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Launches, updates, hands-on coverage.
- ChatGPT lets plugins connect multiple work and personal accounts
OpenAI expanded a Google-only capability to most plugins, letting one conversation query separate accounts under their existing permissions.
- Epoch AI audits 15 benchmarks, finds nine flawed
The first batch flags defects in SWE-bench Verified, Humanity's Last Exam and other tests used to compare frontier models.
- Uber adds AI tools, paid tasks and expanded protections for drivers
Dara Khosrowshahi is widening the app beyond rides and deliveries while rivals compete for the same supply of flexible labor.
- Flet 1.0 ships Python apps across six platforms after a ground-up rewrite
Feodor Fitsner's four-year project reaches a stable release with Flutter rendering, mobile Python packages and a planned services layer.
- PrismML launches a 5.9 GB Qwen3.8 model for local AI
Babak Hassibi's Caltech spinout says Bonsai 2 keeps 98.2% of full-precision performance, though its launch materials disagree on the test suite.
- OpenAI adds ChatGPT to Word and opens its Office add-in to free users
The same add-in works across Word, PowerPoint and Excel, while business customers get a two-week GPT-5.6 Sol preview.
- Stonly launches AI agents that run the support playbook humans already use
Dashlane co-founder Alexis Fogel is betting one set of structured guides can govern reps, self-service and autonomous support.
- Inductive launches Beacon-2 to turn drug properties into one dose estimate
Inductive's Josh Haimson and Ben Birnbaum are pairing the dose model with Indy, their new medicinal chemistry agent, inside live partner programs.
- ElevenLabs packages voice agents into a $29-a-month receptionist
Reception answers and books calls for small businesses, giving its founders a self-serve route below ElevenLabs' enterprise platform.
- QuiverAI ships Arrow 2 with editable SVG workspace and developer API
The San Francisco startup paired its vector models with canvas editing, Open Responses support and token-based API pricing.
- Hexnode previews Synapse, an AI agent layer for IT's console sprawl
The invite-only trial will connect endpoint, identity and threat agents with ServiceNow, Zendesk, Entra ID and BambooHR later in 2026.
- TileDB becomes Tile.ai as founder hands CEO job to George Llado
Stavros Papadopoulos returns to product as Tile.ai launches an AI data layer and raises an undisclosed strategic round.
- Higgsfield built its creative agent because its own app needed a second screen
Head of Product Axultan Alimkulov's team spent six weeks building a harness for models, visual memory, tools and human creative know-how.
- Fleet turns year-old Omarchy support into an enterprise management push
DHH promoted Fleet's dedicated Omarchy integration, though several Linux controls still stop short of macOS and Windows parity.
- LF Energy adds four grid projects as utilities share more of the plumbing
Coreso and Landis+Gyr joined as members while projects spanning asset planning, grid AI and home energy entered LF Energy's portfolio.
- ZBeats says FDA cleared ZBPro to analyze ECG recordings up to 14 days
Bin Fang and Peng Zhang are widening ZBeats beyond short Holter studies as they pursue a hardware-neutral layer for cardiac diagnostics.
- Swift 6.4 makes Swift Build the default and speeds browser bridging
The Apple-backed project also stabilizes Subprocess and expands interoperability with C++, Java, Android and embedded targets.
- Jexxa runs Mac dictation on-device, then charges $8 a month
Jexxa's Mac-only app keeps speech local and removes usage billing, without publishing its model or independent performance tests.
- Joseph Borna launches ClassSwap to match students when college courses fill
The 17-year-old UCLA student is starting with four named campuses, where the product needs local density before matching becomes useful.
- Einride puts a cab-less truck into daily Lidl runs on German public roads
The Level 4 vehicle carries goods without an onboard operator under a KBA permit the companies describe as Germany's first of its kind.
- Agility unveils Digit 5 as it pitches a $2.5B pre-money valuation
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 on September 15th as the company pursues a Churchill Capital Corp. XI transaction that Agility says values it at $2.5B before the deal.
- Spark Ring's $159 voice ring puts idea capture on your finger
Charley Tang plans a September 17th Kickstarter for Spark Ring, whose launch timing and privacy claims still need sorting.
- Aside brings its browser agent to Windows, where Chrome already lives
The YC-backed browser can act across logged-in websites, giving Aside a larger test of its automation, memory and credential controls.
- DFRobot opens $229 seeMote Cap preorders for Vision Pro tool tracking
DFRobot's mountable 6DoF module attaches to existing tools; the company says first orders will ship in late September.