Google announced during its Q2 2026 earnings call that its AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly active users, putting it on the verge of joining the company’s roster of billion-user…
Michael Kratsios alleged in July 2026 that Moonshot used export-banned chips to distill Anthropic’s Fable into Kimi K3, the largest available open-weight LLM. Researchers counter that Fable only went public July 1, so the two-week distillation timeline doesn’t add up.
Lingverse says its iKairos wearable/desk device continuously monitors surroundings and turns daily moments into AI images using camera snapshots (no continuous video), voice-detected audio, and on-device processing or encrypted transit, with a physical shutter and no training use. It plans presales later in 2026 after Wednesday, July 23, 2026 funding, generating a daily “reflection” with a quality check cross-referencing visual scenes and audio context before saving to a personal journal.
ServiceNow invested $40M in Noida banking software startup BusinessNext, valuing it at $700M for an ~5% stake, to expand a 2026 AI partnership and leverage its U.S. sales network. BusinessNext (2002, formerly CRMNext) serves 70+ banks (RBI, SBI, HDFC), with ~$32M revenue and 1,300+ employees, and will co-sell with ServiceNow automation.
Google reported record quarterly profits in July 2026, as surging enterprise adoption of its AI products and cloud infrastructure pushed financial results well beyond analyst expectations.
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Monday.com announced in July 2026 that it is laying off approximately 630 employees — about 20% of its workforce — as part of a restructuring plan centered on its AI Work Platform.
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AMD said July 22, 2026 it will invest up to $5B in Anthropic, deploying up to 2GW of Instinct MI450 AI GPUs on AMD’s Helios. The first 1GW is planned for H1 2027, and AMD will use Anthropic’s Claude across software, engineering, and product development.
Passionfroot, a Berlin-based startup that connects B2B creators with brands, announced in July 2026 that it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing…
Construction AI startup Cascade raised $3.5M in a July 2026 seed led by Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun (Ada Ventures, Snowball VC). Its AI aggregates state-to-federal job portals and predicts who’s most likely to win grants, tracking prior winners for a $100M affordable housing award.
Glow exited stealth on July 22, 2026, with a $180M all-equity Series A valuing it at $1.2B; CEO Roi Tiger is building an endpoint security platform that uses AI agents to monitor and enforce policies on employee devices. It uses Anthropic and Gemini via Amazon Bedrock to map environments, assess risk in real time, and enforce policies, aiming at CrowdStrike, Microsoft, SentinelOne, and Palo Alto Networks.
Synthesia rolled out Roleplay Sessions in July 2026 for enterprise conversation practice: AI avatars reply in real time, challenge responses, and score people with a rubric. Scenarios include sales pitches, performance reviews, and customer complaints, with performance data and analytics for managers.
New York venture firm Dimension Capital announced an $800 million third fund on Tuesday, July 22, 2026 — its largest to date and 60% bigger than the $500 million second fund it closed just 18 months…
