Vercel Adds GPT-5.6 Models to AI Gateway
Vercel added GPT-5.6 Sol, Luna, and Terra to AI Gateway, expanding the model choices available through its unified developer endpoint.
2026-07-10
3 articles
Vercel Adds Muse Spark 1.1 to AI Gateway
Vercel added Muse Spark 1.1 to AI Gateway, extending its single-endpoint model catalog with another image generation option for developers.
OpenAI Says GPT-5.6 Will Power Microsoft 365 Copilot
OpenAI said GPT-5.6 will be the preferred model for Microsoft 365 Copilot, even as Microsoft is reportedly using more of its own AI models.
2026-07-09
6 articles
Google Brings LiteRT.js Browser Inference Runtime to Web Developers
Google introduced LiteRT.js, a JavaScript runtime for running machine-learning models directly in browsers with WebGPU, WebNN, and WebAssembly support.
Ethereum Institutional Opens a Front Door for Wall Street
Ethereum Institutional has launched as an independent nonprofit focused on helping banks, asset managers, and other institutions navigate Ethereum.
Ollama Raises $65M as Local AI Tool Reaches 8.9M Developers
Ollama has raised a reported $65 million as its local AI developer tool grows to 8.9 million developers and $88 million in total funding.
Temasek Signals AI Focus While Crypto Stays Off the Table
Singapore state investor Temasek is prioritizing AI exposure while remaining cautious on direct crypto investments after its FTX write-off.
NVIDIA Pitches Vera CPU for Agentic AI Workloads
NVIDIA says its Vera CPU is being adopted by AI teams that need stronger single-threaded performance for agent orchestration and data-center control workloads.
GitHub Shows Agentic Workflows Handling Cross-Repo Docs
GitHub detailed how Agentic Workflows helped the Aspire team turn merged product changes into reviewed documentation pull requests across repositories.
2026-07-08
5 articles
Vercel Expands Agent for Production Fixes
Vercel Agent now sits in the dashboard to investigate production incidents, propose fixes, and run generated code in a sandbox before teams approve changes.
Paradigm Raises $1.2B Fourth Fund Across AI, Robotics and Crypto
Paradigm raised a $1.2 billion fourth fund to back frontier technology companies, expanding its remit across AI and robotics while continuing crypto investments.
BNB Chain Roadmap Points to Next-Generation L1
BNB Chain's H2 roadmap says a next-generation L1 is in development as the network pushes lower latency and higher throughput.
ZML Releases LLMD as a Universal LLM Inference Server
Paris AI startup ZML released LLMD, a self-contained inference server designed to run open-weight LLMs across NVIDIA, AMD, Google TPU, Intel oneAPI, and Apple Metal hardware.
Kraken Reportedly Targets European Bank License in Lithuania
Kraken is reportedly pursuing a full European banking license, with Lithuania viewed as a likely jurisdiction for the next step in its regulated-finance push.
2026-07-07
6 articles
Meta Rolls Out Muse Image for AI Visual Creation
Meta introduced Muse Image, a new image generation model from Meta Superintelligence Labs that is now available in Meta AI and rolling into Instagram and WhatsApp features.
Google Adds Background Tasks and Remote MCP to Gemini Managed Agents
Google expanded Managed Agents in the Gemini API with asynchronous execution, remote MCP server support, custom functions, and credential refresh.
EDX Markets Raises $76M for Institutional Crypto Infrastructure
EDX Markets closed a $76 million Series C led by SBI Holdings as it builds institutional crypto trading, clearing, settlement, and custody infrastructure.
NVIDIA and Hugging Face Add GR00T N1.7 to LeRobot
NVIDIA and Hugging Face expanded LeRobot with GR00T N1.7, Isaac Teleop integration and new workflows for training, evaluating and deploying robot policies.
BonkDAO Treasury Drained in Governance Attack
BonkDAO said a malicious governance proposal drained an estimated $20 million worth of BONK from its treasury, with recovery efforts now involving exchanges, bridges, the Solana Foundation and law enforcement.
SK Hynix Lines Up Nasdaq ADR for AI Memory Demand
SK Hynix is preparing a Nasdaq ADS listing under SKHY, giving U.S. investors direct exposure to a major high-bandwidth memory supplier for AI systems.
2026-07-06
4 articles
U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Remains in Agency Review
The White House's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve remains a policy work in progress as agencies and lawmakers sort through custody, transfer and oversight questions.
USDC Widens Stablecoin Volume Lead Over Tether
Visa's onchain dashboard shows USDC widening its adjusted transaction-volume lead over Tether's USDT during the first half of 2026.
Summer.fi Pauses Lazy Summer Vaults After Exploit
Summer.fi said its guardians were pausing all Lazy Summer Protocol vaults after reports of an exploit, while Blockaid estimated roughly $6 million had been drained.
Coinbase Fixes AI Alert After Fake World Cup Result
Coinbase drew criticism after an AI-generated alert falsely reported a Norway-Brazil World Cup result before kickoff, then said it fixed the story and updated safeguards.
