Indian AI coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, a five-fold jump in six months.
The funding round was led by private equity firm Creaegis. New investors MNI Ventures-Claypond, Sentinel Global, and existing backers Khosla Ventures, SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and Y Combinator also participated. The deal…
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
July 15, 2026
For several weeks this summer, the AI industry was fixated on Anthropic’s latest frontier models and Washington’s fight to control who was granted access to them. But while everyone was watching the frontier, developers kept building – and they…
Spotify is taking another step to infuse AI technology into its listening experience, with Tuesday’s news that Premium users will now be able to have interactive conversations with the app to choose what music or other audio they want to hear.
The feature is initially…
Since the large language model (LLM) explosion started, companies have been trying to solve the problem of overflowing inboxes by using AI to categorize emails and draft replies that sound like you. Email client Superhuman is launching a new version of its auto-draft feature that identifies important emails and creates draft replies that sound less robotic.
Superhuman has attempted this in the…
Quick question: Do you want AI to be so well trained, it could help husbands (or wives, for that matter) plan the perfect murder of their spouses?
Just as a gut reaction, that feels like a no for me. I wouldn’t even think it was a particularly hard question.
But…
Anthropic has started localizing Claude’s pricing in India, its biggest market outside the U.S., as global AI companies increasingly tailor their offerings to win users in the world’s most populous nation.
Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India…
Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, is getting new AI-powered features and customization updates, including the ability to report road updates conversationally and get personalized navigation.
Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze…
More than three years after ChatGPT’s launch brought generative AI into the mainstream, OpenAI is broadening its focus beyond individual users to families.
OpenAI is hiring a dedicated product manager in San Francisco to build experiences for families, caregivers, and…
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
July 13, 2026
Apple filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI over allegations of trade secret theft and breach of contract.
The iPhone maker alleges that this misconduct, which it says reveals a pattern of theft from OpenAI employees who previously worked at Apple, was directed by…
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs
July 13, 2026
The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. SK Hynix, a South Korean memory chip giant, said Friday it has raised $26.5 billion (KRW 40 trillion) in its U.S. market debut.
SK Hynix sold 177.9 million American depositary shares (ADRs) at $149 each, structured so U.S. investors can buy in at roughly a tenth of what a full share costs in Seoul. This deal, the largest-ever U.S.
