Ringg raised a $10M Peak XV Series A extension in Aug 2026, bringing the round total to $15.5M, and aims to move beyond voice-only workflows. It processes 20M call attempts monthly for Cred, Flipkart, Practo, Groww and PolicyBazaar; calls are 70%+, while chat/WhatsApp and Shell-style browser support automation expand the platform.
OpenAI’s head of data centers Chris Malone left last week, adding to at least 13 executive exits in 2026. Malone joined in March 2025 (after nearly five years at Meta and more than a decade at Google) and helped drive the $500B Stargate project; a reorg shifted his reporting to VP Sachin Katti, with Uday Ruddarraju, Brent Mayo, and Spas Lazarov now overseeing strategy.
Generalist’s valuation jumped to $3B after 8VC led a nearly $200M extension of its $400M Series B (Radical Ventures), announced in June 2026—bringing the round total to $600M. Its Gen 1.5 model trains robots on new tasks from 3–12s video demos.
Stability AI, the startup behind the Stable Diffusion image generation model, announced on August 25, 2026, that it has raised $76 million in Series B funding, bringing its total fundraising to $232…
At Gamescom 2026, Nvidia announced GeForce Now will officially support Valve’s Steam Controller for Steam Deck and Steam Machine later this year, while Windows/macOS support is due at an unspecified date. The same update adds DLSS 4.5 controls and Ray Reconstruction (early access).
Nothing is rolling out OS 5.0, a major software update built on Android 17, beginning with an open beta on August 26, 2026. The update introduces homescreen customization options, a dedicated Glyph…
Instagram announced in August 2026 the rollout of a new Reels-editing feature called First Draft, which automatically trims video clips to focus on the most important moments. The feature is…
Anthropic announced on August 25, 2026, that it is merging the memory systems used by Claude’s chat and Cowork products, allowing the AI to retain information across both experiences without users…
Gamma is acquiring Accel-backed presentation design startup Lica to spin up a design research division, leveraging its 100M+ user reach, TechCrunch reported Aug. 25, 2026. Lica (founded 2023; $4M raised in 2024) plans multimodal, interactive, audience-personalized presentations with easy editing.
Keenable, built for AI agents, emerged from stealth in Aug 2026 with a $26M seed led by Accel to make web-scale retrieval cost-effective. It says it has a 100B+ document index, an API in use at AI labs/inference providers, and partners with Gradium, with 15 engineers planning to double by year-end.
Google’s $10M mid-August 2026 bid to buy ~34 years of Spirit Airlines records is met with a formal objection from the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) representing 5,500 former flight attendants. Court filings list 1M+ time-card records, 175,000+ employee records, and 500M Microsoft Teams entries, and the sale still needs approval.
Alabama’s Attorney General announced in August 2026 that the state has issued a subpoena to OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged “complete lack of oversight and adequate…
