Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded Ian Crosby, whose previous startup Bench Accounting famously shut down in 2024 before being bought for scraps, is taking another shot at building a business out of automating the arduous work of bookkeeping. His new startup, Synthetic, aims to build a fully autonomous AI bookkeeper that can generate...

Best Mesh Wi-Fi Routers for 2026Even the best Wi-Fi routers have a hard time sending a signal through walls and floors. If your Wi-Fi is struggling to reach every room in your house, a mesh Wi-Fi system is the best solution for extending the connection. While Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems cost more than $1,000 when they first debuted a couple years ago, we've started to see them come down in price...

Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem The space ambitions of nation states and billionaires alike demand better sources of power, and a new startup founded by two Stanford PhDs may have the answer.  Arinna, founded by CEO Koosha Nazif and CTO Alex Shearer, said Wednesday that it had raised a $4 million seed round to build ultrathin solar panels from a brand new...

AI Arms Race Accelerates With New Models from OpenAI, DeepSeek and Anthropic What you should know about the latest AI models, including DeepSeek's V4, OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7. It's a busy week in the world of AI models, as some of the top artificial intelligence companies roll out their latest updates. Just a week after Anthropic introduced version 4.7 of its Claude Opus...

World leaders to discuss the future of Europe's security in Munich World leaders to discuss the future of Europe's security in Munich Audio will be available later today. World leaders will meet at the Munich Security Conference Friday to discuss the future of Europe's security.