Rippling launched Data Cloud in June 2026, folding BI ingestion, storage, transformation, and visualization into its HR/workforce platform. Using Anthropic usage logs and GitHub pull request data, Rippling AI flags high AI token spend paired with high peer rejection rates on code reviews—then can cut spending limits, alert managers, or auto shut off access.
Unconventional AI, a startup led by Naveen Rao, former head of AI at Databricks, released its first AI model on June 25, 2026, as an early demonstration of a new computing architecture the company…
General Intuition’s June 2026 $320M raise values it at $2.3B, led by Khosla Ventures, with General Catalyst, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Nico Rosberg, and DeepMind/MIT researchers participating. Its agents are trained on millions of Medal game-clip hours using embedded button-and-timing action labels, powering a Fortnite-like office agent and a quadrupedal robot fine-tuned with just 8 minutes of street data.
Network automation startup Netris has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the company announced in June 2026. The funding will be used to hire engineers…
Amazon announced on June 25, 2026 that it will invest an additional $13 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in India through 2030, bringing its total investment…
Adobe announced in June 2026 that it is acquiring Topaz Labs, a company that develops AI-powered tools for video and image enhancement. The deal is expected to close in the second half of…
Russian authorities used phone-hacking technology made by Israeli forensics firm Cellebrite to break into the iPhone of opposition politician Andrey Pivovarov while he was in custody — more than…
Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Infosys, announced in June 2026 the launch of Hang Ten Systems, an enterprise AI services startup that has raised a $32 million seed round led by Mayfield, with a…
whynopasskeys.com launched in June 2026, created by security researcher Scott Helme, and says about 1 in 4 of the world’s popular websites still don’t offer passkey logins. It flags Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify; Apple, Google, and Microsoft already support passkeys, which are device-generated and harder to phish, and Instagram needs a linked Facebook passkey.
Four prominent AI researchers have departed Google for rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in June 2026, raising concerns about talent retention at one of the industry’s largest AI operations.
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Facebook announced on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, that it is reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a stand-alone AI companion app designed to help creators grow their audiences on the platform. The…
Figma’s June 24, 2026 update adds code layers to the shared multiplayer canvas: teams can clone repositories and extract flows into design layers for testing—Yuhki Yamashita calls it “rapid exploration.” Native animations, transitions, 3D transforms, plus AI shader effects/fills.
