Together AI, an AI neocloud provider that rents out Nvidia GPU clusters and other AI-specific infrastructure, announced on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, that it has raised an $800 million Series C round…
Motorola announced in 2026 a native travel eSIM feature for its smartphones, giving users a built-in way to purchase data-only plans for international travel without relying on traditional roaming…
UK-based self-driving tech startup Wayve announced in 2026 that it is launching an $85 million tender offer, allowing employees to sell a portion of their vested equity. The offer is being led by…
Ex-DeepMind DeepStack founders behind Prague’s EquiLibre raised a Series A valuing it at $500M+ (Creandum; June 30, 2026). With Tower Research Capital, its reinforcement-learning agents trade billions daily on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq and claim zero negative crypto months since 2025.
Riverside, the video and podcast recording platform, announced in 2026 that it is expanding into newsletter publishing, giving users the ability to convert their recordings into newsletters using AI…
Chamath Palihapitiya’s AI coding startup 8090 Labs just closed a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, and he’s stepping in as CEO after founding it in Jan 2024. Its Software Factory targets corporate teams with enterprise controls like audit trails.
Reading tracker StoryGraph and eReader maker Rakuten Kobo launched a direct integration in June 2026, allowing Kobo users to automatically sync their reading progress to their StoryGraph accounts…
Arena, the AI model leaderboard that originated as a research project at UC Berkeley in 2023, has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue — just eight months after launching its…
Flexion Robotics, a Swiss startup founded by ex-Nvidia robotics researchers, demonstrated in 2026 that a modified Unitree humanoid can carry out multi-step office tasks from plain-language without human control. The system uses reinforcement learning throughout—master AI learns from human videos, then simulation and motor control handle walking, limb movement, and balance.
OpenAI named Prabhjeet Singh, formerly Uber India & South Asia president, as its first India managing director. Announced in June 2026, he joins in September reporting to Kiran Mani and will run consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships, and operations as OpenAI expands beyond its Aug 2025 New Delhi office.
Patronus AI’s “digital world models” close the benchmark-to-reality gap by stress-testing agents in replicated websites/systems using reinforcement learning rewards and penalties. On June 25, 2026 it raised a $50M Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing total funding to $70M and revenue up 15×.
Notion is discontinuing its email product, Notion Mail, on September 22, 2026, saying it will focus instead on AI agents that handle email on users’ behalf.
The productivity company announced the…
