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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Binance says net outflows were ~$3.64B, or 2.1% of assets, in the 9.5 hours after it began restoring withdrawals; DefiLlama puts 24-hour net outflows at $5.86B — The exchange said the outflows equal 2.1% of its assets and that withdrawal volumes have eased after an initial spike.
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| SemiAnalysis: |
SemiAnalysis launches GDPx, an agentic capability benchmark measuring 11 domains, including chip design, cybersecurity, and RSI; Opus 5.5 tops with a 12% score — A comprehensive benchmark spanning RSI, hardware design, cyber, bio, finance, legal, quant trading, chip design, software engineering, materials science, and alignment
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| Axios: |
OpenAI plans a post-midterms policy and PR blitz, pushing mandatory “speed limits” for powerful AI and rebranding its data centers as “AI compute campuses” — Right after Tuesday's midterms, OpenAI will unleash a policy and PR blitz to try to get in sync with the new Washington …
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| Tim Keary / Forbes: |
Data analytics provider Hex Technologies, which says it has rebuilt its platform for AI agents, raised a $100M Series D led by Peak XV at a $1.2B valuation — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. … The SaaSpocalypse has become one of the most controversial topics in enterprise tech.| YC Labs: |
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Casap, whose AI tools automate dispute and anti-fraud operations for banks, raised a $56M Series B led by Base10 Partners, bringing its total funding to $90M — Credit card fraud is hardly new, but the nature of that fraud is undergoing a major shift. In the past, nearly all scams … | Nick Lichtenberg / Fortune: |
Broccoli AI, which sells AI agents to plumbing, HVAC, and electrical companies, raised a $22M Series A and a $30M Series B; a source says it is valued at $300M — When Marcelle Flowers' staff told her that two students were waiting at the counter of her Sacramento plumbing shop, she grabbed her wallet.
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| Leo Schwartz / The Information: |
Letter: the White House argues it doesn't have to share the full draft of its voluntary AI testing framework, citing national security and commercial exemptions — The Trump administration declined to produce key documents related to its voluntary AI testing framework …
Bluesky: @gclaymitchell4th
| Jon Caramanica / New York Times: |
How IShowSpeed became YouTube's top livestreamer with 62M+ subscribers, as his 24/7 “IRL streams” that last days mingle childlike wonder with teenage mischief — IShowSpeed in Las Vegas during the Speed Does America bus tour. — With seven minutes left in the second quarter … | Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: |
Saudi Aramco acquires a 49% stake in AI startup Humain, contributing ~$2.6B in cash in 2026 plus AI, compute, and digital assets; Saudi Arabia's PIF retains 51% — Join the Leaders Making Gaming's Next Big Deals. GamesBeat NEXT brings 500+ executives, CEOs, founders, and investors to San Francisco …
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| Rahul Raj / EU-Startups: |
The Hague-based Braid, whose API lets companies sell eSIM mobile plans under their own brand via 600+ carriers, raised a ~$38M Series A led by Octopus Ventures — Braid, a Dutch company that enables enterprises to launch their own branded mobile connectivity, has raised €34.13 million ($38 million) in a Series A funding round.
LinkedIn: Marnix Geraerts
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SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Bites, whose AI tools deliver personalized training to frontline workers via WhatsApp, SMS, Slack, and other channels, raised a $40M Series A led by PeakSpan — The platform turns company procedures into short, branded videos delivered through WhatsApp, Teams and other familiar channels.
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| Geoff Weiss / Business Insider: |
Hyperbolic, which lets companies rent AI compute across ~30 neoclouds, raised a $30M Series A-1 led by Lip-Bu Tan's Walden Catalyst; it has raised $50M to date — Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is backing an infrastructure startup that has raised $30 million to help companies rent compute across hundreds of different AI cloud providers.
X: @ojrenick
| Reuters: |
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vows $15.97B for AI, chips, physical AI, and data centers in the country's 2027 budget, nearly twice the 2026 amount — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Monday to make bold investments in artificial intelligence to boost …
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SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
SubQ Snap 1.1: the first long-context decision model for real enterprise work — Tied for #1 on the AA Decision Index, Snap is a multimodal model with a 384k-token context window for fast reasoning and agentic decisions.
Zoho:
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