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Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users
Nous Research has confirmed a $1.5 billion valuation following a $90 million Series B raise led by Robot Ventures with participation from…
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Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public
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Zuckerberg’s Biohub leads a $1.8 billion push to build AI models that predict cell behavior
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OpenAI launches Decisions API that reduces complex evaluations to yes, no, or pick one
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Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look
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Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO
President Donald Trump purchased up to $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June 23,…
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, will speak at the Disrupt Stage during…
24 Aug 2026
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on human skin that is still alive.…
24 Aug 2026
Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
New York-based General Intuition is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion…
24 Aug 2026
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Hugging Face has been approached to sell at a valuation of $13 billion or…
24 Aug 2026
Cerebras unveils CS-4 with double the performance on the same chip
Cerebras has launched the CS-4, a rack-scale AI accelerator that claims the title of…
24 Aug 2026
Nvidia in talks to invest in Perplexity at $30 billion-plus valuation
Nvidia is currently negotiating an investment in Perplexity at a valuation exceeding $30 billion,…
24 Aug 2026
Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive
Anthropic‘s Opus 5 model generated just 3.5 per cent of the company’s total billing…
23 Aug 2026
Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
Ox Alpha, a free reasoning model for coding and agentic work, appeared on OpenRouter…
23 Aug 2026