Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it. |

Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are…

DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation |

At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that many attendees might not know. That leads to users scrambling for…

Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests |

Anthropic is having a month. The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just…

This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives |

How humans alloy metals is essentially the same today as it was in the Bronze Age: Melt some different metals in a pot and mix…

Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI |

6:15 AM PDT · June 16, 2026 As LLMs have grown more powerful, hallucinations have proven stubbornly difficult to avoid. Errors pop up in even…

Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple |

In Brief Posted: 8:35 AM PDT · June 16, 2026 African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company…

Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions |

In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple problem: businesses couldn’t keep up with customers who had moved to messaging apps. Today Respond, with…

Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech |

Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The Bengaluru-based company is now India’s newest AI unicorn, as…

As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities |

Cybersecurity startup NewCore emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding on Monday, aiming to solve a challenge it believes many companies will soon face…

Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers |

After Sergi Bastardas’ decade at Amazon and floriculture startup Colvin, one thing always stood out — the feeling that there wasn’t enough efficient “human infrastructure”…