FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Positron AI raised $875M total to build memory-focused inference chips and is targeting hyperscalers with plans to tape out this year

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• OpenAI intern connects Astra to a $200 robot arm to paint, signaling a coming DIY robotics boom
• Veteran tech journalist Alex Heath joins Sound Ventures as a partner, launching a podcast and staying bullish on personal agents

COMMENTARY

• AI 2040's concrete plan to slow down AI: chip counts, 1 Mbps data pipes, and Faraday cages
• Bernie Sanders proposes 20-year prison sentences and corporate death penalty for AI superintelligence developers
• Fruitfly brain simulation raises moral questions about digital consciousness and DIY robotics