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Orderly goes live on Robinhood Chain, enabling no‑code perp DEX creation
Orderly Network has launched on Robinhood Chain, giving builders a no‑code platform to spin up perpetual futures exchanges on an Arbitrum‑Orbit‑based Layer‑2 network.
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Reimagining Search campaigns for the AI era with AI Max
Microsoft Advertising’s AI Max for Search boosts conversion rates by 13.6% in real‑world A/B tests, showing the commercial impact of AI in marketing.
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a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’
Andreessen Horowitz launches a new fund focused on AI infrastructure, including chips, memory, data centers and robots.
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Z.ai open-sources ‘Ox Alpha’ model as GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai released the code for GLM-5.3-Flash, a large language model that’s 10 times more cost‑efficient than its predecessor, after the model debuted under the codename Ox Alpha.
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In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’
Waymo’s senior software executive warns that Tesla’s camera‑only approach is insufficient for full autonomy, sparking a public debate.
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Stripe’s August 2026 Investor Letter
Stripe announced the acquisition of OpenRouter, its largest-ever acquisition, as part of its strategy to expand AI infrastructure and services.
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Xpeng's Humanoid Robot Unit Raises $900 Million in Record Round
Chinese EV maker Xpeng’s robot subsidiary Dogotix secured $900 million in a first‑round equity deal, valuing the unit at $6.3 billion and marking the largest private investment in China’s physical‑AI sector.
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India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket‑like drones
Airbound, an Indian drone startup, raised $37 million to scale its vertical‑flight drones for fast, low‑cost cargo delivery, targeting a 10,000‑flight‑per‑day network.
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Advancing price‑performance for developers with GPT‑5.6 in Kiro
OpenAI rolls out its latest GPT‑5.6 model family to the Kiro software‑development agent, enabling teams to plan, build, review, and test code with higher quality and lower cost per token.
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OpenAI cuts developer pricing for frontier GPT‑5.6 Sol model by more than 20%
OpenAI announced a price cut of over 20% for its GPT‑5.6 Sol model, easing costs for developers amid rising competition.
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Medly AI grabs $8M to build an AI tutor for exam prep
London‑based Medly AI raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its AI‑powered tutoring platform, targeting millions of students worldwide.
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Alibaba launches $10.2 billion share placement to fund AI-related development
Alibaba’s Hong Kong share placement will be fully invested in AI, covering chips, infrastructure and model development to accelerate its AI stack.
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Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong
Tesla has pulled the plug on its solar roof tiles, citing cost, production, and performance issues that made the product unsustainable.
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Walmart promises price cuts after $2.9 billion tariff refund
Walmart will use a $2.9 billion tariff refund to offer price cuts, after reporting a $6.4 billion net income in the quarter.
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Callosum Raises $100 Million to Make AI Tasks Cheaper
AI startup Callosum secured $100 million in early financing to match AI tasks with the right models and chips, aiming to reduce costs for enterprises.
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Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
Starcloud, a satellite startup building AI‑in‑orbit compute platforms, added a $250 million extension to its Series A, valuing it at $2.3 billion and positioning it to launch on SpaceX’s Starship.
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Claude Code gets a /design command that lets developers create UI mockups right in the terminal
Anthropic’s Claude Code now includes a /design command, enabling developers to generate UI mockups directly in the terminal or desktop app before writing code.
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India startup Murf AI takes on OpenAI with Falcon 2 voice model at lower cost
Murf AI launched its Falcon 2 text‑to‑speech model, priced at $0.01 per minute, competing with OpenAI and ElevenLabs in speed, cost and voice quality.
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Neoclouds collaborate to transform AI infrastructure
Super Micro, Vast Data, Kioxia and others are partnering to build purpose‑built AI infrastructure, aiming to meet the high‑performance demands of agentic AI workloads.
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TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
Bill Gates‑founded TerraPower plans to use its molten‑salt reactor to supply steady, low‑cost power for future AI data centers.
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Nvidia's AI moat is shifting from chips to capital
Nvidia announced a pact with Wall Street firms to pursue $500 billion in GPU financing and will back an OpenAI data center in Ohio with up to $105 billion, signaling a new focus on capital as an AI moat.
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Big investors hunt for tomorrow's AI winners as capex angst fades
Reuters analysis notes that investors are shifting focus to AI infrastructure and neocloud providers, with big tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia leading the way.
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River AI's $1.1B Raise: Inside the Bet to Rebuild the AI Stack
River AI closed a $1.1 billion round, led by General Catalyst and AMP, with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD, positioning itself as a major player in open‑weight model customization.
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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, a startup that provides a single access point for multiple AI models, according to a Bloomberg report.