Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush” marches on. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Landmark $211M tax-break deal could trump SpaceX’s deal in South Texas
Following SpaceX’s arrival in 2014, another large technology company is eyeing South Texas, once known as the poorest area in Texas. Read: Read More
El Paso News Recall Against Cynthia Boyer Trejo Launched
This article was updated to correct an error in the numbers of signatures requires for the recall. The number of signatures is 4,232. Yesterday, an intent to recall District 4 City Representative…
KTSM News – City of El Paso opposes $551.8M power plant for Meta data center
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso has opposed El Paso Electric’s proposed project for a new multi-million dollar facility to help provide temporary power to Meta’s hyperscale data…
Border Report – Supreme Court rules for marijuana user prosecuted for gun possession
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday the government can’t criminally prosecute a man for possessing a firearm simply because he regularly smoked marijuana, rejecting the government’s comparison to the disarmament habitual drunkards…
Tech Crunch – Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development. Read more:…
Border Report – ‘Hoes’ a hot topic in Brownsville cocaine case
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hoes were a hot topic at the federal courthouse in Brownsville last week. Francisco Javier Palafox Jr., a man in his 40s from Brownsville, told Border Patrol he…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – The 11 standout startups from YC’s Demo Day, according to VCs
TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – State investigators issue final Camp Mystic report detailing cascading failures during July 4 flood
Lawmakers said they have already passed laws addressing all but one of the deficiencies the investigation found. Read: Read More