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Why Nvidia Is Trying To Develop The World’s Best Open-Source AI Models

By Phoebe Liu and Laura Bratton · Aug 11, 2026 6:00am PDT · 2 comments
Nvidia is doubling down on its open-source efforts, pouring investment into an ambitious new in-house AI model that it hopes will drive demand for its hardware—but that could also compete with customers and partners. Nvidia is aiming for the new model, the biggest of a family that it is calling Nemotron 4, to be on par in its performance... Nvidia is doubling down on its open-source efforts, pouring investment into an ambitious new...
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Meta’s AI Incubator Is Developing an OpenRouter Rival to Cut Coding Costs

By Jyoti Mann · Jul 21, 2026 3:36pm PDT
Meta Platforms’ internal incubator for AI-powered products and tools is developing a version of the OpenRouter service that would help cut costs by sending some AI tasks to lower-cost models. The incubator, called AAI Labs, is part of Meta’s Applied AI Engineering team, which Meta set up in March and allows employees to pitch AI-powered products... Meta Platforms’ internal incubator for AI-powered products and tools is developing a version of...
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AI Tokenomics Come For Wall Street

By Meredith Mazzilli · Jul 1, 2026 12:28pm PDT
Financial data companies such as FactSet and Moody’s appear to have made progress reassuring investors that they won’t be replaced by finance-focused AI tools. But investors may have new questions these days around how the uncertainty of AI costs will affect usage of these businesses’ products.Investors were spooked when Anthropic and others... Financial data companies such as FactSet and Moody’s appear to have made progress reassuring...
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Startup That Helps Developers Pick AI Models Nears $1.3 Billion Valuation

By Julia Hornstein, Stephanie Palazzolo and Kevin McLaughlin · Apr 1, 2026 8:24am PDT · 1 comment
As more AI apps and agents shift to using multiple AI models, startups that help developers choose the right ones are gaining traction. In the latest example, OpenRouter, which helps AI app developers access hundreds of models from a single application programming interface, is in talks to raise $120 million in new funding led by one of Alphabet... As more AI apps and agents shift to using multiple AI models, startups that help developers...
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7 Charts That Explain 2024

By The Information Staff · Dec 30, 2024 10:00am PST · 4 comments
In many ways, artificial intelligence defined 2024. Nvidia’s perch as the dominant seller of the graphics processing units that power much of AI propelled it past $3 trillion in market capitalization, making it the world’s second most valuable company as of Dec. 27, trailing only Apple. Despite a growing legion of rivals and would-be... In many ways, artificial intelligence defined 2024. Nvidia’s perch as the dominant seller...
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The Rise of Startups That Help Other Startups Evaluate LLMs

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 19, 2023 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
All but a handful of artificial intelligence startups typically fall into one of two camps.The first group uses a single large-language model, typically OpenAI’s GPT-4, to power their applications. These startups, which have often raised millions in venture capital, usually say, “If you’ve got the cash, why not use the top-of-the-line model?”But... All but a handful of artificial intelligence startups typically fall into one of two camps.The...