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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says he spends up to $200,000 a year on AI tokens

Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, estimates spending between $100,000 and $200,000 a year on AI tokens, the usage credits charged when...

Salesforce agrees to acquire AI startup Cresta for about $2.7 billion

Salesforce has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Cresta, a startup specializing in voice-based customer service automation, for approximately $2.7 billion. Cresta’s platform enables...

Taurus Adds Stellar Smart-Contract Assets to Institutional Custody and Issuance

Taurus announced on October 29 that its Taurus-PROTECT and Taurus-CAPITAL platforms now support Stellar assets based on smart contracts. The development extends the company’s...

OpenAI says 250 million people talk to ChatGPT every week

OpenAI says 250 million people use ChatGPT's voice or dictation features each week, roughly one in five among the 1.2 billion weekly users recorded...

North Korea denies involvement in $6.3B Binance hack, calls FBI claims absurd

North Korea denied involvement in the $6.36 billion crypto theft suffered by Binance on October 29. Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong...

OpenAI hires former defense secretary Mark Esper to expand military AI efforts

OpenAI has hired Mark Esper, the former US secretary of defense, as a strategic adviser for its military artificial intelligence activities. The company had...

North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack, points finger at US

Kim Yo Jong denied that North Korea was involved in the theft of $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, rejecting the FBI's attribution of...

Palantir CFO reports shorter contract durations amid AI adoption

Palantir reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $2.313 billion, up 96% year over year, while customers signed shorter contracts. CFO David Glazer explained that clients...