These 2 Veteran Founders Raised $15 Million to Fight Wildfires With Precision-Guided Tech

Prime Minute is applying AI and military-grade strategy to disaster response, starting with wildfires.

Prime Minute is applying AI and military-grade strategy to disaster response, starting with wildfires.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted New York’s new pause on AI data center development, arguing the state is turning away one of the biggest economic opportunities of the AI boom. “One of the biggest Driving Forces in the Future for Jobs, are Data Centers,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, calling the facilities “Money Machines”…
Etched, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm that designs chips, racks, software, and manufacturing methods that aim to provide best-in-class throughput, latency, cost, and power efficiency, reported yesterday that it had raised $700 million at a valuation of $21 billion. The funding round was led by financial trading firm Jane Street. Other investors included Kleiner Perkins,…
Consumers already use the world’s largest real-time payments system for groceries and essentials, but AI agents could soon assume the heavy lifting for routine transactions on India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI). According to Reuters, India is developing the Unified Agent Protocol to facilitate agentic commerce on UPI. The framework could incorporate existing elements like UPI…
Sam Altman, the billionaire CEO of OpenAI, spends his days at the center of the AI revolution—but when it comes time to unwind, he’s just like millions of Americans who enjoy scrolling through TikTok before bed. “I happen to like short-form video,” Altman said this week in conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. “I happen…
A New York state court has refused to throw out a major lawsuit targeting the company behind the popular Zelle payment service, allowing claims of widespread consumer fraud to move forward. The ruling represents a significant setback for Early Warning Services, the operator of Zelle, in a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia…
Cotton futures saw weakness extend to Friday, with contracts closing down 62 to 89 points on the day, with December down 291 points this week. Crude oil was up another $3.50 per barrel, with the US dollar index up 0.011. Friday afternoon’s Commitment of Traders report showed managed money spec funds in cotton futures and…