a16z just backed Othello's $8M bet on real-time AI sales coaching
The startup's AI listens to live sales calls and tells reps what to say next; a16z and Owl Capital are betting it can take on Gong and Salesloft.

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The startup's AI listens to live sales calls and tells reps what to say next; a16z and Owl Capital are betting it can take on Gong and Salesloft.
The Dutch chip-equipment giant's forward order interest signals AI-driven demand for advanced lithography is built to last well past this cycle.
A $14 hobbyist board allegedly taped behind an executive conference room TV has cost an OpenAI engineer his job and his freedom, and it is a wake-up call for every AI company.
The former Neuralink co-founder's retinal implant just hit its first human milestone, and he says it's a stepping stone to a full brain-computer interface.
A former investor alleges the exchange sold crypto derivatives to UK customers without FCA approval. The case could reshape offshore platform risk.
The company used its own models to trace a hidden recorder to a 35-year-old engineer, turning insider threat detection into a boardroom issue.
The company says its models traced a hidden device to a specific employee, leading to an FBI arrest, but the win lands amid a transparency controversy.
Meta's CEO confirms the company poured up to $200B into AI infrastructure on faith, while free cash flow collapsed 91%, a cautionary tale for every AI-spending board.
The e-commerce giant is opening its catalog to all AI agents, not just Meta's Muse, turning agentic commerce into an open battlefield.
Apple's internal distributed GPU cloud pools idle Macs to run AI inference, turning a 10-hour wait into minutes for its teams.
The creator-first buyback hands Witherspoon control of her studio and puts co-founder Seth Rodsky on the board, a signal for talent-led IP.
The chatbot startup's collapse hands Disney a bargain-priced entry into AI characters - and a warning for every company training on copyrighted voices.