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Yang Zhilin, co-founder of Moonshot AI (maker of Kimi), born 1992 in Shantou, China; studied CS at Tsinghua, PhD at Carnegie Mellon.@marcthecreatorraitechresearch
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OpenAI vs Anthropic in Enterprise AI
aibusinessMark Zuckerberg's Meta Is Putting Its In-House Iris AI Chip Into Production in September as Part of a Plan to Double Its Computing Capacity to 14 Gigawatts
Meta is putting its in-house Iris AI chip into production in September, part of a plan to double its computing capacity to 14 gigawatts.
aitechengineeringbusinessTrump Administration Seeks Control Over Who Gets OpenAI and Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Models: Report
Trump Administration seeks control over who gets OpenAI and Anthropic's most powerful AI models, report says.
aipoliticaltechAfter Anthropic and OpenAI accuse Chinese AI companies of ‘distillation’, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiy
Anthropic and OpenAI accuse Chinese AI companies of 'distillation'; billionaire Chamath Palihapitiy responds.
aitechMeta and Anthropic Discuss $10B AI Infrastructure Agreement
Meta and Anthropic discuss $10B AI infrastructure agreement.
aitechfundingbusinessExclusive | AI Chip Startup Etched Is in Talks for $20 Billion Valuation
AI chip startup Etched is in talks for a $20 billion valuation
aitechfundingDatabricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks hits $188B valuation, has remade its image into an AI company and published research on cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.
aitechfundingbusinessJobs in occupations most exposed to AI increased by 4%: Chicago Fed
Jobs in occupations most exposed to AI increased by 4%, according to Chicago Fed.
aibusinesschicagoresearchSacks argues US is 'tying itself in knots' over AI after release of new Chinese model
David Sacks says US is 'tying itself in knots' over AI, risking its edge, after Chinese startup Moonshot AI released new model Kimi K3.
aitechpoliticalLatest Chinese AI model reaffirms OpenAI and Anthropic need to continue to invest: Creative Strategies CEO
Latest Chinese AI model reaffirms OpenAI and Anthropic need to continue to invest, says Creative Strategies CEO
aitech> be Meta > spends 145 billion on AI this year > pays 14.3 billion for one hire from Scale AI > renames the
Meta spends $145B on AI, pays $14.3B for one Scale AI hire, renames AI division Superintelligence Labs, signs $100B AMD chip deal, $27B Blue Owl data center deal; Reality Labs lost $90B+@k1rallikaitechfundingbusiness
🚀 Top 10 AI, ICT & Robotics News Roundup – July 17, 2026 The most important developments today. 👇 1. Weave Robot
Top 10 AI/ICT/Robotics roundup: Weave Robotics launches Isaac, a mobile humanoid robot for household/office use; Japanese robotics firms team with Nvidia against China; Monumental secures...@ivke2006aitechengineering
AI Companies Are Funding the AGs Investigating Them
OpenAI, Google, Meta and others donated to both parties' attorney general groups as AGs move to regulate AI. xAI also contributed.
aipoliticalfundingbusinessAI Contracting: Key Takeaways from Loeb’s AI Summit in Chicago
Key takeaways on AI contracting from Loeb & Loeb's AI Summit held in Chicago
aichicagoeventsbusinessAnthropic is in talks to lease AI computing power from Meta in a $10 billion deal
aitechfundingbusinessNo product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
AI startups are taking huge seed funding, making it harder for pre-seed founders; TechCrunch Disrupt session addresses getting pre-seed funding without a product.
aifundingeventsExclusive: OpenAI's CFO pitches a new way to measure AI's value
OpenAI's CFO pitches a new way to measure AI's value
aibusinessWhy the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
A $400 million chip-backed loan signals the next wave of AI infrastructure deals as GPU financiers turn to inference chips.
aitechfundingbusinessAI Is Becoming a Commodity, and That’s a Problem for OpenAI and Anthropic
AI is becoming a commodity, posing a problem for OpenAI and Anthropic, according to WSJ.
aitechbusinessOpenAI launches Codex Micro, a physical keypad for controlling AI agents ⌨️
OpenAI launches Codex Micro, a physical keypad for controlling AI agents.@Waivlyaitech
FIS And Anthropic Expand Partnership To Apply Frontier AI To Financial Infrastructure Security
FIS and Anthropic expand partnership to apply frontier AI to financial infrastructure security.
aitechbusinessCodex update: 99% of AI tools do one job at a time. This is the 1% that runs a whole team at once. 🤯 OpenAI shipped 15
OpenAI shipped 150+ Codex updates in 2 months, including parallel agents: one researches, one writes content, one checks quality, one builds the page.@JulianGoldieSEOaitechengineering
Blatant AI slop just won a 25k USD DeepMind Kaggle Grand Prize
AI-generated submission won a 25k USD DeepMind Kaggle Grand Prize, sparking discussion on Hacker News
aitechresearchThe Social Skinny: Apple sues OpenAI and New York imposes AI data center moratorium
Apple sues OpenAI and New York imposes AI data center moratorium, per The Social Skinny roundup.
