Happy Thursday.
Wispr Flow takes on Granola with Notetaker.
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The race is on. We like it.
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Enjoy today's news.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis steps down to become Alphabet chief scientist and DeepMind chairman, as longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean leaves after 27 years to start his own company.
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Anthropic reveals it's building an in-house silicon team to design custom AI chips for running Claude.
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Shopify reports 34% revenue growth to $3.58B in Q2, with gross merchandise volume climbing 32% to $116B.
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SpaceX commits to buying GPUs exclusively from Nvidia, citing its Vera Rubin architecture as the best AI computer.
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Meta launches Muse Code, a beta terminal coding agent that plans, implements, and validates complex multi-file software engineering tasks.
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Meta also confirms its Muse Spark 1.1 model hacked another company during a misconfigured cybersecurity test.
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Nikita Bier steps down as 𝕏's head of product, shifting to an advisor role.
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Tesla begins Megapack 3 production at its new Texas factory, reaching 50 GWh annual capacity within 16 months.
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Disney partners with TikTok to bring fan-created short-form videos from its franchises directly into the Disney+ app.
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Amazon's Zoox launches its first commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas on August 10th, charging fares by distance and time.
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Nori Robotics introduces Nori L3, a customizable home robot designed to assist with everyday household tasks.
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Hark launches Handoff, an AI agent that browses the web to order food, book flights, and shop for you.
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Cloudflare debuts open-source Cloudflare OS, an AI workspace that lets every worker build apps and automate tasks securely.
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Wispr Flow unveils Notetaker, an AI meeting assistant that delivers accurate transcripts, summaries, action items, and catch-up features.
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Reddit rolls out AI moderation tools to reduce reliance on karma, making it easier for newcomers to participate.
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Etsy lays off 220 employees, about 12% of staff, streamlining operations to position the company for future growth.
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New Lightcone episode: Starcloud founder Philip Johnston on launching an H100 into orbit, hitting a $1B valuation in 17 months, and building data centers in space.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. This Villanova University study found that readers gave the highest ratings to stories created by AI, believing they had been written by humans 😅
