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Meta is quietly launching Pocket, an AI-focused app that lets users generate small interactive apps and games called 'gizmos' via prompts and scroll through a feed of creations. The app follows Meta's hiring of engineers…
After 16 months in the startup world, the author left their role at Frust in March 2026, citing misalignment between happiness and professional progression. Frust, an AWS-focused FinOps and AI company, continues to thriv…
Microsoft, AWS, and Anthropic are investing billions in building infrastructure and deploying AI models, rather than focusing solely on improving model performance. Microsoft announced the formation of the Microsoft Fron…
Palantir Technologies Inc. is expanding its AI deployment channels across government and enterprise sectors, leveraging its platforms to accelerate AI adoption. The company's strategy focuses on integrating AI into exist…
Macworld is offering the Claude AI Professional E-Degree for a one-time $19.99, down from $159. The bundle includes four courses, 100+ lectures, and hands-on projects covering advanced prompting, AI-assisted coding, and …
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Microsoft shares rose about 4% on July 1, 2026, after a reported five-year agreement with Haleon to expand Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure, according to multiple outlets. The rally was partly attributed to an investor ro…
Pulso, an agentic AI platform for solo health practitioners, launched on Railway after moving from an enterprise setup, prioritizing modular design and validation through real pilot sessions. The company focuses on remov…
Mistral AI, a French AI startup, is gaining attention as a sovereign alternative to US tech, following government actions against Anthropic and European calls for reduced US reliance. The company, which develops large la…
Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI-powered research platform integrating over 60 scientific tools for drug discovery, focusing on neglected and rare diseases that big pharma ignores. The company also announced an i…
Needham maintained a Buy rating and $25 price target on Zeta Global on June 24, citing the company's new partnership with Palantir as strategically positive. Zeta will rearchitect its Data Cloud on Palantir Foundry to su…
VideoPicAI, a new AI platform for generating professional images, videos, and short films, launched with free and pro pricing tiers. The tool offers text-to-video, image-to-video, and high-resolution output, targeting cr…
Piper Sandler analyst Thomas Champion reiterated an Overweight rating on Meta Platforms on June 25 with a price objective of $800, later adjusted to $880. The rating follows Meta's announcement of an AI agent for busines…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are personally courting tech CEOs to secure AI infrastructure investments, with Macron texting SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to land a €75 billion data …
A developer with 30 years of product experience released Mycelium, a plugin for coding agents that guides product development from purpose to market by validating ideas before writing code. The plugin aims to prevent bui…
Chamath Palihapitiya has taken the CEO role at 8090 Labs, an enterprise AI coding company that raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures. The startup powers EY's AI-native software development framework, …
Agencies lose $1,000 to $5,000 monthly to unbilled scope creep on AI projects, with 57% reporting such losses and only 1% billing for all work, according to a 2025 Ignition survey. Research shows developers using AI tool…
Agenlus, a new browser-based platform, allows users to create and train reinforcement learning agents without any installation or specialized hardware, aiming to democratize access to RL technology. The platform enables …
Robinhood and Dell are among five stocks approaching buy points, driven by artificial intelligence tailwinds. The stocks are gaining attention as AI-related demand boosts their growth prospects.
Meta faces two core problems: an advertising-dependent business model and massive AI infrastructure costs without a direct monetization path. The company's failed acquisition of enterprise AI firm Manus highlights its ne…