2026-07-05
1 article
GitHub Tests License Compliance Checks in Pull Requests
GitHub is using its new public preview license compliance feature to catch open source dependency license issues before code is merged.
2026-07-04
2 articles
Midjourney Pushes Studios on Their AI Use
Midjourney is trying to widen discovery into Hollywood studios' own AI practices as it fights copyright claims from Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.
UK FCA Sets Crypto Trading Platform Rulebook
The FCA's new crypto regime gives trading platforms a clearer UK path, but firms still face authorization, capital, conduct, and market-abuse obligations.
2026-07-03
4 articles
A7A5 Volume Claims Draw Fresh Scrutiny
Blockchain analysts are challenging A7A5's reported trading volume, sharpening scrutiny of the sanctioned ruble-backed stablecoin.
IMF Says Tokenization Could Rewire Financial Risk
The IMF says tokenized finance could make settlement faster and cheaper, but also move risk into new infrastructure and speed up market stress.
Vercel Adds Team-Level Routing Rules to AI Gateway
Vercel AI Gateway now supports beta routing rules that let teams rewrite or deny model requests without changing application code.
Meta Says AI Agent Progress Is Slower Than Hoped
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told Meta employees that AI agent development has not accelerated as quickly as executives expected.
2026-07-02
6 articles
Securitize Puts SECZ Stock Onchain on NYSE Debut
Securitize began trading on the NYSE and launched issuer-sponsored tokenized SECZ shares for eligible U.S. investors on Avalanche and Solana.
Anthropic Reportedly Discusses Custom AI Chip With Samsung
Anthropic is reportedly in early talks with Samsung over a possible custom AI server chip, adding another path to its already diversified compute strategy.
Ondo Launches Custodial Tokenized Securities in U.S.
Ondo says it has launched third-party tokenized U.S. securities using a custodial entitlement model, starting with IVV and Micron shares on Ethereum.
NVIDIA Adds Revenue Sharing To AI Cloud Builds
NVIDIA is pairing AI cloud hardware sales with revenue-sharing and credit-support terms to help smaller cloud providers finance large AI factory deployments.
Google Adds Agents API to Genkit for Full-Stack AI Apps
Google has introduced a Genkit Agents API for building conversational AI features with message history, streaming, state persistence, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
Google Brings Workbench Notebooks Into VS Code
Google has launched a Workbench Notebooks extension for VS Code, giving ML developers a direct path from a local editor to managed Jupyter environments on Google Cloud.
2026-07-01
5 articles
Robinhood Chain Opens Public Mainnet
Robinhood has opened the public mainnet for its Arbitrum-based Layer 2, moving its tokenization push from product roadmap toward live onchain infrastructure.
Cloudflare Sets New Defaults for AI Crawlers
Cloudflare will block training and agent crawlers by default on ad-supported pages for new domains, while keeping search crawlers allowed.
Ethlabs Launches as Ethereum R&D Nonprofit
Ethlabs has launched as a nonprofit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH as ecosystem work spreads beyond the Ethereum Foundation.
Aave Logs Biggest Ethereum Wallet Growth Day Since 2021
Aave saw 1,806 new Ethereum wallets in 24 hours, its strongest network-growth day since October 2021, according to Santiment data.
Taiwan Passes Virtual Asset Law Covering VASPs and Stablecoins
Taiwan's Legislature passed a virtual asset law that moves crypto firms and stablecoin issuers into a formal licensing and reserve framework.
2026-06-30
7 articles
Google ADK Go 2.0 Adds Graph Workflows for Agents
Google released ADK for Go 2.0 with graph-based workflows, human-in-the-loop pauses, and dynamic orchestration for multi-agent applications.
Anthropic Ships Claude Sonnet 5 for Lower-Cost Agents
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 with stronger agentic performance, broad plan availability, and temporary API launch pricing for developers.
Open Standard Unveils Open USD Stablecoin Consortium
Open Standard says more than 140 companies have signed up for Open USD, a dollar stablecoin built around shared reserve economics and partner governance.
MetaMask Bundles Yield and Spending in Money Account
MetaMask’s new Money Account combines stablecoin yield, payments and trading inside its self-custodial wallet.
UK Cuts Proposed Capital Buffer for Stablecoin Issuers
The FCA has reportedly lowered its proposed capital buffer for stablecoin issuers to 1% as the UK moves toward a fuller crypto rulebook.
Vercel Adds Realtime Voice Paths to AI Gateway
Vercel's AI Gateway beta now covers realtime voice, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text paths for developers building audio agents.
Base44 Rolls Out Base 1 for AI App Building
Wix-owned Base44 says its first proprietary model, Base 1, is now serving users on its app-building platform.
2026-06-29
1 article
8090 Raises $135M for AI Software Factory
Chamath Palihapitiya's 8090 has raised a $135 million Series A, putting fresh capital behind its attempt to turn AI coding agents into a managed enterprise software pipeline.