Waymo’s robotaxis stalled, snarled traffic, and drove into fireworks on July 4
Waymo robotaxis experienced multiple failures during July 4th celebrations in San Francisco, including vehicles running out of charge, creating hours of traffic congestion, and one car driving over a lit firework that caused a fire. The incidents occurred across the holiday weekend as numerous driverless vehicles stalled in gridlock following the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks display.
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Databricks raised $5 billion in funding at a $190 billion valuation, representing a 42% increase in six months. The company has achieved a revenue run-rate exceeding $7 billion with year-over-year growth above 80%.
Anthropic’s $2trn IPO is priced below what AI stocks already fetch
Anthropic investors project the company could reach a $2 trillion valuation in an autumn initial public offering, exceeding SpaceX's $1.77 trillion IPO valuation from June. Anthropic has not confirmed any listing plans or valuation figures itself.
DeepSeek built a Claude Code rival, then quadrupled its prices
DeepSeek increased API prices for DeepSeek-V4-Pro from $0.87 to $3.96 per million output tokens at peak rates starting August 16, while V4-Flash prices rose from $0.28 to $1.32. Off-peak rates were set at half the peak price for both models.