Relay, an AI workflow automation startup, is shutting down: paying customers lose access Sept 14, 2026 and free users lost access Aug 15, following a July announcement. Founder/CEO Jacob Bank returns to Google as VP of Product for Chrome, leading product and developer relations.
AI video and image platform Higgsfield announced in August 2026 that it has raised $400 million in a Series B funding round, valuing the company at $5.4 billion — more than four times its $1.3…
Groq raised $350 million in August 2026 as the company continues its shift from AI chipmaker to neocloud provider, with the round valuing the startup at $3.5 billion.
The funding was led by…
Automattic unveiled WordPress.com Education in August 2026, a free program that gives students access to professional website-building tools through their teachers, with no credit card required for…
On Aug. 17, 2026, Wispr raised $280M in a Series B at a $2B valuation, led by Menlo Ventures, bringing total funding to over $361M in under 10 months. It introduced the Canto model to cut Wispr Flow errors from 30% to under 10% and plans new product areas beyond its meeting note-taker.
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway startup, for more than $7 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg published in August 2026.
OpenRouter allows customers…
SpaceX has officially completed its acquisition of Cursor, the AI coding startup, following a deal that was first announced in April 2026. Cursor confirmed the closing in a post on its blog.
The…
Indie dev Marco Arment launched Unforgetful for iOS and Mac on Aug 14, 2026, aiming to beat Apple Reminders for chronic snoozers by using the existing Reminders database and swapping in its own notifications. Alerts repeat until tasks are marked complete and deleted, snooze intervals scale as you defer, and the app avoids showing multiple tasks at once.
Paris-based French startup Kog aims for 10x faster LLM inference on standard datacenter GPUs, targeting a first big model by September 2026. A May 2026 Hacker News demo reached 3,000 TPS on AMD MI300X and Nvidia H200 with its Laneformer 2B, and KIE targets 30x.
Flock says it will require its April 2026 “Audit Assistance” tool for all law-enforcement customers by year-end, after more than one-third enabled it voluntarily. The non–AI feature flags abnormal search patterns for administrator review and can lock users out, as retention drops from 30 to 7 days with “Evidence Mode” for longer cases.
Selena Gomez and her mother are facing a lawsuit from investors who claim the singer and actress defrauded them through her mental health startup, Wondermind. The plaintiffs say they invested nearly…
Databricks raised $5 billion in its latest funding round, the AI and big-data company announced on August 13, 2026, pushing its valuation to $190 billion. The round was led by Coatue and included…
