Author: Derek Walsh
Derek Walsh
Derek covers emerging technology and the companies building it, with a background in software engineering.
Nonprofits are preparing for major donations from Anthropic and OpenAI employees ahead of anticipated IPOs. One nonprofit leader says “it’s going to be a wild ride.”
A European TBPN-style live network raised $1.6M from Axel Springer, LadBible, Powerhouse Capital, and OpenAI and DeepMind angels, announcing its biggest expansion yet.
Leatherology’s full-grain leather totes survived months of daily tech hauling. Here’s what held up, what surprised, and what still needs proving.
Cognition acquired Poke, a conversational AI assistant, in a low-nine-figure deal to reshape how its coding agent Devin interacts with developers.
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that score and analyze performance.
A year-long test of home mushroom-growing methods, from countertop kits to bathroom buckets, reveals which approaches fruit and which grow mold.
Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling, a 975B-parameter open source model trained on video and audio, entering competition with Anthropic and OpenAI.
Reed Jobs’s biotech firm Yosemite has grown to 17 people, with AI now central to its work and a wave of patent expirations creating new drug development openings.
ProLogium is building solid-state batteries and a French gigafactory to challenge China’s grip on EV battery supply chains before CATL closes the gap.
A closed-door insurance war game simulated China’s Volt Typhoon hacking US water infrastructure, producing burst mains, hospital evacuations, and unanswered coverage questions.