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Elon Musk launches xAI, a new AI venture seeking the "true nature of the universe"

TechSpot

xAI started life back in March when Jared Birchall, who operates Musk's family office, incorporated a business with the same name in Nevada, writes Bloomberg. There were reports in April of Musk trying to secure funding from Tesla and SpaceX investors for a new AI startup. We also heard that. Read Entire Article

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New Customer: Crisis Call Center

VisionLink

This is the Crisis Call Center of Nevada, established as an outreach effort of the University of Nevada, Reno, due to the high rates of suicide across the state. We are pleased to welcome another new customer to the VisionLink network.

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Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs

The Verge

Information about Tesla’s next-generation batteries has steadily trickled out over the last year or so thanks to the experts Musk hired and their public works, like patents, academic papers, and university presentations. The group has been funded by Tesla since 2016 , according to Reuters.

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Fintech infrastructure startup Prime Trust raises $100M to add IRAs, crypto staking

TechCrunch

The Las Vegas, Nevada-based company’s latest round is a Series B featuring a mix of existing and new investors including FIS, Fin Capital, Mercato Partners, Kraken Ventures, Commerce Ventures, William Blair & Company, Decasonic, University Growth Fund, Gaingels, GateCap Ventures and Seven Peaks Ventures, the company said.

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Tesla faces criticism of Elon Musk in bid to bring Cybertruck factory to Texas

The Verge

billion tax incentive package the company received for its Gigafactory in Nevada , or the hundreds of millions of dollars SolarCity got for its factory in New York before merging with Tesla. The tax rebates being discussed in Texas are, to date, far less significant than the $1.3

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Two years after Lemon Perfect was spotted in Beyoncé’s limo, the superstar is now a backer

TechCrunch

Hufnagel started the Atlanta-based company in 2017 after a career as a college basketball coach for University of Nevada, Reno. “It was an easy decision to invest in something that not only tastes great and is healthy, but also, and most importantly, allows choosing a healthier lifestyle to be affordable and accessible to everyone.”.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

The test took place on Sunday afternoon at the company’s DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. There are still a lot of safety questions that need to be answered, said Constantine Samaras, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. “A

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