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A Wave of AI M&A Is Coming; The Most Hated AI Startup

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Kevin McLaughlin · Jun 24, 2025 7:00am PDT
Before we get to the column, I’d recommend you check out this story Erin, Rocket and I published on Monday about what sorts of products Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is looking to build. It gives a sneak peek into how Murati plans to catch up with OpenAI and other AI rivals,... Before we get to the column, I’d recommend you check out this story Erin, Rocket and I published...
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Pro Weekly: AI M&A Heats Up

By Akash Pasricha · May 16, 2025 8:00am PDT
One of the most exciting stories in tech lately is just four letters long: AI M&A. On Wednesday, Databricks said it was paying around $1 billion to buy Neon, a database software startup that can be used to develop AI agents. Then, on Thursday, Salesforce said it was buying AI agent developer Convergence. And OpenAI has reportedly been... One of the most exciting stories in tech lately is just four letters long: AI M&A. On...
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AI Agenda

OpenAI Looks To Steal Google’s Thunder; Unicorn AI Marketing Startup Typeface Acquires Consumer Chatbot App

By Stephanie Palazzolo · May 13, 2024 7:00am PDT
Later today, OpenAI is expected to unveil a bunch of new products. For a sneak peek at what could come, you can check out our story from Friday. But the timing of the event is interesting, given that tomorrow is Google’s largest annual developer conference, Google I/O, where that company is also expected to make a slew of AI-related... Later today, OpenAI is expected to unveil a bunch of new products. For a sneak peek at what could...
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Researchers Need to Learn How AI Makes Decisions, Says Goodfire’s Tom McGrath

By Rocket Drew · Oct 12, 2026 5:43pm PDT · 2 comments
To understand the decision-making of AI, developers often look at the text that models produce as they reason through problems. But these “chains of thought” are increasingly hard to read, which is prompting AI developers to consider other approaches. One alternative, known as “mechanistic interpretability,” seeks to explain the inner workings... To understand the decision-making of AI, developers often look at the text that models produce as...