Artificial intelligence startups have contributed significantly to the recovery of U.S. venture capital funding from market lows, with the total capital raised in 2024 nearly 30% higher year-on-year,

Venture capitalists put $97 billion into artificial intelligence startups in the US last year — a new record in a year of multibillion-dollar megarounds for companies like Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic.

AI startups in the United States raked in an unprecedented $97 billion in funding last year. That’s nearly half of the $209 billion raised by all US startups in 2024. It’s a big number—biggest ever—and it’s no surprise when you consider the names driving it: xAI,

Jacqueline Sweet, a contributor for the conservative magazine The Spectator World, did a deep dive into long-percolating rumors that Musk was using a burner account under the name Adrian Dittmann to lavish praise on himself.

A journalist said Sunday her X account was suspended and links to a recent article of hers were blocked on the platform after she published a piece debunking online theories that an Elon Musk fan account was actually the billionaire himself.

A Spectator journalist has been blocked on the social media platform X for debunking a theory that Elon Musk is the secret owner of a fawning sock puppet account. Since 2023, rumors have swirled that X user Adrian Dittmann,