defense Tech Makers Arrive

Drawn by local talent, cheap labor and state cash incentives, start-ups building the weapons of the future are revitalizing manufacturing in once-vibrant industrial towns.

A worker inspecting a drone at Swarm Defense Technologies’ factory in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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