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Figma stock slumps to lowest since IPO after first earnings report

Figma shares plummeted nearly 20% on Thursday, falling to the lowest price since the design software vendor’s initial public offering in July after the company reported earnings for the first time as a public company. Results for the second quarter were largely in line with expectations, as Figma had issued preliminary results a little over... Read More

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Bret Taylor’s Sierra is the latest billion AI startup

September 4, 2025

Bret Taylor’s Sierra is the latest $10 billion AI startup

Bret Taylor, chairman of the board of directors of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC Bret Taylor’s artificial intelligence startup Sierra has just joined an exclusive club: The company sports... Read More

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September 4, 2025

Should AI Get Legal Rights?

In one paper Eleos AI published, the nonprofit argues for evaluating AI consciousness using a “computational functionalism” approach. A similar idea was once championed by none other than Putnam, though he criticized it later in his career. The theory suggests that human minds can be thought of as specific kinds of computational systems. From there,... Read More

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