Reporter · AI & ML, Hardware

Maya Iverson

Ex-engineer turned reporter. Reads model cards and spec sheets for fun.

Maya covers the technology layer of AI and the silicon underneath it. She's the byline you want when a model gets released, a benchmark gets gamed, or a chip vendor changes the math on inference economics.

Articles by Maya Iverson

Samsung's 18-Day Strike Starts Today. Memory Chip Supply for AI Servers Is in the Crosshairs.
Hardware & Devices

Samsung's 18-Day Strike Starts Today. Memory Chip Supply for AI Servers Is in the Crosshairs.

Samsung union begins an 18-day strike May 21 with 45,000 workers. Memory chip production for AI data centers, smartphones, and laptops faces disruption.
Google Dropped Gemini 3.5 Flash, Omni, Spark, and Android XR Glasses at I/O. The Bundle Is the Strategy.
AI & ML

Google Dropped Gemini 3.5 Flash, Omni, Spark, and Android XR Glasses at I/O. The Bundle Is the Strategy.

Google announced a sweeping Gemini lineup at I/O 2026 across Search, Android, Workspace, YouTube, shopping, and XR. The breadth is what makes it competitive.
Photonic's $75M Series C Is a Bet on Quantum Networking at Interconnect Scale
Hardware & Devices

Photonic's $75M Series C Is a Bet on Quantum Networking at Interconnect Scale

Photonic raised $75M Series C for quantum networking infrastructure. The company targets the photonics fabric that links quantum computers together, an underbet category.
Musk Says Tesla Will Deploy Driver-Free FSD Across the US in 2026. The Math Is Tight.
AI & ML

Musk Says Tesla Will Deploy Driver-Free FSD Across the US in 2026. The Math Is Tight.

Elon Musk stated Tesla expects fully autonomous vehicles without human monitors across the US in 2026. The technical and regulatory hurdles make the timeline ambitious.
Apple Is Letting Siri Route Queries to Claude and Gemini in iOS 27, Per Leaks
AI & ML

Apple Is Letting Siri Route Queries to Claude and Gemini in iOS 27, Per Leaks

WWDC 2026 leaks describe a new Extensions system for Siri that can route queries to third-party AI models. The strategic implication is significant for the LLM access market.
Anthropic Just Won PwC. The First Big Four Partnership Validates the Embedded-Consulting Model.
AI & ML

Anthropic Just Won PwC. The First Big Four Partnership Validates the Embedded-Consulting Model.

Anthropic announced that PwC is deploying Claude across client engagements. The deal lands ten days after the Goldman-Blackstone enterprise services JV.
Meta Added Incognito Chat to Meta AI. Privacy Is Becoming the Competitive Differentiator.
AI & ML

Meta Added Incognito Chat to Meta AI. Privacy Is Becoming the Competitive Differentiator.

Meta launched Incognito Chat for Meta AI conversations. The privacy guarantee sits at the cryptographic layer, not at policy.
Marvell's $540M Buy of XConn Is About the AI Interconnect Bottleneck
Hardware & Devices

Marvell's $540M Buy of XConn Is About the AI Interconnect Bottleneck

Marvell is acquiring XConn Technologies for $540M to bolster high-performance interconnect. Why interconnect is becoming the next AI infrastructure constraint.
Anthropic Just Locked In SpaceX's Entire Colossus 1 Data Center
AI & ML

Anthropic Just Locked In SpaceX's Entire Colossus 1 Data Center

Anthropic signed an agreement for the full capacity of Colossus 1 — 300 MW and 220,000 Nvidia GPUs. What makes this different from a standard cloud contract.
China's Hanyuan-2 Is the First Dual-Core Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer
Hardware & Devices

China's Hanyuan-2 Is the First Dual-Core Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer

CAS Cold Atom launched Hanyuan-2, a 200-qubit dual-core neutral-atom quantum computer. The architecture matters more than the qubit count.
Four Chinese Labs Just Hit Frontier-Class Coding in 12 Days
AI & ML

Four Chinese Labs Just Hit Frontier-Class Coding in 12 Days

DeepSeek V4, GLM-5.1, MiniMax M2.7, and Kimi K2.6 all shipped open-weights coding models in 12 days at frontier capability — and lower inference cost than Claude or GPT.
Apple Quietly Hedges Its Bet on TSMC
Hardware & Devices

Apple Quietly Hedges Its Bet on TSMC

Apple is in early talks with Intel and Samsung to manufacture core device chips in the US — the first real diversification away from TSMC. What is actually on the table.