Startups
Ollama Raises $65M Series B, Now at 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama raised $65M Series B, led by Theory Ventures and Benchmark. The platform counts 8.9 million developers and adds nearly 1M installs weekly.
AI
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models - from research labs to real-world products.
Tech
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Who Wins for Coding
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: benchmark scores, pricing per million tokens, and token efficiency compared across four coding evaluations.
Apps
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live - a Full-Duplex Voice Model That Talks While It Listens
GPT-Live launches today across ChatGPT globally. Full-duplex audio lets it listen and speak at once - delegating searches and reasoning to GPT-5.5 in the background.
Tech
Gemini 3.5 Pro Targets July 17 - and Google Rebuilt It From Scratch to Get There
Gemini 3.5 Pro targets July 17 with a 2M token context window. Google rebuilt it from scratch. DeepSeek's deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner aliases stop responding July 24.
AI
What Is Loop Engineering - and Why It Replaced Prompt Engineering in 2026
Loop engineering is how developers design AI agents that run without supervision. It's the skill that replaced prompt engineering as the real bottleneck in 2026.
Apps
Meta Launches Muse, an AI Image Generator Built for Ads, Creators, and Instagram Stories
Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator built for ads and creators. Free in Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. Muse Video is next.
AI
Anthropic Extends Claude Fable 5 Access to All Paid Plans Through July 12
Anthropic is extending Claude Fable 5 access to all paid plans through July 12, buying users more time before usage credits kick in.
Startups
Norm AI Raises $120 Million at $1.2 Billion - an AI Law Firm That Bills by Results, Not Hours
Norm AI raised $120 million at $1.2 billion today. Khosla leads, with Vanguard and TIAA also in. Its AI law firm bills by outcomes, not hours.
Apps
Claude Cowork Hits Web and Mobile - One in Three Sessions Is Business Operations, Not Code
Claude Cowork hits web and mobile for Max subscribers today. Anthropic data shows 33.4% of sessions are business operations and only 8.7% involve code.
Tech
Fable 5 Exits Included Plans Tonight - $10/$50 Credits Start Tomorrow for Every Subscriber
Fable 5's free run on Pro, Max, and Team plans ends at midnight tonight. From July 8, it bills at $10/$50 per million tokens - Anthropic's most expensive model.
Apps
iOS 27 Hits Public Beta With 12 Changes - New Siri App, Camera Vision, and Battery Focus
iOS 27 is in public beta with 12 confirmed changes - a Siri chat app, a Camera vision mode, Apple Intelligence for Shortcuts, and better battery life.
Tech
Vercel Ships Eve and Sandbox and Bets Against Single-Lab AI Infrastructure
Vercel launched Eve and Sandbox at ShipNYC: models should be swappable, agents shouldn't lock to one lab. Gemini and DeepSeek are winning production share.