AI coding startup Cursor introduced a India-specific subscription plan in July 2026, pricing it at ₹649 per month (about $7) — well below its standard $20-per-month Pro tier — as the company moves to…
Over July 26–27, 2026, “site:claude.ai/share” reportedly let Google surface shared Claude chats and Artifacts, including health records, private documents, and children’s names/phone numbers. Anthropic traced it to its share-chat URL feature (“Anyone with the link can view”) and says it doesn’t share chat directories or sitemaps for indexing; Google says site owners control indexing.
Microsoft unveiled its first cybersecurity-specialized AI model and a new agentic security platform at a small event in San Francisco on Monday, July 28, 2026, entering a field that already includes…
Meta began rolling out its Meta AI chatbot to Threads direct messages on Monday, July 28, 2026, giving users a private way to interact with the AI assistant within the app.
While Threads users in…
Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI lab founded by former OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, announced in July 2026 a long-term partnership with Nvidia that includes a multi-billion dollar investment…
Nvidia announced in July 2026 that it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools through a new initiative called the Open…
Robotics startup Enigma emerged from stealth in July 2026 after raising a $70 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners. The…
Monday.com said it will lay off ~600 employees (~20%) in July 2026, citing an AI-driven growth strategy and projecting $45M–$55M in restructuring charges. It still forecasts up to 20% YoY revenue growth, as >20 U.S. tech firms cut nearly 140,000 jobs this year.
Cognition bought Poke in a “low nine-figure” deal announced July 24, 2026, aiming to bring Poke’s interaction style and personality to its coding agent Devin. Poke, launched in March 2026, chats via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and WhatsApp, and users exchanged over 100 million messages in the past three months.
Meta is rolling out a significant update to its AI chatbot in July 2026, adding productivity features designed to help it compete with rivals including Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude.
The updated Meta…
Anthropic launched Opus 5 on July 25, 2026, two months after Opus 4.8 (May 28), positioning it as a cheaper, less restrictive pick than Fable 5. It can self-verify iteratively, skips Fable’s 30‑day retention, and uses safety classifiers 85% less often; binary vuln scanning remains blocked.
Midjourney acquired Co-Star, a social astrology app with about 4.3M monthly active users, in a July 2026 deal; financial terms weren’t disclosed. Co-Star’s ~two dozen employees join Midjourney, bringing an app that generates birth charts, horoscopes and compatibility advice using AI and human-written copy.