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AI hardware startup Aina raises $5.5 million led by Redstart Labs, 360 ONE Asset
AI hardware startup Aina raises $5.5 million in a round led by Redstart Labs and 360 ONE Asset
aitechfundingSoftBank sinks 8% as Asia chip stocks track Wall Street AI sell-off
aitechbusinesssignalsToday’s edition of my newsletter just went out. 🔗 🗞️ Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab dro
Newsletter: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab drops open-weight AI model Inkling under Apache 2.0 license, no restrictions. Also: 10.7X LLM inference speedup via LMCache.@rohanpaul_aiaitechengineeringresearch
Fortnite is getting a bunch of AI-powered ‘personas’
Epic Games will let Fortnite creators publish experiences with AI-powered voice characters starting July 30th, with 36 characters already created.
aitechNetflix says around 300 titles used generative AI
Netflix says roughly 300 titles used generative AI, mostly in post-production, per its Q2 earnings report released Thursday.
aitechbusinessOpenAI’s head of compute predicts AI will design its own systems and chips
OpenAI's head of compute predicts AI will design its own systems and chips
aitechengineeringAnthropic CEO donated $1 million to AI regulation super PAC
aipoliticalfundingMira Murati Drops Her First AI Model After Leaving OpenAI—And It's Fully Open Source
Mira Murati releases her first AI model after leaving OpenAI, and it's fully open source
aitechNew York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
NY Governor Kathy Hochul says her team is using AI to analyze every rule, regulation, and policy in the state to check for outdated ones.
aipoliticalOpenAI employees pour nearly $250K into AI safety PAC, pushing back on firm's president
OpenAI employees contributed over $245,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC countering Leading the Future, funded partly by OpenAI President Greg Brockman.
aipoliticalbusinessfundingDetecting LLM-Generated Texts with “Classical” Machine Learning
Article on detecting LLM-generated texts using classical machine learning methods, discussed on Hacker News with 163 points and 110 comments.
aitechresearchengineeringRunta raises seed for AI agent compute
aitechfundingAI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Travel agency Fora raised a $60 million Series D led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
aifundingbusinessYes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line
DoorDash opens limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool letting developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, and place orders from the terminal.
aitechengineeringNvidia partners with Japan robotics firms on AI development
aitechengineeringHow a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Former DeepMind researcher Andrew Dai raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product; explains why visual AI is a next AI frontier.
aifundingtechresearchSheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection startup, founded in 2021, using smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.
aitechfundingbusinessTeraWulf’s $19B Anthropic Lease Puts Its Brownfield AI Strategy to the Test
TeraWulf's $19B Anthropic lease puts its brownfield AI strategy to the test
aibusinessfundingWhy AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
AMI Labs CEO Alexandre LeBrun, of Yann LeCun's world model startup, dismisses the term "superintelligence" while others in AI chase it.
aitechAndreessen Horowitz Backs Startup Aiming to ‘Parent’ AI Agents
Andreessen Horowitz backs a startup aiming to 'parent' AI agents, according to The Information.
aitechfundingThe code AI forgot: logcat.ai raises $2.55M to put agents to work on device operating systems
logcat.ai raises $2.55M to put agents to work on device operating systems
aitechfundingengineeringUltrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Ultrahuman's former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you.
aitechfundingBirju Shah: Requiring AI audits makes sense. But Illinois legislators got the order of things wrong.
Birju Shah argues requiring AI audits makes sense, but says Illinois legislators got the order of things wrong.
aipoliticalchicagoChina And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2
China and AI led Asia's startup funding to a multiyear peak in Q2
aifundingbusinessExclusive: Google DeepMind expands biosecurity effort amid AI safety push
Google DeepMind expands biosecurity effort amid AI safety push
airesearchCan Agentic AI Work on the Pharma Plant Floor? Pharma AI Startup Katalyze Raises $10.5M to Find Out
Pharma AI startup Katalyze raises $10.5M to explore whether agentic AI can work on the pharma plant floor.
aifundingtechCatching up in the AI race? India gets its second AI unicorn in a month
India gets its second AI unicorn in a month, as the country works to catch up in the AI race.
aitechfundingbusinessFujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in ‘physical AI’
Fujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in 'physical AI'
aitechengineeringEspoo-based Hyperion Robotics raises €6.4 million to bring physical AI to European infrastructure - EU-Startups
Espoo-based Hyperion Robotics raises €6.4 million to bring physical AI to European infrastructure.
aitechfundingengineeringNot OpenAI or Anthropic: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng is now the richest AI model startup founder
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng is now the richest AI model startup founder, surpassing OpenAI and Anthropic founders.
aitechbusinessLondon-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry - EU-Startups
London-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry
aifundingtechA Red Bull engineer got bored with Formula One. His robotics startup just raised $55 million.
aitechfundingengineeringSingapore enterprise AI startup Whale raises $40m more in Series C
aifundingbusinessPhysical AI startup SwitchOn raises $8 Mn in pre-Series B round led by IvyCap
Physical AI startup SwitchOn raises $8 Mn in a pre-Series B round led by IvyCap
aifundingbusinessNvidia Expands Toyota AI Partnership for Smart Cities, Factories
Nvidia expands AI partnership with Toyota for smart cities, factories
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