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SpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.6, overtaking Kimi K3’s performance
SpaceXAI released its latest frontier AI model, Grok 4.6, which surpasses competitor models in benchmarks and offers a lower‑cost API for enterprise use.
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/Product & Design
Google Pixel Tag keeps track of your everyday items
Google launched its first finder tag, the Pixel Tag, which uses the Find Hub network and Ultra‑Wideband to help users locate keys, wallets, and other items quickly and securely.
/Technology
Google debuts SL2T, an AI model that’s designed to understand sign language
DeepMind’s new SL2T model brings multilingual sign‑language‑to‑text capability to Pixel 11, enabling real‑world sign‑language dictation on Gboard and Live Transcribe.
/Startups
Visoid secures $2.5M to expand architectural visualisation platform
Norwegian AI startup Visoid raised $2.5 million in a seed round to enhance its AI‑powered platform that turns architectural 3D models into high‑quality visualisations.
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CodeRabbit bags $143M to help companies get a grip on the explosion of AI-generated code
CodeRabbit Inc. closed a $143 million Series C round, adding an Agentic Change Management layer to help teams govern AI‑generated code.
/Branding
Every letter tells a story in Rumble’s new rebrand via Bear Meets Eagle on Fire
Rumble unveiled a modular logo and visual identity that lets each letter of its name tell a different sound‑based story, redefining its brand positioning.
/Technology
HSBC Asset Management invests in London-founded Model ML
HSBC’s asset‑management arm backs Model ML, a London‑based AI automation startup for financial services, after the company raised over $100 million in total funding.
/Startups
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37 B at $8 B valuation
Hadrian secured a fresh $1.37 billion round, valuing the defense‑automation firm at nearly $8 billion, while expanding its automated manufacturing capabilities.
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xAI co‑founder raises $1.1B for River AI to build an open AI stack
River AI, a new startup spun out of xAI, secured $1.1 billion in a Series A to offer an open‑weight AI platform that lets enterprises train, own and run custom models.
/Infrastructure
IBM Cloud August 2026 Technical Touchpoint
IBM announces new cloud‑native services such as Db2 Serverless and updates to its Cloud Pak for Data, emphasizing AI‑ready APIs and hybrid‑cloud governance in its August 2026 technical touchpoint.
/Product & Design
Google Messages Rolling Out Long‑Press Menu Redesign
Google has expanded beta access to a redesigned long‑press menu in Messages, adding a blur background and new copy actions to improve one‑handed usage.
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Microsoft to unveil Maia 300 AI chip this fall, targets 300,000 units
Microsoft plans to release its next‑generation Maia 300 AI chip in September, aiming to produce up to 300,000 units this fall as part of its custom silicon strategy for Azure AI workloads.
/AI
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, founded by xAI co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, secured $1.1 billion in a seed/Series A round to build a new AI stack focused on personal, trainable agents.
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SpaceXAI has released 'Grok Bot,' an AI agent that works 24/7
SpaceXAI launched an early beta of Grok Bot, an AI agent that operates websites and apps on users’ behalf, powered by a dedicated cloud PC.
/Startups
Omilia Raises $67 M Series B to Scale Agentic Contact‑Centre AI
The conversational‑AI company closed a $67 million Series B led by Expedition Growth Capital to expand its self‑learning platform for enterprise contact centres.
/Product & Design
Is Shopify Quietly Poaching Figma‑Trained Designers to Rebuild Its Product Page UX?
Rumors of a new Shopify-native product‑page rendering layer, dubbed "Canvas", could reshape the app ecosystem and push native personalization to the forefront.
/Branding
SentientX Unveils New Brand and Launches Its Most Advanced Human Identity Bank Release Yet for the AI Era
SentientX refreshed its brand identity and launched the latest version of its Human Identity Bank platform, offering AI‑powered protection for voice, image, and likeness.
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Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Anthropic announced it will embed watermarks in all text output from its Claude models to comply with the EU AI Act’s transparency requirements.
/Technology
What’s new in Power Platform: July/August 2026 feature update
Microsoft’s Power Platform blog details new AI‑powered features, including a data grid modern control and AI‑assisted UI automation for Power Automate.
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OpenAI Expands Daybreak with Two Tiers and a New Cybersecurity Model
OpenAI announced on August 10, 2026 that its Daybreak program will now offer a general‑purpose ‘Blue’ tier and a specialized ‘Red’ tier, along with a new GPT‑5.6‑Cyber model designed to reduce refusals on advanced security tasks.