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Anthropic’s Bug-Hunting Bot: Anthropic just rolled out a tool that can find software bugs that humans (and even other bots) miss. It's basically an automated cybersecurity pro 🐛 and putting this in tandem with GitHub Copilot might lead to some pretty secure bug squashing! Read more

Windows Gets "Agent Launchers": Microsoft is baking a new framework into Windows that lets system-level AI agents take control of your computer. Your PC is becoming one big AI assistant 💻. Read more

NVIDIA’s Earth-2 Open Models: NVIDIA is open-sourcing models to help predict climate change and extreme weather with insane accuracy. AI for the literal planet - Assuming they can run at a relatively cheap energy cost 😵🌍. Read more

The "Donkey" Era of AI: A deep dive into how "magical" AI features are becoming commodities—meaning companies who’ve alleged to becoming AI-enhanced versions of themselves need more than just a chatbot to survive. 🐴 Read more

Google VP Warns AI Startups: A warning that many startups relying only on "wrappers" around big models won't make it. Survival of the most innovative 🦖. Read more

NIST AI Agent Standards: The government is stepping in to set rules for how AI agents should talk to each other and stay secure. 🏛️ Read more

Zenyard Reverse-Engineering AI: Emerging from stealth to build the first AI agent that can actually deconstruct and reverse-engineer software. 🔧 Read more

Humans Raises $480M for Collaboration: A massive round to build AI models specifically designed for human-AI collaboration. They’re aiming to bridge the gap between people and machines 🤝. Read more

Synthesia Hits $4B Valuation: With a fresh $200M, Synthesia is expanding its AI avatar empire to help workers build skills through digital twins. Video production just got a lot more automated 🎬. Read more

Taalas Raises $169M to Take on NVIDIA: This chip startup is building specialized silicon to make AI compute faster and cheaper. The "chip wars" are getting very interesting ⚔️. Read more

Vention’s $110M for Physical AI: Vention is speeding up the deployment of AI-powered robotics in manufacturing with a fresh $110M round. Factories are getting a brain transplant 🏭. Read more

Jump Secures $80M for Financial AI: They are building an AI-powered operating system specifically for financial advisors. Your money manager is getting a digital upgrade 💸. Read more

Efficient Computer’s $60M Series A: They’ve developed a new processor that is incredibly energy-efficient for the age of AI. Saving the planet while running your LLMs 🔋. Read more

WitnessAI's $58M Strategic Round: This funding will help them build out their "governance for AI" platform to keep corporate data safe. 🛡️ Read more

Fanvue Raises $22M for AI Creators: The "OnlyFans for AI" platform is scaling up as digital influencers become big business. 🤖💃 Read more

Kana Emerges with $15M for Marketing Agents: Flexible AI agents that can handle the heavy lifting for marketing teams. 📈 Read more

Inscope’s $14.5M Series A: Replacing manual financial statements with AI for accounting firms. No more spreadsheets for the poor accountants 📊. Read more

Hook Secures $10M for AI Remixing: Led by Khosla Ventures, Hook is making it legal and easy to remix music using AI. 🎵 Read more

Jelou AI & Grotto AI Secures $10M each: Two separate rounds focused on customer experience and next-gen AI search platforms. 🚀 Read more