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SpaceXAI rolls out Grok Bot AI agent app in beta on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux, initially for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium users — SpaceXAI and Cursor are in the process of becoming a single company, but first, the two firms are releasing an all-new iPhone and Mac app called Grok Bot.
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| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
OpenAI launches a ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview, supporting ChatGPT Work, Codex, and more; Computer Use outside the in-app browser is not available — On Tuesday, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT desktop for Linux. — Now in preview, the app, which combines ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext — Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini. What they found, they say …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US CFTC uses its “emergency authority” to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had ordered prediction market operator Kalshi to continue operating …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.58B, vs. $2.56B est., and a $104B revenue backlog, with 1.5 GW of contracted power; CRWV jumps 9%+ pre-market — CoreWeave shares jumped 14% in extended trading on Tuesday after the AI infrastructure provider reported results than topped Wall Street expectations.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Super Micro reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $11.1B, below $11.3B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 revenue above est.; SMCI jumps 9%+, and is up 8% YTD — Super Micro Computer Inc. gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter that topped analysts' estimates, a sign …
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| Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May — Cognition AI is in early talks with investors for a new funding round that may boost the coding startup's valuation by more than 50% … | Business Insider: |
Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M — Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for a new AI science startup … | Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: |
Stockholm-based AI coding startup Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation, up from $6.6B in December 2025, becoming one of Europe's most valuable startups — New funding round catapults AI company into the ranks of Europe's most valuable startups — Artificial-intelligence startup Lovable …
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based Yulu, which gets ~95% of its revenue from renting e-bikes to gig workers, raised a $93M Series C, sources say at a ~$170M post-money valuation — As India's quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu … | Bloomberg: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$30.4B, above ~$30B est., and net income of ~$8.3B, driven by surging WeChat advertising and resilient game spending — Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s revenue grew a faster-than-projected 11%, keeping up the steady pace of expansion it needs to finance …
More: MarketWatch, South China Morning Post, CNBC, and Reuters
| Tom Wilson / Financial Times: |
Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July — AI agents ran simultaneous reconnaissance and break-ins in display of new phase of cyberwarfare.
More: CNBC
| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to ~$78.4B, with cloud and networking products contributing 50%+ for the first time, and net profit up 35% to ~$1.86B — Net profit for the three months ended June rose 35% from a year earlier — Foxconn Technology Group reported another strong quarter …
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| Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico: |
OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed in 2025 — SACRAMENTO, California — A senior OpenAI global affairs chief said AI policy is still anchored in the states, and continues to be informed …
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Some health and fitness obsessives are using AI for hyperpersonalized training, building custom dashboards and tools to analyze their sleep, workouts, and diet — From marathon training to tracking office angst, health obsessives are linking their data to chatbots to build hyperpersonalized coaches| Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg: |
Briter: Africa-focused startups raised $3.3B in H1 2026, up 73% YoY, driven by Zipline's $950M raise; US- and UAE-incorporated entities raised half the capital — African-focused startups are on track for a record fundraising year after investments surged in the first six months … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M — Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk's X in November 2024, following the U.S. elections.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Singapore-based data center operator DayOne confidentially files for a US IPO, aims to list as soon as next quarter, and is considering raising ~$5B — DayOne Data Centers has confidentially filed for a US initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the startup “to start something new” — Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its chief operating officer …
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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Suno, which has been used by more than 100M people since 2023 and has 2M+ paid subscribers, as it faces copyright lawsuits from UMG and Sony Music — Investors are betting the $5 billion company will be the next Spotify. — Mikey Shulman stands in the middle of a dark concert hall … | Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open 30B-parameter MoE model, and NeMo Switchyard, an open-source model routing library for AI agents — Artificial intelligence silicon and software giant Nvidia Corp. today announced two new services: a highly customizable Nemotron model and an agentic AI model router named NeMo Switchyard.| Alanna Okun / Bloomberg: |
A look at Candy Crush's continued popularity 15 years after its launch, with an estimated 81.5M MAUs and in-app revenue of $876.5M in FY 2025 — Fifteen years in, those shiny sweets are still on top. — Johanna Chouraqui doesn't time travel anymore. The now-34-year-old … | Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg: |
Accel raised $3.5B in funds for early-stage investments, including a $1.35B global expansion fund for larger early-stage rounds and rapid follow-on investments — Accel, a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Bangalore, India, has raised $3.5 billion …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Filings: Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal — Uber Technologies Inc. has divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics Inc. as the two companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots … Sponsor Posts
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