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    Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

    2026/08/11 | 6 mins.
    Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.

    Plus, embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry.

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    This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

    2026/08/10 | 8 mins.
    More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new.
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    Naïve automates the grunt work of setting up and running a company, plus, Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B, and Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

    2026/08/07 | 11 mins.
    -Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naive claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.

    -Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation

    -Athens-based Omilia, which has been working on automating voice calls and customer support since 2002, throwing AI at every process can be wasteful.

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    Can WindBorne make AI weather prediction lucrative? Plus, Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

    2026/08/06 | 7 mins.
    -WindBorne Systems has raised a $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.

    -Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.
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    Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits; also, is the future of data centers portable?

    2026/08/05 | 8 mins.
    Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed.

    Also, on Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runware announced the launch of its own modular data center called Sonic Inference Pod.
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