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Tencent has hired former OpenAI researcher Tian Yonglong to work on visual-language models, marking its second recruitment from OpenAI. Tian, who holds a PhD from MIT and previously worked at DeepMind and OpenAI, will jo…
OpenAI is shutting down its AI-powered browser Atlas, launched in October, and redistributing its agentic browsing features across ChatGPT's desktop app and a new Google Chrome extension. The move follows CEO of applicat…
Elon Musk reversed months of public criticism by calling Anthropic the current leader in AI, praising its Mythos and Fable models as unmatched. Musk admitted he was 'clearly wrong' about the company, which is now paying …
OpenAI is shutting down its ChatGPT Atlas AI-powered web browser less than nine months after launch, with a deprecation date of August 9, 2026. The move is part of a broader consolidation around core products and enterpr…
Opendoor co-founder JD Ross revealed that his new startup WithCoverage, an AI-enabled insurance company backed by Sequoia and Khosla, has eliminated manual code writing by its engineers, relying entirely on autonomous AI…
Cursor, the AI code editor company, is developing a general-purpose AI agent called Sand to handle everyday office tasks like emails, texts, and spreadsheets. Internal rollout began in late June 2026, positioning Sand as…
Paradigm closed a $1.2 billion AI and robotics fund on July 8, 2026, signaling a broader reallocation of venture capital away from digital assets. Crypto VC fundraising hit a six-year low in Q2 2026, with new fund format…
Wire, a platform building context containers for AI agents, is migrating its entire data plane off Cloudflare Durable Objects due to structural limitations that hinder AI-native workloads. The move highlights four key bo…
Asian founders are relocating to the U.S. amid a prolonged venture funding slump in Asia, drawn by the U.S.'s massive customer base and abundant capital. Singapore-based AI startup Interfaze moved to San Francisco after …
SemiAnalysis projects Meta will hold more AI compute capacity than OpenAI or Anthropic by end of 2026, driven by multi-gigawatt datacenters and a $14.3 billion Scale AI stake. The firm also predicts Meta could surpass Go…
Faith-based AI company Gloo Holdings Inc. faces a critical juncture after reporting $438 million in total losses since its 2013 founding, with a stock sale planned for July 10 to raise over $20 million. The company, whic…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh appointed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to a task force that will help the Fed measure AI's impact on productivity and jobs, giving Silicon Valley direct influence over central b…
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, a new AI model specializing in agentic tasks, outperforming Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on four benchmarks. CEO Mark Zuckerberg promoted the model as a cheaper alternative, off…
The Federal Reserve has appointed Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, to co-lead a new task force examining how artificial intelligence affects productivity and jobs. The task force, part of a broader mon…
AI agent startup Lyzr Inc. is reportedly raising a $100 million funding round at a $500 million valuation, with $400 million in investor interest from Silicon Valley funds, Middle Eastern venture capital firms, and finan…
Lyzr is raising approximately $100 million in a Series B funding round at a $500 million valuation, with over $400 million in investor interest, according to Bloomberg. The company's enterprise AI agents, including its A…
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models alongside ChatGPT Work, directly targeting Anthropic's offerings with competitive pricing, speed, and benchmark performance. The new models beat Anthropic's Claude Fabl…
Washington lifted the 19-day ban on Fable 5, setting a precedent for structured pre-approval of AI models. OpenAI floated a proposal for frontier labs to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, sparking debate over alignmen…
A 16-year-old AI builder, Vansh Sharma, recounts his years of struggle to break into the commercial AI world, describing barriers from venture capitalists, founder studios, and employers who prioritize credentials over d…
OpenAI's recent acquisitions of implementation agencies Northslope and Tomoro, alongside its $4B fund, signal that the hardest part of enterprise AI is deployment, not model capability. The 2010s software boom saw boutiq…