The internet is crawling with AI bots and not all of them are welcome.

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty Carino. Web crawlers, scan and catalog sites all over the internet and in the AI era

use that data to train chatbots. We'll talk about why the New York Times is trying to put a stop to crawlers from the AI company

perplexity in today's Marketplace TechBites Week in Review.

We'll discuss the record share of venture capital dollars flowing into the AI sector

and the difficulty of attracting investment for startups without those two magic letters.

Plus the ups and downs of SpaceX owned by Elon Musk.

On Sunday, it soared to new heights

with its test launch of the powerful Starship rocket system and the historic landing of the

super heavy booster.

Meanwhile, in more terrestrial matters, Musk sued the California Coastal Commission Tuesday for what he says is a biased decision to deny 50

SpaceX rocket launches in the state over objections to his political statements. He charges it's a violation of the First Amendment.

Here to discuss all that is Jewel Burke Solomon managing partner at Collab Capital.

Many of us we hear about the real science behind what's going on and we can't help

but be excited about it, but at the same time the person who's leading this effort is spewing vitriol on X and you know coming out

very aggressively for one of the presidential candidates you, in a way that can be offensive to some.

So it is hard to separate the man from this achievement, but it's very interesting to see the discourse back and forth nonetheless.

Right, and this is precisely what seems to have come up in this California Coastal Commission decision to deny approval for the requested 50

SpaceX launches. During their meeting the Commission talked about you know

concerns that Musk is, quote,

inserting himself into the presidential race, spreading falsehoods about hurricane

relief efforts on other inflammatory comments on his social media

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