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Thursday, September 17, 2026 · 1 min read

Everything that moved in AI, the news that matters, every deal, new research, podcasts, what members shipped, and what's on this week.

Deals today
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$2.39B · 1 M&A
Members
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AI Lounge Index
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Temporal Technologies Series E · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners · val. $12.55B · $250M+ run-rate
$550M
D-Robotics Series C
$400M
Anew Labs Series A
$290M
Ridgeline Series E
$250M
Headspace Acquisition · acquired by Sword Health
$250M
OpenEvidence Series E
$250M
LawZero Grant
$215M
Profound Series D · led by Sequoia Capital · val. $1.8B
$180M

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Claude gets 2 new features & a simpler platform
NewsletterSuperhuman AI
ALSO: How to build an AI HR assistant that answers queries instantly
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Zuck sits out the AI slowdown
NewsletterThe Rundown AI
Zuck joins the AI acceleration camp as Meta breaks from Amodei's slowdown plan, shifting the landscape of frontier AI development and safety debates.
Last Week in AI #344 - Navier–Stokes, Pacing the Frontier, AI Misuse
NewsletterLast Week in AI
OpenAI claims a Millennium Prize proof amid a feud with mathematicians, Anthropic's CEO calls to pace the frontier, extinction warnings spur a regulation push, and more!
[AINews] Reality Checks on AI News (Yegge shuts down Gas Town, Databricks’ +60% Astra cost)
NewsletterLatent Space
A dash of cold water keeps the foomers away.
What Happens After You Tell an AI Agent It’s Wrong?
NewsletterTuring Post
What to change in its memory, instructions, tools, or model – and how to test whether the fix holds. Enterprise lessons from Dreamforce for your own workflows. AI Builds AI, Episod
Underwriting Superintelligence: Backing Agents you can Sue — Rune Kvist, AIUC
NewsletterLatent Space
We sit down with AIUC’s CEO on their Series A!
How to get discovered in AI search
PodcastPractical AI · 55 min
AI search is changing how people discover information and how brands need to think about visibility. Daniel and Chris talk with Liam Dunne and Ben Moore, co-founders of Discovered
Why a New Class of AI “Judgment Models” Could Have Big Business Implications
PodcastThe AI Daily Brief · 25 min
A new AI model called Jev is built to make fast, inexpensive judgments rather than generate text. NLW explores how this approach could reshape business automation, help agents chec
Underwriting Superintelligence: Backing Agents you can Sue — Rune Kvist, AIUC
PodcastLatent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · 86 min
AIUC first got our attention with the NFDG backing, and have just announced a $40M series A today, with the most impressive industry advisor list we may have ever seen for an early

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