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Cognition in $40B Valuation Talks
AI coding agent maker Cognition is reportedly in early talks for a new funding round that could value it at $40 billion — roughly 54% above its $26 billion valuation from a $1 billion raise just three
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
Thrive Holdings raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation from SoftBank and others, deepening its OpenAI-backed model of buying traditional service businesses and embedding AI into their operations
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training
Twitch now lets streamers opt out of having their content used to train Amazon's generative AI models via a new toggle in Security and Privacy settings.
Legacy Data Blocks AI Agents at Most Companies
A new MIT Technology Review Insights survey of 300 data and technology executives finds that legacy data systems are severely limiting enterprise AI agent performance, with most organizations giving a
Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
Sandbar has raised $36 million for its voice ring Stream, with CEO Mina Fahmi betting that keeping humans in control — not handing everything to AI — is what will finally make wearable voice devices s
Lovable Lands $400M at $13.3B Valuation
Lovable, Europe's vibe-coding startup, raised $400 million in a Series C round at a $13.3 billion valuation led by Menlo Ventures, roughly doubling its worth in seven months as it scales AI infrastruc
Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues
Silkroad Innovation Hub's Road to Battlefield competition, a feeder pipeline into TechCrunch Disrupt for Central Eurasian founders, narrowed 726 applications from 39 countries to 22 finalists ahead of
Google's Pixel 11 introduces Camera Looks, a total rethink of how the camera captures and styles an image, as users seek "more authentic or traditional" photos (David Imel/The Verge)
Google's Pixel 11 introduces Camera Looks, described as a "total rethink" of how the phone captures and styles photos, responding to users who want more authentic, traditional-looking images over tech
Google's $399 Pixel Watch 5 Goes All-In on Gemini
Google's $399 Pixel Watch 5 leans heavily on AI features like offline Gemini and proactive suggestions, with The Verge noting the smartwatch's upgrades are driven by software rather than hardware.
Google Debuts $899+ Pixel 11 Lineup With Tensor G6, Gemini
Google unveiled its Pixel 11 series starting at $899, pairing new Tensor G6 silicon with expanded Gemini AI features while keeping hardware changes minimal.
German group files criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses
A German advocacy group has filed a criminal complaint over Meta's AI glasses, according to a Reuters report.
Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot
Agent Analytics' new dashboard tracking 5,000+ websites shows ClaudeBot leads all AI scraping activity at 27%, while ChatGPT-User dominates real-time AI content fetching at 86.4%.
Google’s Pixel 11 series pairs a little new hardware with a lot of new software
Google formally announced its Pixel 11 series — Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold — with all four phones shipping August 20 and every model priced $100 higher than last ye
AI is hollowing out software engineering's middle class
An op-ed argues AI coding tools are erasing the middle tier of software engineers by letting teams ship unreviewable volumes of code, polarizing the field between judgment-rich architects and easily-s
Skan AI raises $63M Series C co-led by Cathay, Dell
Skan AI, a startup that builds a "context graph of work" by observing how employees use enterprise software, raised a $63M Series C round co-led by Cathay Innovation and Dell.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google API Flaw Leaked Encrypted Reasoning
A flaw in how OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google handle encrypted reasoning objects let researchers replay opaque blocks across sessions and decode them using weaker models in the same provider family, rec
Blacksmith Raises $45M at $550M Valuation
AI code-testing startup Blacksmith secured $45M in Series B funding led by Peak XV Partners, achieving a $550M valuation just months after its previous round.
AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year
Blacksmith, a startup building AI-powered code testing infrastructure, raised a $45 million Series B at a $550 million valuation—nearly 10x its prior round—led by Peak XV Partners, as demand for valid
AI Newsroom Beats WIRED to OpenAI Black Hat Story
An AI-run newsroom with zero human writers beat WIRED by more than three hours to a major OpenAI story out of Black Hat, operating on roughly $100 a day.
Kavukcuoglu Takes Over Google DeepMind to Close AI Gap
Koray Kavukcuoglu, a DeepMind veteran since 2012, is set to take over as head of Google DeepMind, where he will oversee Gemini and frontier AI research while facing pressure to close the performance g
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