Acquisition
As part of the deal, Ghita Houir Alami, ZeroEntropy's founder and CEO, will join Notion to lead its newly formed Model Research team.
Opinion
Once BitChat is installed on a device, it can continue operating offline, relaying messages from phone to phone without relying on any central infrastructure.
Acquisition
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
AI Models
Anthropic has priced the model at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, matching the pricing of Opus 4.8.
Policies
BitChat is an open-source, decentralised messaging application that enables users to communicate without relying on mobile data, Wi-Fi, cellular networks, or even phone numbers.
Research
Kimi K3 performed significantly below leading frontier models when tasked with developing software exploits and conducting autonomous attacks on simulated enterprise networks.
Acquisition
The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2026.
AI News
The flight was conducted under the Viper Experimentation and Next-generation Operations Model (VENOM) programme, a joint initiative between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force.
AI Startups
The startup is also introducing a Founding Builders Programme for Indian startups.
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IBM executives said "tens" of customers delayed planned mainframe purchases during the quarter after prioritising AI infrastructure investments.
Organisations can also define exactly which systems an agent can access and what actions it is authorised to perform, helping reduce operational and security risks.
The solution integrates Workday's Human Capital Management (HCM) data with Sana's AI-native learning technology to create tailored learning experiences
CAIR combines data from multiple credit bureaus with the company's proprietary AI engine, FibeSense, to provide users with personalised insights into their credit profiles.
Founded by former Docker engineers and Dagger co-founders Sam Alba & Andrea Luzzardi, Mendral developed AI agents designed to automate software engineering tasks
The company said the new models focus on reducing token usage and latency while improving coding, multimodal reasoning, and agentic workflows
The company said the incident involved GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased model that were being tested on ExploitGym
The initiative gives AI-native startups in YC's portfolio dedicated access to GPU resources for both AI training and inference.
Authors and publishers will receive $3,000 for each of approximately 500,000 works that Anthropic copied from online pirate libraries.
The 4-billion-parameter model is optimised for memory-constrained edge devices while delivering data center-level performance.
Applications are open until August 2, 2026.
Together, the three products create a connected operating platform designed to help businesses improve productivity, make faster decisions, and build a stronger foundation for AI adoption.
