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OpenAI has a dots agent, and Meta has Muse

OpenAI has a dots agent, and Meta has Muse. Instinct reached a $10 billion valuation.

Source: Reuters (ae) · jpost.com

AdAI Debuts Agentic Ad Creation With 6-Figure Founding Customer

It claims a six-figure telehealth founding customer already in production and is building agentic workflows that read Meta and Google performance data.

Mixie's 25% HoloTwin Stake Produces TwinRuntime: Browser Digital Twins

Mixie Technologies announced that its portfolio company HoloTwin has shipped TwinRuntime, marking the first product-level validation of Mixie's acquire-and-scale strategy since taking a 25% stake in January 2026.

Sell Wasabi Gives Bootstrapped Founders a 100% Ownership Exit, 30-Day Close

Sell Wasabi positions itself as a two-sided marketplace — not a fund — letting bootstrapped e-commerce founders sell 100% of a vetted Shopify or DTC store with a claimed 30-day close.

Reports on VIHAAN, August 15, 2026

Source: indiagazette.com · aninews.in

Kredily Launches KAI, Serving 25,000+ Businesses With Agentic Payroll

Kredily says it has served 25,000+ businesses and 1M+ employees and is launching KAI, an agentic AI product.

Licensed Realtor Sam Kamra Launches Cash-for-Homes Startup in 2 Provinces

Sam Kamra, a licensed real estate sales rep, bootstraps RealEstateBuyer.ca to offer homeowners a cash exit from lengthy traditional sales.

Bivial AG launches digital share capital account in Switzerland

Bivial AG announced the launch of its Share Capital Accounts, a digital-first solution for depositing paid-in share capital before company registration in Switzerland, according to the company. Bivial stated that these accounts can be used by qualifying Swiss GmbH and AG incorporations, on condition that due-diligence rules are satisfied and documentation is complete.

Source: prnewswire.com · finanznachrichten.de

LCRServix brings Lenovo certified refurbished servers to Hong Kong

LCRServix is bringing Lenovo certified refurbished servers to Hong Kong businesses as IT infrastructure costs rise, according to reports.

Source: singaporestar.com · asiabulletin.com

Xpanner launches Shake-Out; solar marking crews go from 2 to 0

Xpanner launched its first GNSS-guided application for solar construction, targeting utility-scale projects.

Firmable launches MCP, webinar Aug 12

AI-native B2B platform Firmable just released its MCP server, opening up verified company data to any AI tool.

Xelta AI's 90-model Creative OS

MatchBest Group, a 130-person startup, unveiled Xelta AI, a creative OS integrating 90+ AI models.

Reports on NASA, July 28, 2026

Source: wral.com · hindustantimes.com

Nota Sign Taps Hong Kong’s 10M iAM Smart Users to Scale Cross-Border Signing

Nota Sign, backed by Fadada, integrates with Hong Kong’s digital identity gateway, giving it access to 10 million verified users.

Lumosenergy launches global brand in Munich; $250M annual sales, $1B market cap

Lumosenergy, a Chinese EV charging company with $250 million in annual sales and a $1 billion market cap, launched its global brand in Munich.

EnKash says its UPI meal card offers ₹1.05 lakh tax benefit

EnKash said it integrated UPI into meal cards, targeting the employee benefits market with a digital solution.

Stealth AI Startup Antal Originates $30M/Month in Private Credit With Zero Headcount Add

Antal bursts out of stealth with an autonomous AI agent stack that has already originated over $30 million per month in private credit loans—without adding a single employee. The startup targets the $3 trillion private credit market, promising to replace manual loan processing while keeping credit decisions human.

Source: prnewswire.com · finanznachrichten.de

Chinese startup Moonshot's Kimi K3 ranks #1 in coding

Moonshot AI's open-source Kimi K3 ranked first on a coding benchmark, according to the event headline.

Skyroot's 24-metre Vikram-1 rocket debuts

The mission carries fundraising and partnership implications for the Indian private space industry, according to the report.

Reports, July 18, 2026

Trump's Truth PSI launch: 12.9M followers

Moonshot launches Kimi K3

Moonshot released the open-source AI model Kimi K3.

ACE ROBOTICS Slashes Robot Training Data by 90%, Targets 3 Commercial Verticals

ACE ROBOTICS launched Kairos 3.1, a unified world model, and Ambient Capture Engine 2.0, which cuts training data needs by up to 90%.

