ServiceNow to buy Moveworks for $2.85B to grow its AI portfolio
ServiceNow said on Monday that it has agreed to acquire Moveworks, which develops enterprise-focused automation and AI tools.
ServiceNow will pay $2.85 billion for Moveworks in a mix of cash and stock. The former expects the deal to close in the second half of 2025. Bloomberg reported the deal lat
Nirvana keeps on truckin' with $80M at $830M valuation for its AI-powered insurance
As the U.S. trucking industry gears up for the negative impacts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, a startup building a new kind of trucking insurance has raised some money to grow and help truckers weather the changes.
Nirvana, an AI-based
Rocket Companies to acquire Redfin for $1.75B
Redfin is being acquired in an all-stock transaction that values the real estate listing platform at $1.75 billion.
The acquiring company is Rocket Companies, a Detroit, Michigan-based finance and real estate holding firm that owns various brands, including Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Money (formerly
Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech
The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest there was any doubt.
“Modern conservation isn’t w
Tammy Nam joins AI-powered ad startup Creatopy as CEO
Creatopy, a startup that uses AI to automate the creation of digital ads, has brought on a new CEO: Tammy Nam.
Nam was previously COO and CMO at photo-editing startup Picsart, and before that the CEO of video streamer Viki. She told technewss via email that Creatopy was looking for a U.S.-based e
Musk may still have a chance to thwart OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
Elon Musk lost the latest battle in his lawsuit against OpenAI this week, but a federal judge appears to have given Musk — and others who oppose OpenAI’s for-profit conversion — reasons to be hopeful.
Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which also names Microsoft and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments
The U.S. Department of Justice is still calling for Google to sell its web browser Chrome, according to a Friday court filing.
The DOJ first proposed that Google should sell Chrome last year, under then-President Joe Biden, and it seems to be sticking with that plan under the second Trump admini
Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team web page
Google has quietly updated the web page for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of “diversity” and “equity.”
A previous version of the page
Judge allows authors’ AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward
A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit.
In Kadrey vs. Meta, authors — including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates — have alleged that Meta has violated their intellectual property righ
Week in Review: OpenAI could charge $20K a month for an AI agent
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we're looking at OpenAI potentially charging $20,000 a month for a specialized AI agent, the unexpected return of early-internet darling Digg, a company genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like fur, and more! Let's do this.
OpenAI could ch
Chevy Silverado EV vs. Rivian R1T: How two EVs handled the iconic Mint 400 off-road race
Something special went down in the desert outside of Las Vegas this weekend: Two EVs took on the Mint 400 for the first time.
Since the Mint 400 launched back in 1969, vehicles in this iconic desert endurance race have been powered by dead dinosaurs. Spectators and race participants alike are used
5 devices to help ease your smartphone addiction
The downsides of doomscrolling and screen addiction are well documented, but while many of us would like to spend less time glued to a smartphone, it’s easier said than done.
Much has been written about the so-called dumbphone revival, where individuals regain some respite from pings and pus
Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms
Investor interest in AI coding assistants is exploding.
Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, is in talks with venture capitalists to raise capital at a valuation of nearly $10 billion, Bloomberg reported.
The round, if it transpires, would come about thr
SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to
technewss will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in Austin — in search of the zeitgeist of this AI-centric era.
Yup, we’re one sentence in and AI has already made its entrance. And why not? A quick scan of the mass