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A European TBPN-style live network raised $1.6M from Axel Springer, LadBible, Powerhouse Capital, and OpenAI and DeepMind angels, announcing its biggest expansion yet.
Cognition acquired Poke, a conversational AI assistant, in a low-nine-figure deal to reshape how its coding agent Devin interacts with developers.
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that score and analyze performance.
Index Ventures co-founder Neil Rimer says AI wealth will be redistributed — voluntarily or by force. A rare warning from inside Silicon Valley’s capital machine.
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie demands tougher state rules for Waymo after a hours-long gridlock event exposed gaps in robotaxi oversight.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposes an independent AI standards body modeled after FINRA to test frontier models before release.
Reed Jobs’s biotech firm Yosemite has grown to 17 people, with AI now central to its work and a wave of patent expirations creating new drug development openings.
Meta’s custom AI chips enter production in September, built with a modular design to adapt as AI workloads evolve rapidly.
Netflix’s binge-watching model faces a new problem — viewers aren’t returning for Season 2, signaling a deeper retention crisis beyond format competition.
Mistral AI launched in 2023 with open source models and has raised significant funding, positioning itself against OpenAI and other major AI labs.