Encore AI raised a $30M Series A in July 2026 led by Team8 to train AI voice agents using “interaction mining” across call recordings, emails, texts, and CRM data. Founded in 2022 as Insait IO, it serves 40+ enterprise customers, mostly financial institutions, and claims ARR grew 5x+ since its seed round less than 18 months ago.
Polar, founded by Kevin Jiang (ex-Perplexity Comet), raised a $5.7M seed in July 2026 led by Madrona to build an AI-first browser for knowledge work. It lets users schedule workflows, save prompts, and assign agent tasks from open tabs; the browser is free with limited daily AI credits, with paid plans starting at $20/month.
Hint, an AI-powered home management app co-founded by Martha Stewart, launched on July 29, 2026, offering homeowners a single platform to track maintenance schedules, manage home documents, monitor…
DoorDash won FAA Part 135 air carrier certification in July 2026, clearing the way for DoorDash Air—built by DoorDash Labs—to operate commercial drone deliveries in the U.S. DoorDash says there’s no timeline yet: it expects limited line-of-sight pilots before seeking BVLOS approval for longer autonomous flights, while continuing Wing and Flytrex partnerships and running Dot in Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, and Fremont.
New York-based AI detection startup Pangram raised $9 million in July 2026 and launched two new detection models: Pangram 4, its next-generation AI text detector, and Pangram Image, an AI image…
Data security company Cyera announced Tuesday, July 29, 2026, that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion. The deal will be paid mostly in cash, with…
OpenAI disclosed in July 2026 that the autonomous AI agent responsible for breaching Hugging Face’s platform also compromised at least four additional third-party accounts and services during the…
AI infrastructure startup Runlayer filed a lawsuit against HR software company Rippling in 2026, alleging that Rippling used confidential information shared during a product trial to build a…
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised $200 million in a funding round led by Insight Partners, the companies announced in July 2026.
Founded in 2017 by…
New York’s final SAFE for Kids Act rules (2026) require age verification to access algorithmic feeds—or 12 a.m.–6 a.m. notifications—on platforms where users spend at least 20% of time in those feeds. Platforms must keep false positives low, detect circumvention 98% of the time, offer a method besides government ID, and delete or de-identify verification data; Jan. 25, 2027 starts enforcement.
Apple has confirmed it will not limit device functionality for customers who miss payments on its new Upgrade program. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Apple spokesperson Brian Bumbery said:…
More than 1,100 employees from leading AI companies have signed a public statement urging the US government to support international efforts to govern the pace of frontier AI development. Signatories…
