18 July 2025
Topic: Companies And Business
Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI
Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete with OpenAI in the next phase of AI adoption....
TL;DR
Perplexity, a search-focused AI startup, is expanding into India by partnering with Bharti Airtel, leveraging the country's large user base to catch up with OpenAI in the AI market.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Perplexity saw a 600% increase in downloads in India, reaching 2.8 million in Q2 of this year.
- The startup is offering a free 12-month subscription to 360 million Airtel subscribers, positioning itself for mass-market scale.
- Perplexity's monthly active users in India increased by 640% year-over-year in Q2, while ChatGPT's MAUs grew by 350%.
Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices - Reuters
Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News...
TL;DR
Perplexity is in talks with phone makers to pre-install the Comet AI mobile browser on devices.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Perplexity aims to increase user adoption and market share in the mobile browser space.
- The pre-installed Comet AI mobile browser could provide a competitive edge for device makers.
- Details of the talks and potential agreements are expected to emerge in the coming weeks and months.
Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted
Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops....
TL;DR
A startup called Pig.dev abandoned its work on AI agentic tech for Windows desktops, pivoting to Muscle Mem, a cache system for AI agents that can offload repeatable tasks.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- Pig.dev's pivot highlights the ongoing challenges of developing agentic tech for computer use, one of the 'last mile' hurdles in AI adoption.
- Two key startups, Pig.dev and Browser Use, are tackling the computer use problem, but their approaches have faced difficulties and pivots.
- Microsoft is also working on its own agentic tools, including an announcement about computer use tech in Copilot Studio for Windows graphical user interfaces.
AI CapEx Is Eating the Economy
Article URL: https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44609130 Points: 56 # Comment...
TL;DR
AI datacenter spending is a massive stimulus program, potentially explaining why the US economy is less concerned about tariffs and uncertainty.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- AI datacenter spending is now around 20% of peak railroad spending as a percentage of GDP in the 19th century and is still rising quickly.
- The redirected capital spending is coming primarily from six sources: internal cash flows, debt issuance, equity, venture capital/private equity, special purpose vehicles, and cloud consumption commitments.
- This spending has unintended consequences, including starving other infrastructure of money, leading to large-scale layoffs, and driving the price-earnings multiples of public AI 'plays' to soar.
Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules - politico.eu
Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules politico.euMeta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach that will stunt growth CNBCMeta Sa...
TL;DR
Meta, led by Joel Kaplan, has declined to sign the EU's code of practice for general-purpose AI, citing legal uncertainties and overreach.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- The code of practice is a voluntary tool aimed at instructing companies on how to comply with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, but Meta fears it introduces legal uncertainties.
- Meta joins Google in warning that the EU's AI law risks hurting European innovation and growth, calling the code a 'step in the wrong direction'.
- Companies that sign up for the rules will benefit from more legal certainty and reduced administrative burden, but may face closer scrutiny from the Commission otherwise.
A $50 million fund to build with communities
OpenAI is launching an initial $50 million fund that supports nonprofit and community organizations, informed by the independent OpenAI Nonprofit Comm...
TL;DR
OpenAI is launching a $50 million fund to support nonprofit and community organizations, as recommended by their Nonprofit Commission report.
Key Takeaways:
Key Takeaways:
- OpenAI established a $50 million fund for nonprofits
- The fund is based on recommendations from OpenAI's Nonprofit Commission
- This initiative aims to support community organizations informed by the commission's report
Anthropic expanding data processing to include infrastructure in multi regions
OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Agents - Will They Kill Other Agent Startups?
Nvidia and AMD purposefully keeping consumer GPU VRAM low
TechCrunch - Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users
We now have an AI copyright lawsuit that is a class action
ChatGPT-Agent is a bigger release/will have a bigger impact than GPT-5. Mark my words.
OpenAI Quietly Turns to Google to Stay Online | The most powerful artificial intelligence company in the world just admitted it needs help from one of its biggest rivals to stay afloat.
Cluely’s new AI agent now replaces your entire support team. No joke.
Is Claude pricing broken ?
Was agent actually released?