Happy Friday.
> be Lovable
> realize lovable.com belongs to a 60-year-old Italian underwear brand
> launch on lovable.dev instead
> employees have to convince their families they don’t work for an underwear company *
> raise $950M
> finally be able to buy .com
> announce your own underwear loungewear
* real story here: a Lovable employee recently wrote that she had to convince her family Lovable was an AI company, “NOT an underwear brand”.
🙂
Enjoy today's news.
London neurosurgeons perform the world’s first successful AI-assisted brain tumor surgery, saving a patient's sight using live anatomy mapping.
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TIME releases its 2026 TIME100 AI list, honoring the global leaders and innovators shaping artificial intelligence.
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Over 100 companies, including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft, call for urgent action against growing AI cyber threats.
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𝕏 exposes a 200,000-account Chinese bot farm spreading manipulated posts on AI data centers and energy costs.
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Google launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, a video model with scene extension, frame control, and 4K upscaling.
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Stripe and Advent abandon their pursuit of PayPal, dropping a $53B takeover bid.
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YouTube adds Amazon to its Shopping affiliate program, letting eligible U.S. creators tag Amazon products across videos, Shorts, and livestreams.
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SoftBank negotiates a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation.
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Google adds flight tracking, rewards comparisons, and hotel booking to AI Mode, simplifying travel planning directly within Search.
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Raycast launches a low-profile mechanical keyboard with 14 custom keycaps, a dedicated Hyper key, and silent switches.
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Plaud debuts Plaud One earphones, featuring an eSIM-enabled case that lets users talk to AI agents remotely.
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Google introduces Fitbit Air Pokémon Sleep Edition, combining advanced sleep tracking with Pokémon Sleep rewards and personalized health insights.
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Dyna Robotics rolls out its robots across Din Tai Fung's restaurant chain, crossing the ROI threshold for real deployments.
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Kalshi partners with The Weather Company to verify climate prediction markets and expand weather-based trading options.
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Regent secures $240M in Series B funding to launch manufacturing of its electric Seaglider vessels for military and commercial customers.
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The Atlantic's Hanna Rosin interviews Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on AI risks, job disruption, cyberattacks, bioterrorism, regulation, and China’s rise.
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New a16z episode: General Partners Martin Casado, Sarah Wang, and Matt Bornstein break down Cursor's rapid growth, covering its early product bets, evolution from IDE to agent platform, and culture of saying no.
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Wispr Flow co-founder and CEO Tanay Kothari shares a behind-the-scenes look at the final 72 hours before Notetaker’s launch.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you on Monday.
P.S. ICYMI, an extended look at GTA VI just dropped 👀
