Listen Labs walked away from a signed term sheet for a $125M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, with Menlo Ventures set to lead, a source said. The financing likely collapsed amid talks with Salesforce about a possible ~$2B acquisition, Business Insider reported.
OpenAI published a proof and Lean formalization claiming that a smooth, three‑dimensional incompressible fluid can develop a finite‑time singularity. The result was produced by an internal model OpenAI describes as more capable than GPT‑6 Astra and uses a spiraling vortex construction.
Cognition secured $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation, four months after a $26 billion round. The company says annualized revenue rose from $492M to $900M and plans to train its own models to lower dependence on OpenAI and Anthropic.
AI vocabulary is expanding rapidly, and a new term — opaque recurrence — has drawn attention after its use in OpenAI’s Astra. Safety researchers warn the technique can obscure model reasoning; OpenAI says Astra’s chain of thought remains legible.
Gemini Spark can now perform tasks inside Google Photos — editing images, curating albums, creating shared albums and turning flyer photos into calendar events. Google Photos lead Shimrit Ben‑Yair said the feature will roll out in the U.S. to eligible Gemini AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in English o
Google announced Google Pics on Sep 1, 2026, an AI tool to generate and edit images inside Google Workspace apps. Built on the Nano Banana model, it rolls out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers.
Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing Apple to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week.” Cook will remain Executive Chairman to focus on policy relationships, a role that recently made a map label a public balancing act.
Crusoe has raised $3 billion at a $30 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. The round was co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners and follows a $1.38 billion raise last October.
OpenAI announced a $1 billion initiative, Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, to subsidize access to Daybreak models, training, and technical support for resource-constrained cyber teams. The plan includes a US pilot with MS-ISAC and over 35 partner products through the Daybreak Defense Network.
Nvidia will invest $3.5 billion in MediaTek and provide NVLink Fusion technology so MediaTek’s custom chips can plug into Nvidia-based data centers. MediaTek expects its data center ASIC business to reach $2 billion in revenue in 2026, the companies said.