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Google's newest Gemini model is now open to developers
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The model is live in the API through AI Studio and the Gemini platform, in Antigravity for Ultra subscribers, and in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Anduril Industries Employee tender offer (reported) · val. $90B
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Modal Series D · led by Accel · val. $15.8B · $1B+ annualized revenue
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Proscia Acquisition · acquired by Agilent Technologies · val. $240M · ~$35M ARR (est.)
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Astribot (Stardust Intelligence) Venture round · led by Shenzhen Investment Holdings · val. $2.24B
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Salience Labs Series B · led by Bullhound Capital
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Labelbox Series E (equity + credit facility) · led by Infinitum · val. $1.25B
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OpenAI dev arrested 🚨, Pi API 🤖, OpenCode 2.0 🧑‍💻. TLDR AI 10/14
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OpenAI dev arrested 🚨, Pi API 🤖, OpenCode 2.0 🧑‍💻
OpenAI gets bugged, Apple debuts the HomeView
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ALSO: How to hunt jobs, tailor resumes, and prepare applications with Instinct
😸 Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, tying GPT-6
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OpenAI finds a bug in its boardroom
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OpenAI's ChatGPT helped it uncover a bug in its boardroom, a fresh twist after last month's hacking incident. Plus, how to give Grok its own email inbox.
Dyna-2: General Purpose Physical Agents with Hour-Long Autonomy — Jason Ma, Dyna Robotics
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Our first robotics pod with Dyna’s Chief Scientist on their big bet on World Action Models & the Next Frontier of Physical AI
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Apple goes all-in on the home
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At its “Welcome Home” event in NYC, Apple just unveiled a $299 HomeView display, refreshed Apple TV and HomePod hardware, plus cameras, thermostats, and a…
Meta’s new ‘Muse Wonder’ model: good for AI agents, bad for design
PodcastHow I AI · 24 min
I put Meta’s new Muse Wonder (and Wonder Full) frontier models through the How I AI bench, which covers nearly 20 tasks across prototyping, agentic workflows, coding, writing, and
Governing AI Agents: Alan Chan of GovAI on Monitoring, Agent IDs, Rogue Agents & Preparing for RSI
PodcastThe Cognitive Revolution · 139 min
GovAI Research Fellow Alan Chan joins Nathan to examine the governance and safety infrastructure required for autonomous AI agents, spanning real-time monitoring, agent identifiers
Dyna-2: General Purpose Physical Agents with Hour-Long Autonomy — Jason Ma, Dyna Robotics
PodcastLatent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · 72 min
Watch along AIE NYC and join us at AIE CODE in SF next month! This episode includes a live demo of the Taku robot that is best enjoyed on YouTube . Last month, Dyna made waves by a
Why Muse Wonder Is Dividing AI Users
PodcastThe AI Daily Brief · 28 min
Meta’s Muse Wonder is earning both glowing praise and sharp criticism. NLW explores the gap between benchmarks and real-world results, the crucial differences between Wonder and Wo

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