Figure AI's CEO just raised $700 million for his next big bet

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock
Figure AI and Hark CEO Brett Adcock.

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Why Google held back a huge new AI model at its big conference

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks on stage at the company's I/O conference in Silicon Valley
Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks onstage on Tuesday at the company's I/O conference in Silicon Valley.

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OpenAI is racing to go public

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from Google I/O

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Google's AI chief Demis Hassabis.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

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Google isn't releasing its next big AI model yet, drawing groans at its I/O conference

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O 2026.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage at Google I/O on May 19, 2026.

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Google's new AI agent can plan parties while you sleep — and you can keep your laptop shut

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the Silicon Valley trend of leaving laptops ajar.

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Google's latest AI numbers are huge. Here are the stats CEO Sundar Pichai just dropped.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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OpenAI and Anthropic are kicking off a mad cybersecurity dash

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

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I quit Google at 55 after 18 years. I felt pressure to adopt AI too quickly — it was like I aged out of the company.

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Lowrie didn't like the idea of using AI for coding tasks.

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What bank execs are saying AI is doing to their workforces, from 'human assembly lines' to redeployment plans

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Wall Street CEOs Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, and David Solomon.
Wall Street CEOs Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, and David Solomon.

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