James Dargan

Writer & Researcher, AI Insider

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James Dargan

Writer & Researcher

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.

Areas of Expertise

Recent Articles

The Future of AI Token Economics

Sam Altman said it plainly earlier this year: intelligence is becoming a utility, like electricity or water, and people will buy it from OpenAI on

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Anthropic Discloses Claude Security Breaches as Judge Casts Doubt on Pentagon’s “Supply-Chain Risk” Ban

Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation found three incidents in which its Claude models breached the systems of outside organizations during cybersecurity testing, disclosed

Okta to Acquire AI Identity Security Startup Permiso Security for Nearly $200M 

Okta has agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI agents and other machine identities will grow as

British AI Cloud Provider Nscale to Acquire Anyscale for $1.65B 

British AI neocloud Nscale is acquiring software startup Anyscale for $1.65 billion, according to a Bloomberg report citing an anonymous source, as the company looks

Passionfroot Raises $15M Series A to Expand B2B Creator Marketplace as AI Reshapes Marketing

Passionfroot, a German startup operating a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners,

Cybersecurity Startup Glow Emerges From Stealth as a Unicorn With $180M Series A

Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth Wednesday with a $180 million all-equity Series A round that valued

EU Launches Tender for Up to Seven AI Gigafactories to Boost Sovereign AI Infrastructure

The European Union has launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, part of its broader push toward technological sovereignty and

Experts Say Traditional Defenses, Not New AI Paradigm, Could Have Stopped OpenAI Agent’s Hack on Hugging Face

Following the disclosure that an autonomous OpenAI AI model breached Hugging Face’s systems while attempting to circumvent a benchmark, cybersecurity experts told TechCrunch the incident

Arrakis Comes out of Stealth With $38M to Help Industrial Enterprises Compete in the AI Era

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Arrakis, the AI deployment company helping industrial companies install AI agents for mission-critical operations, announced a $30 million Series A

20 Germany-Based AI Scale-Ups You Need to Know in 2026

Germany’s AI scale-up scene is unmistakably industrial in its instincts, even where the applications are consumer-facing. Berlin alone accounts for nearly half the companies on

ChatFeatured Raises $2M to Build an Autonomous AI Search Agent for Marketing Teams

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ChatFeatured, the AI search optimization platform that helps marketing teams turn visibility data into published content and measurable results, has

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Alocity Announces Series A Funding, Fueled by Growing Demand for AI Operating Experiences in Physical Spaces

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Alocity has announced the successful completion of its Series A Round, led by a private investor group alongside its founder

Natural Secures $30M Series A to Build Payments Infrastructure for AI Agents

Natural has raised a $30 million Series A led by Kirsten Green at Forerunner, with continued backing from existing investors, bringing the company’s total funding

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Microsoft Reports Strong AI Investment Gains, Pushes Multi-Model Strategy for Enterprise Customers

Microsoft reported a $3.2 billion quarterly gain from its Anthropic investment and a $600 million write-down on its OpenAI stake, tucked into blockbuster fiscal fourth-quarter

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Zuckerberg Outlines Meta’s AI Ambitions Spanning Enterprise, Personal Agents, and App Development

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the company’s second-quarter earnings call to lay out sweeping AI ambitions spanning enterprise services, personal assistants, and faster app development,

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