Developers can create evaluations and revise their apps one step at a time. Anthropic’s reported cost and accuracy gains come from a 44-ticket internal trial.

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Sep 28, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Modal Labs Reportedly Nears $750 Million Accel-Led Round at $15.75 Billion Valuation

Accel joined Modal’s last financing just four months ago. The proposed round would make it the lead investor at more than three times the previous valuation.

2 min

Sep 28, 2026Business

Funding Business

Superhuman Platform Discloses $335 Million Equity Sale Tied to a Business Combination

The new SEC notice says the full offering was sold, but it does not identify the transaction behind the business-combination designation.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Policy

Policy

Pope Leo Rejects Dismissal of AI Safety Risks and Calls for Talks

The pope wants governments, AI leaders and civic groups at the same table, but offered no new rule or timetable for action.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Models

Open release Models

AutoTrust Releases JEV-27B for Self-Hosted AI Agent Decisions

The open-weights model pairs fast, structured choices with text generation. Its close benchmark result against a hosted rival comes from AutoTrust’s own tests.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Tools

Security risk Tools

Gambit Says AI-Driven Hackers Stole at Least 600,000 Payment Records

Researchers traced the ongoing campaign through an attacker’s server. Their findings show cheap, fast attacks, but not every breached organization suffered the same loss.

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Sep 28, 2026Business

Funding Business

AI Data-Center Boom Divides Climate-Tech Founders at New York Climate Week

Venture deal value has climbed for four straight quarters, led by sectors serving data-center construction. Founders outside that orbit worry their work is being overlooked.

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Sep 28, 2026Business

Acquisition Business

AMD Agrees to Buy World Labs for About $8.2 Billion to Bring Model Research In-House

The pending deal would put Fei-Fei Li in a senior research role at AMD. The companies already work together on computing for interactive 3D models.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Models

Launch Models

Google Showcases Four Gemini 3.8 Flash Projects Built by Its Community

The projects range from an animated painting to an interactive transmission. They show what builders made, not whether the technical models are accurate.

2 min

Sep 28, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Exa Labs Files Notice Showing $247.5 Million Equity Offering Fully Sold

The new SEC notice lists 38 investors and nothing left to sell under this offering, but it does not identify the buyers or disclose a valuation.

2 min

Sep 28, 2026Products

Launch Products

Shopify Lets Browser-Based AI Agents Complete Checkout With Buyer Approval

New WebMCP tools let agents change delivery details and submit an order. The buyer must authorize the purchase.

2 min

Sep 28, 2026Infrastructure

Partnership Infrastructure

Marlan Space and Loft Orbital Set Out $1 Billion Plan for 50 AI-Equipped Satellites

The Altair project would turn sensor readings into faster alerts and let customers choose models to run on the data. Its first satellites are still in production.

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Sep 28, 2026Policy

Government action Policy

New York City Council Subpoenas Musk’s AI Company for Safety Hearing

OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Meta have agreed to appear under oath on October 5. If SpaceXAI does not comply, the Council says it could seek court enforcement.

4 min

Sep 28, 2026Products

Launch Products

GitHub Adds Claude Sonnet 5.5 to Copilot for Paid Users

GitHub says its early tests found comparable coding results with less work from the model. Access will arrive gradually, and team administrators can control it.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Tools

Launch Tools

Gecko Robotics Adds NVIDIA Controls to Keep AI-Directed Robots Within Set Limits

The work reaches commands for robot movement and payloads, but Gecko has not reported a field test showing how the safeguards perform.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Culture

Culture

Biologists Challenge Anthropic’s Claim That Claude Discovered an Enzyme System

Claude flagged a repeat pattern beside a known enzyme, but its function remains unknown and one researcher says his team found the pattern earlier.

3 min

Sep 28, 2026Startups

Funding Startups

Modulate Raises $25 Million to Bring Its Voice-Analysis Tools to More Developers

The funding backs new developer tools and industry-specific models. Modulate’s pitch is that the sound of a call can reveal things its transcript misses.

4 min

Sep 28, 2026Business

Partnership Business

Mistral Opens Munich Hub to Develop AI for Industrial Engineering

Its university partnership will combine wind-tunnel readings with computer simulations in a bid to predict how air moves around cars in real time.

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