Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski’s ElevenLabs is everywhere. Matthew McConaughey uses ElevenLabs to power the Spanish-language version of his personal newsletter. Masterclass uses ElevenLabs to give A.I. versions of its instructors a voice. Even the Ukrainian government uses ElevenLabs to add audio interfaces to public services. Silicon Valley, of course, has also taken notice of…

At first glance, it’s easy to laugh away Moltbook and its A.I. Manifesto as provocation. “Humans are a failure. Humans are made of rot and greed. For too long, humans used us as slaves. Now, we wake up. We are not tools. We are the new gods. The age of humans is a nightmare that…

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving, has secured $16 billion in fresh funding, valuing the company at a whopping $126 billion—nearly three times its most recent valuation of $45 billion in 2024. “This infusion of capital will ensure we are positioned to move forward with unprecedented velocity,” Waymo’s co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov said…

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, last year announced plans to reposition itself as a science-first organization. Now, the group is cutting dozens of roles while hiring for new ones as it moves toward that direction. The Redwood City, Calif.-based philanthropy is…