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- tinygrad maps GPU BARs in userspace for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs
George Hotz's AI stack still relies on Linux plumbing, but the code shows a serious attempt to move GPU control into a smaller runtime.
- Stripe and Advent bid more than $53 billion for PayPal, Reuters says
A reported PayPal offer would move Patrick and John Collison's Stripe from payments infrastructure into large-scale consolidation.
- Attovia Therapeutics files for Nasdaq IPO to fund immune-disease biologics
Tao Fu's San Carlos biotech is seeking an ATTO listing before disclosing price range, share count or valuation.
- Tinygrad's founder rejects AI doom as a valuation pitch
George Hotz says he loves LLMs and coding agents, but argues frontier labs are selling fear to defend value capture.
- Philips Hue ships Bridge Pro fix after firmware bricked some hubs
Firmware 2071401010 patches a failure mode that could leave the $99 Hue hub unrecoverable after a manual update.
- LALAL.AI launches Lynx, 6x smaller model now default in Voice Cleaner
The Swiss audio startup says Lynx is 6x smaller than Andromeda and is now the default model in Voice Cleaner.
- StratX raises $1.19M to turn landfill methane into carbon credits
StratX, led by CEO Kevin Wheeler, is targeting unmanaged dumps in the Global South, where gas-capture infrastructure is often too expensive.
- Motive Force uses Folk Computer to make the case for research funding
Oana Olteanu's July 10th essay casts Omar Rizwan and Andres Cuervo's paper-based system as a rebuttal to agent-startup sameness.
- Switch taps Goldman and JPMorgan for an IPO that could value it near $80 billion
Founder Rob Roy's data center operator could raise up to $10 billion as AI infrastructure demand sends another private-market asset toward Wall Street.
- TerraFirma raises $100M Series A to build robotic construction crews
Kleiner Perkins led the $100M Series A for the Austin company, whose founders worked on Starlink, Starshield and Starship at SpaceX.
- Khosla family agrees to buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 billion
The Sun Microsystems co-founder is moving from 49ers minority investor to prospective NFL control owner, pending league approval.
- Revenue Growth Agent expands from meeting prep to proposal automation
Matt Oess, a TechCXO fractional CRO, is pushing RGA deeper into CRM workflows as sales AI moves beyond email sequencing.
- Odyssey Linux ships alpha 6 for users who want Void with graphical tools
The no-systemd distribution is run by an anonymous maintainer and rejects companies, sponsors, foundations, and GitHub-hosted infrastructure.
- 1X's 10,000 NEO preorders put home robotics data to the test
Robert Scoble's claim points back to an October 2025 milestone: Bernt Oivind Bornich's home-first humanoid strategy needs deployed robots, not demo clips.
- Promptwatch raises EUR6M to automate AI search optimization
The Amsterdam company is using the seed round to expand into New York as brands try to understand why AI chatbots recommend them.
- Dexa pushes to revive Kroger drone delivery after BVLOS bottleneck
Beth Flippo says Dexa is again talking with Kroger after a 2021 pilot collapsed under costly line-of-sight rules.
- C3EL wins two NASA SEWP VI slots for federal IT buying
The Tampa woman-owned contractor gains access to product and mission-services categories, but the IDIQ ceiling is not booked revenue.
- Reed Jobs is making Yosemite an AI oncology company factory
Yosemite has grown to 17 people, is targeting $350 million for Fund II, and is pushing grants into venture-backed cancer startups.
- Robbyant turns a four-day model burst into a robotics-stack audition
An X post says Robbyant released six LingBot models across perception and VLA control, plus video and world simulation; key adoption details remain unverified in our source set.
- BUBBA launches SCORETRACKER LIVE to sell tournament software through fishing gear
The American Outdoor Brands unit is taking MLF's real-time scoring system to local tournaments through its app and connected scales.
- Reflect Orbital wins FCC approval for its first sunlight-beaming satellite test
Ben Nowack and Tristan Semmelhack can test Earendil-1, but the ruling exposes a regulatory gap around commercial light from orbit.
- Chicago Ventures backs Guthrie AI's managed estimating workforce for glaziers
Chicago Ventures led the seed round for the Philadelphia startup, which sells trained estimating labor plus software to glazing contractors.
- Lukas Nagy's Orbit turns the iPhone camera into a satellite tracker
The iOS app tracks 15,000-plus objects, adds Gemini-powered space answers, and shows the tradeoffs in AI-assisted hobbyist apps.
- Pentagon invests $25 million in ReElement after $80 million loan effort ended
The Indiana refiner gets equipment funding for its Marion site three days after Reuters reported it ended pursuit of a larger Pentagon loan.