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Brew hit #1 Product of the Week on Product Hunt, leading to ChatGPT becoming its top referral channel. The AI email tool's launch strategy focused on product quality, customer calls, and sustained engagement, resulting i…
Trump administration officials met Monday with Anthropic to discuss a truce after an export ban forced the AI startup to pull its latest model from the market. The ban, the first time the White House has forced a company…
Hong Kong faces a record US$274 billion wave of lock-up expirations this year, threatening to flood the market with freed shares from IPOs. Analysts warn of potential price pressure but see opportunities for selective in…
Cartesia CEO Karan Goel announced the integration of Sonic 3.5 for text-to-speech and Ink 2 for speech-to-text into a unified voice-agent stack, claiming the company is now the only provider with models for both speaking…
Salesforce announced on Monday its $3.6 billion acquisition of agentic AI firm Fin, formerly known as Intercom, to enhance its AI capabilities for customer service. Analysts expressed concerns about integration challenge…
Tokyo-based Sakana AI launched its first commercial product, Sakana Marlin, an enterprise research agent that autonomously generates up to 100-page reports with slides over eight hours. The agent uses Adaptive Branching …
GlobalFoundries expects to be the first chipmaker to support the Optical Compute Interconnect Multi-Source Agreement (OCI MSA), an open standard enabling AI data center operators to connect GPUs from different suppliers.…
Software companies are racing to integrate agent workflows into vertical products, driven by user expectations for features like multi-agent sessions, context management, and version control. To differentiate, firms are …
Hydra Host CEO Aaron Ginn warns data centers against investing in custom hyperscaler chips from companies like Google, arguing they serve too few customers and act as defensive moats rather than versatile infrastructure.…
Kilo, an AI coding platform, introduces four levers to help teams control AI spending as vendors like GitHub Copilot and Anthropic shift to usage-based pricing, causing bills to spike. The levers include model choice, ob…
Asian tech stocks surged on Monday after the United States and Iran announced a peace agreement, with AI and semiconductor companies posting the largest gains. SoftBank rose 10%, SK Hynix climbed 6.42%, and Samsung Elect…
Qualcomm is in talks to acquire AI chip-design company Tenstorrent for $8 billion to $10 billion, according to The Information. The deal would signal Qualcomm's push into the AI data center market as its handset chip bus…
The Small Business Administration partnered with AI firm Perplexity to launch a $25 million Main Street AI Accelerator, offering $250 Perplexity Computer credits to up to 100,000 small businesses with SBA-backed loans. T…
Anthropic is pausing the credit change for its Claude Agent SDK, according to a post by Aron Prins. The decision follows community feedback and aims to reassess the pricing adjustment.
MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ launches June 23 at $1,699, making it the most expensive handheld gaming PC ever sold. The device features Intel's Arc G3 Extreme processor, 32GB RAM, and an 8-inch 120Hz display, but costs $500 more …
YC's Spring 2026 batch of 194 startups was scored on public data, revealing that nearly half are building tools for AI agents. Agent infrastructure companies scored highest on average, but many face long payback periods,…
US stocks climbed on news of a peace deal between the US and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities, with the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all rising. Technology and travel stocks surged on impr…
A senior analyst says 71% of SpaceX's $2 trillion valuation depends on AI, calling xAI's growth projections 'almost comical.' The analyst notes that only 1.6% of Grok's users pay for the premium tier, compared to 5% for …
Factory AI, a San Francisco startup building autonomous AI agents for software development, raised $150 million in Series C funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. Khosla Ventures led the round, with participation from Sequ…
The US government issued an export-control directive on June 12, 2026, forcing Anthropic to suspend foreign-national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, citing jailbreak vulnerabilities. The restriction creates a …