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James is a writer and analyst at AI Insider covering the AI startup ecosystem, applied AI, and enterprise deployments. He writes articles on AI designed to be accessible to a general audience while still useful to specialists. James also contributes to The Quantum Insider across the Resonance group of publications, giving him a cross-vertical perspective on emerging deep-tech sectors.
As a tech journalist and author, James has covered AI developments and quantum computing companies across multiple publications including AI Insider, The Quantum Insider, HackerNoon, and others. He brings a breadth of coverage spanning emerging technology sectors and a consistent focus on making complex topics clear and readable.
Every forecast for AI compute demand written in the last two years has turned out to be too conservative within months of publication. Data centers,
Google has announced a new interactive button that publishers can embed directly on their websites, allowing readers to mark a site as a favorite source
A new Pew Research study released Thursday found that over one-third of web pages published since ChatGPT’s late 2022 release showed signs of AI authorship,
Meta announced a new Mac application for Meta AI featuring system-wide dictation and screen-context awareness powered by its Muse Spark model, joining similar tools from
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — STRGY AI Oy, the Helsinki-based startup building StrategyOS, announced it has raised €1M in angel funding, backed by a private
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Skan AI, the context graph of work for enterprise AI, announced $63 million in funding co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell Technologies
Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was acquiring OpenRouter, with sources telling the New York Times the deal was valued at $7.5 billion. The price
SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, as the company works to close the AI gap
Blacksmith raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners, valuing the company at $550 million, a steep rise from the $60 million
Italy’s AI scale-up scene is anchored in Lombardy, with Milan alone home to four of the ten companies on this list, but the range of
Growing public unease about AI is beginning to translate into political and financial pressure, according to a series of recent reports. Axios reported that the National Republican
Google announced a broad set of new AI-powered study features across Search and Gemini, including interactive visuals, 3D simulations, customized practice quizzes, and a dedicated
Multiple security researchers reported losing access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber program, which grants vetted researchers reduced-restriction access to advanced AI models for legitimate
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Axle, the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance, announced $17.5M in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners. The round included continued
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Corma, the first frontier AI lab for defensive cybersecurity, announced $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, alongside
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