Happy Thursday.
Cute robots day. I mean, just look at these guys:
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Enjoy today's news.
NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B, gaining control of its open-source AI models and datasets.
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Apple announces its annual keynote for Sept. 9, teasing new products with the tagline "Surprise and shine."
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Salesforce partners with Anthropic to launch Claudeforce, integrating Claude's reasoning directly into its CRM and Slack. Bonus: Matthew McConaughey launch video, Jim Cramer interview with Marc and Dario.
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Hugging Face debuts Microduck, a $399 open-source robot duck that walks, waddles, and learns custom skills.
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Anthropic embeds a built-in browser into Cowork, letting Claude navigate sites and complete tasks autonomously.
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𝕏 introduces 𝕏 Chat Agents, enabling developers to build automated conversational bots.
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Meta agrees to an $18B teen addiction settlement, introducing two-hour daily limits and overnight blocks on Instagram and Facebook.
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Neuralink enables a paralyzed trial participant to create digital artwork on a computer using only her mind.
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Xbox introduces a new disc-to-digital feature that allows players to convert supported physical game collections into digital licenses.
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OpenAI launches a $400M second venture fund, serving as the sole investor to back early-stage AI startups.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg abandons plans to replace staff with AI agents following employee backlash and poor technology performance.
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Stripe acquires legal tech platform Clerky to expand its automated tools for high-growth startup legal paperwork.
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Lightberry launches Lumi, a humanoid robot built to listen, understand, and interact, with 100 Founder Edition units shipping in 2026.
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Bill Gates warns that the turbulent AI era requires urgent planning to ensure its benefits outweigh monumental social risks.
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Andreas Klinger video: Every reason China keeps winning at manufacturing.
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New Profiles episode: Omar Waseem sits down with HeyClicky founder Farza Majeed to discuss shutting down $100M startup, overcoming burnout to rebuild creative confidence, and raising $12M for his new AI startup in Y Combinator.
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New Lex Fridman Podcast episode: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson discusses the end of manual programming, transitioning from skepticism to AI agentic engineering, and building the Omarchy Linux distro.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Nothing to see here… just some robots cleaning up the living room 😲