Eric Trump’s FFI Doubles Payload With Phantom 2, Targets Defense Robot Market

Eric Trump is an investor and adviser in FFI, a stealth startup that is field-testing humanoids in Ukraine and planning lethal capabilities, according to the company.

Nkoko Nkitinkiti program distributed 3 million chickens to 80,000 households

Nkoko Nkitinkiti is a government-led program that distributed 3 million chickens to 80,000 households.

2.8T-param Kimi K3 hits OrcaRouter

Moonshot AI’s 2.8-trillion-parameter model is now accessible through OrcaRouter’s multi-provider API gateway. The integration offers escalation and routing, which may affect how resource-constrained startup teams build AI features.

Reports, July 16, 2026

Source: dailynews.com · ocregister.com

Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveils Kimi K3 model, says it rivals OpenAI and Anthropic

Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveiled the Kimi K3 model, which it says rivals OpenAI and Anthropic models.

Source: CNBC · thebusinessjournal.com

Skyroot plans first private orbital rocket launch before August 4

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com

Moonshot's open model has 2.8T parameters

Chinese startup Moonshot released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight AI model.

Moonshot has a 2.8T-param model

Google Play opens to third-party stores, lowers commission to 10%

Startup app developers and new app store ventures gain instant Android distribution and a 67% cut in Google’s fees.

Quantum X Labs says it validated continuous-data quantum sampling workflow

Quantum X Labs Inc. announced that its CliniQuantum operation validated a quantum sampling workflow for continuous probability distributions using its proprietary algorithmic technology. The company said the workflow was tested with a multi-modal distribution of two Gaussian functions and achieved significant GPU acceleration with NVIDIA CUDA-Q.

Source: Globe Newswire · Nynewscast

Anthropic's Claude Pro priced at Rs 1,999 per month

With plans starting at Rs 1,999 per month, Indian founders can now access Sonnet 5, Opus, and Fable 5 models without international payment friction.

Nautis launches OS, says it replaces 15+ startup tools

Nautis claims its new platform unifies nine core functions into one operating system, aiming to eliminate the costly fragmentation of 15+ apps for founders.

OpenAI launches 3-tier GPT-5.6 after US freeze

Grok 4.5 delivers 80 TPS coding: Free AI for startup founders

SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5 offers free access to an AI model that performs coding and agentic tasks at 80 tokens per second.

NCS launches enterprise AI platforms and products

NCS launched enterprise AI platforms and products and deepened partnerships to accelerate AI-driven business transformation, according to the source reports.

Source: aninews.in · thehindubusinessline.com

Reports, July 9, 2026

Source: saltlakecitysun.com · torontotelegraph.com

AI startup DeepSeek eyes $30B inference market

DeepSeek is reportedly developing its own inference chips.

Hysata signs first export customer for large-scale electrolyser

Port Kembla-based green hydrogen startup Hysata has marked its fifth birthday with its first export customer, according to AAP. The company expects delivery of its first large-scale electrolyser in the first six months of 2027; the commercial arrangement's details remain undisclosed.

Source: Poppy Johnston (au) · Poppy Johnston (au)

Weave Robotics switches from laundry to $7,999 home robot

Startup Weave Robotics has left behind its laundry-appliance roots to launch Isaac 1, a $7,999 mobile home robot.

SpaceX's Terafab has $55B initial investment; intended to make AI chips in space

SpaceX's Terafab has a $55B initial investment and is intended to manufacture AI chips in space.

Reports on Hash Brown Conversations, June 23, 2026

Source: Aninews · Aninews

Locafy grows revenue 31%, targets July 2026 Poseidon launch

Locafy reported 31% total revenue growth and shrinking losses. The company stated that its Poseidon AEO platform is scheduled to launch in July 2026.

Ensemble introduced a CFO-as-a-service offering.

Ensemble introduced an integrated CFO-as-a-service offering.

Eros Music Worlds Launches 7 AI Artists and Perpetual Rafi IP Deal

Eros Innovation’s new AI music platform launches with seven character-based virtual artists and a rights-cleared legacy deal with the Mohammed Rafi family.

OpenAI's Jalapeño chip breaks custom silicon speed record in nine months

OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to design a custom AI inference chip in nine months.

Meta's Arena Takes No-Cash Shot at $10B Prediction Startups

Meta’s Arena is a points-based prediction app. The move comes as the prediction market sector is valued at more than $10B.

Bezos-backed Slate Auto opens preorders for $24,950 electric truck

The EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos officially entered the race for the affordable electric truck market with a $24,950 starting price and 205-mile range. Preorders began immediately.