TNWflipped into Startups and technologyNowTesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.verified_publisherTNW - Darius PopaA delivery beat no longer triggers a rally. Rivian's R2 targets the $45,000-$60,000 band where 96% of Tesla's 2025 sales came from. The valuation relies on robotics and autonomy. Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. …
TNWflipped into Sustainability4 hours agoA Korean AI model scores every possible driving path for safety before the car moves. CVPR called it a highlight.verified_publisherTNW - Darius PopaSafeDrive generates several trajectories, scores each for safety, and picks the best. It is already being tested in real vehicles with Korean autonomous driving companies. Most self-driving AI models study how humans drive and try to copy them. They work well in normal conditions but struggle to …
TNWflipped into Startups and technology4 hours agoKai-Fu Lee stopped building AI models and started selling enterprise data infrastructure. Now 01.ai is heading for a Hong Kong IPO.verified_publisherTNW - Ana-Maria StanciucLee conceded the model race after DeepSeek. 01.ai now fine-tunes open-weight models and wraps them in data software for enterprises. Half of its business is outside China. Kai-Fu Lee’s 01.ai is raising a pre-IPO round ahead of a planned Hong Kong listing in 2027, the former Google China chief told …
TNWflipped into Design & Development5 hours agoNeo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI softwareverified_publisherTNW - Ana Maria ConstantinFounded by SentinelOne veterans, Neo inventories, monitors, and enforces policy on AI agents operating inside enterprise applications. Gartner says 40% of apps will be agentic by December. Neo emerged from stealth on Monday with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture …
TNWflipped into Fintech and ecommerce5 hours agoAnduril and Archer unveiled an autonomous attack rotorcraft built on air taxi technology. First flight is planned for 2027.verified_publisherTNW - Ana-Maria StanciucThunder is a Group 5 autonomous tiltrotor designed to multiply the combat power of crewed attack helicopters. Archer will announce commercial customers later this week. Anduril and Archer Aviation unveiled Thunder at the Farnborough International Airshow on Sunday, a Group 5 autonomous attack …
TNWflipped into Sustainability3 hours agoParamount and Warner Bros. merger blocked by temporary restraining order one day before closeverified_publisherTNW - Cristian DinaThe DOJ cleared the deal in June. Twelve state attorneys general say it violates the Clayton Act. The judge cited "compelling evidence" of market concentration. California District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order on the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. …
