AI创业

The power line that could reshape New York’s grid

On July 3, as a heat wave swept the region, New York State’s grid imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—enough to meet about 9% of its total electricity demand that day. Some of that power shuttled in on a 339-mile power line stretching from Quebec to Queens called the Champlain H...

Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains what AI start

Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series ...

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator

在内容创作者经济日益细分的今天，一家来自德国的初创公司Passionfroot正试图为B2B（企业对企业）领域的创作者与品牌之间搭建一座更高效的桥梁。这家专注于连接专业创作者与商业客户的市场平台，近日宣布完成了1500万美元的A轮融资，本轮融资由知名风险投资机构Insight Partners领投。这一消息不仅标志着资本市场对B2B创作者经济模式的认可，也揭示了企业营销领域正在经历一场深刻的变革。

Passionfroot的创立源于一个简单但尖锐的洞察：在传统的B2B营销中，品牌往往依赖昂贵的广告投放或与大型行业意见领袖（KOL）的合作，而大量拥有专业知识和垂直影响力的中小型...

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innov

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another layer of innovation that makes them possible: advanced materials. Every new generation...

Etsy陷落：卖家逃离，AI仿品泛滥

Etsy曾以手工市集闻名，但如今平台充斥大规模生产的廉价商品和AI仿冒品，引发身份危机。尽管早期用户失望，财务数据却显示增长，表明新一代消费者更看重性价比和便利性，对“手工”定义更宽容。Etsy的困境反映了小众文化商业化中的“文化悖论”，平台尝试认证标签和AI审核但效果有限。未来，Etsy可能需接受作为“创意商品集市”的模糊定位，在手工与AI共存中寻求生存之道。

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has ...

Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for

苹果公司上周五对OpenAI提起商业秘密诉讼，态度强硬。诉状指控其存在不当行为，甚至涉及OpenAI首席硬件官，并声称超过400名前苹果员工现任职于该公司。OpenAI目前尚未作出回应。

能源IPO创本世纪新高，投资者押注AI电力需求

Energy companies are raising money at IPO at their fastest pace this century, taking advantage of investors’ hunt for new ways to bet on the boom in power-intensive AI data centers. Initial public offerings for energy firms raised $12.6 billion in the first half of this year, according to data firm ...

Why heat pumps are still so hot in the US

It feels as if it should be illegal to even think about heating appliances during the height of summer—seriously, these heat waves in New York have been brutal—but we need to talk about heat pumps. The appliances use electricity for heating, they’re incredibly efficient, and they’re on the rise. ...

石油巨头获2000万美元融资，打造全厂AI模型

在人工智能技术持续渗透传统行业的浪潮中，一家专注于能源领域的初创公司近日获得了资本市场的重磅认可。Applied Computing（应用计算公司）宣布成功完成2000万美元的A轮融资，这笔资金将专门用于开发面向石油、天然气及石化行业的专用基础AI模型。这一动向不仅标志着垂直行业大模型赛道的进一步细分，也预示着传统能源巨头正在加速拥抱人工智能技术以应对转型压力。

据知情人士透露，本轮融资由多家顶级风险投资机构联合参与，但公司并未公开具体投资方名单。Applied Computing的核心战略十分明确——放弃通用人工智能模型的广泛适用性，转而深耕能源领域，打造一个能够理解油气勘...