AI 'Washers' Can't Exaggerate Their Way Out of This One

Published on May 24, 2025

Having raised $445 million from investors including Microsoft Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., the British firm entered insolvency proceedings this week after a major creditor seized $37 million from its accounts, leaving $5 million in the company’s coffers.

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