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GitLab Raises Outlook as Flex Draws $20 Million in Early Commitments

The stronger quarter gives GitLab early proof that customers will commit to flexible AI-tool spending. The next test is whether those commitments become durable usage and recognized revenue. GitLab is pitching Flex as a more adaptable way to buy AI development tools.

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Launch Startups

Aug 30, 2026

Jeff Dean Leaves Google to Build Discovery Loop, a Science AI Startup Backed by Radical Ventures

The new public-benefit company has an unusually experienced founding team and support from both Radical Ventures and Alphabet. Its central technical question is still unanswered: what system will turn the ambition to automate research into a usable product? Jeff Dean has left Google to co-found Discovery Loop, a new AI company with Sanjay Ghemawat, Quoc Le and Oriol Vinyals.

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Launch Models

Aug 27, 2026

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Adds 40-Second Scene Extensions and 4K Finishing Controls

Google is combining continuity controls, lower-cost previews and high-resolution finishing in one video workflow, though its extension and reference windows remain short. Google has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash as a production-ready generative-video update for developers. A longer memory for continuing a shot The central change is scene extension.

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Funding Startups

Aug 21, 2026

Starcloud Has $250 Million for Orbital AI. It Still Needs a Ride.

The startup is financing factories, satellites and launch reservations at once. Its near-term 2027 missions are smaller tests; the data-center-scale ambition still rests on Starship becoming a frequent commercial launch option. Starcloud ’s pitch is an orbital layer for AI inference, but its $250 million funding extension cannot solve the constraint at the center of that plan: getting enough spacecraft to orbit.

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