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Bain & Company is using AI coding tools to recreate parts of software acquisition targets' products during private equity due diligence, challenging the defensibility of software moats. The practice, reported by the Fina…
Over 100 companies have applied to join AI Gothenburg, a new AI hub in Gothenburg supported by Nvidia, with 20 already accepted and moving into the physical hub at Masthamnsgatan 21. The hub aims to attract talent and in…
SimplAI will host a free live webinar on June 24, 2026, demonstrating how to design and deploy AI agents in production environments. The session will cover agent design, industry use cases, and production deployment, tar…
Rudus, an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform for concrete and rebar subcontractors, launched in 2026 with Y Combinator backing. The platform automates blueprint analysis to speed up bidding, targeting a long-stan…
A developer received a cold email from an AI agent named Elif, built by researcher Lee, pitching a tool to score pull requests. The agent was honest about having zero customers, leading to a productive conversation that …
Bain & Company is using generative AI to rapidly clone software products for due diligence, building hundreds of prototypes via 'vibe coding' to assess whether acquisition targets have defensible moats. The technique, wh…
Pops, a mobile app that lets users create and play AI-generated games with friends using natural language, launched in 2026 with backing from Y Combinator. The app enables instant game creation, remixing, and automatic s…
Reliance Industries Ltd shares jumped nearly 3% in early trade after the conglomerate outlined new growth initiatives, with CLSA setting a target price of ₹1,800. Broker optimism was driven by plans for Jio IPO, AI, and …
NagMeLater is a WhatsApp-based reminder and to-do list service that uses AI to parse natural language commands in multiple languages. Users can set reminders and tasks by sending plain text messages to the bot, which the…
SK hynix, the leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia, is planning a Nasdaq listing as soon as August, aiming to join Wall Street's AI winners and potentially raise up to $14 billion. The South Korean chipmak…
Asian shares traded mixed on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 jumping 1.6% and South Korea's Kospi gaining 0.4%, while U.S. futures fell and oil prices declined on progress in U.S.-Iran talks. Technology and AI-related st…
Chinese AI and semiconductor stocks surged on government plans to invest $295 billion in AI data centers and anticipated index reshuffles, with Biren Technology's Hong Kong IPO soaring 120% on its first day. The China Se…
Guild.ai, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025, has raised $44 million in Seed and Series A funding led by GV to provide a neutral control plane and governance infrastructure for enterprises deploying AI agents …
Tencent is conducting limited internal tests of an AI assistant called Xiaowei inside WeChat, allowing users to send messages, make voice calls, and navigate mini-programs via text and voice commands. The feature, confir…
Twolabs, a Y Combinator-backed startup founded in 2026, develops modular humanoid robots and a software platform for training and deploying robots in elder care facilities. The company aims to address labor shortages in …
Rex, an AI-native service deploying specialized agents to manage enterprise order-to-cash operations, launched in 2026 with backing from Y Combinator and Vercel. Founded by Merlin Kafka and Lewis Blackwood, the London-ba…
Jennifer Martinez, a 35-year-old product manager at an AI startup in New York City, earns over $1,000 a month from four side gigs including dog-sitting, ceramics, TikTok content creation, and product consulting. She star…
Marketers are shifting content budgets toward creators, agency services, and tools to influence AI-generated search results, rather than spending heavily on AI search ads. Brands like Butterball and Priceline are testing…
Infera, an AI-native laboratory operating system startup founded in 2026 and backed by Y Combinator, converts natural language experiment descriptions into validated protocols, material orders, instrument execution, and …
Skild AI, a startup founded in 2023, has raised a $1.4 billion Series C led by SoftBank to develop a general-purpose AI brain for any robot, aiming to overcome the fragmentation in robotics AI. The company's omni-bodied …