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- Explorative Modeling adds best-of-K search to generative model pretraining
Alexi Gladstone's open-source method spends extra compute during training and reports gains across image, video and masked language models.
- Edison Scientific launches research hub with open models for reading chemical patents
The FutureHouse spinout is publishing weights, code and benchmarks to support its push to sell Kosmos into biopharma R&D.
- Tracer launches Echo with near-Claude Fable scores at one-third the cost
Solo founder Adam Rida built the YC S26 system to allocate compute across open-weight models through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
- Supabase launches open benchmark for AI coding agents building backends
The framework tests Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode on database, auth and Edge Function tasks, then publishes the scores.
- E J Ziyad launches UML, a shared memory graph for Claude and ChatGPT
The open-source project uses MCP and a Cloudflare-native graph to carry user-owned facts across AI clients, while leaving tool calls to each host.
- Argo IQ says revenue grew 10x as it shifted from AI QA to growth services
Founder Trenton Hughes is selling recurring content and growth operations to B2B companies, with human experts supervising AI output.
- Stripe says new businesses on its platform nearly doubled year over year
CEO Patrick Collison argues that AI agents favor ambitious, differentiated startups over narrow software wedges.
- Flapping Airplanes pursues new round at reported $5 billion valuation
Index Ventures and Lux Capital are leading talks for a round in the hundreds of millions, six months after the AI research lab's $180 million seed.
- Zenbu launches terminal-browser to put web previews beside coding agents
The open-source project uses Chromium and terminal graphics protocols to combine preview, planning and browser automation in one tab.
- Argil adds MiniMax H3 to its AI-avatar social video workflow
Founders Laodis Menard and Brivael Le Pogam are placing MiniMax's video model inside Argil's production system for avatars, scripts, captions, B-roll and finished social clips.
- Huawei releases 505B-parameter openPangu model trained on Ascend chips
The 512K-context release tests whether Huawei can turn its chip, model and inference stack into a credible alternative to Nvidia-centered AI.
- Altman claims AI cost declines are 20x faster than Moore's law
The OpenAI CEO made the claim after the company reported a 20% serving-cost reduction and greater than 15% token-efficiency gain from GPT-5.6 Sol, while passing some savings to Luna and Terra users.
- Tomasz Janusz launches Privacy Thing for per-domain browser fingerprinting controls
The Chrome and Firefox extension coordinates location, language and time-zone signals while exposing what supported browser data each site reads.
- Space-Eyes strikes $638 million SPAC deal on $1 million in revenue
Founder Jatin Bains is taking the counter-drone developer public with Eric Trump as an investor and adviser and up to $251.7 million in gross proceeds.
- Adi Prasad brings Tesla and CloudKitchens lessons to Matter's AI factories
The Tesla, Apple, CloudKitchens and Rivian veteran is applying first-principles engineering and zero-based budgeting inside a Sunnyvale plant.
- Zoox wins federal approval to charge for steering-wheel-free robotaxi rides
The two-year exemption covers an initial deployment of up to 2,500 vehicles over that period, but Zoox still needs state and local clearance before collecting fares.
- Alibaba's Qwen upgrades speech recognition for technical terms and structured transcripts
Qwen says its ASR update improves context and hotwords, though Alibaba's public API documents still point to older model snapshots.
- MarbleOS tests a visible desktop workspace for AI agent work
Miguel Acevedo's macOS app turns research, files, recurring tasks and outputs into an inspectable workspace.
- DeepSeek updates V4-Flash API for coding agents without changing architecture
DeepSeek's July 31st public beta adds native Responses API support while leaving V4-Pro and the models in its app and website unchanged.
- OpenAI rolls out Sign in with ChatGPT as an identity layer for apps
Airtable, GitLab, HubSpot, Notion, Supabase and Vercel are initial partners, giving OpenAI a new distribution point outside ChatGPT.
- RuntimeWire crosses 200,000 pageviews and launches a hand-reviewed AI jobs board
The founder-built publication recorded 118,310 article reads in July and is offering hiring teams a 50% launch discount.
- Source says Coldcard wallet exposure extends beyond Mk3 after $38 million sweep
Coinkite's public advisory confirms an Mk3 seed flaw, but a source says the exposure is broader without identifying other affected devices.
- Decimen streams files through fountain-coded QR frames without pairing
Alstroph says Claude Code helped build the one-night PoC, which claims 128 KB/s but currently loads its receiver page over a local network.
- Conductor launches multiplayer cloud workspaces that keep coding agents running
After raising $22 million in March, Conductor adds shared microVM sandboxes, an API and an iPhone beta to its Mac-first agent manager.