Unconventional AI, a startup founded by Naveen Rao, formerly head of AI at Databricks, has released its first AI model and an accompanying research paper detailing a radical reimagining of computing architecture designed to dramatically reduce the energy cost of AI inference. The company’s debut model, Un-0, is an image-generation system built on an oscillator-based…

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Anthropic’s Claude is gaining significant ground with paying consumers, according to credit card transaction data from Indagari, which analyses anonymised spending patterns across approximately 28 million US consumers. The data, covering weekly transactions from 2025 through May 2026, shows Claude’s paying consumer base and associated revenue growing roughly 75% since January 2026, with gains continuing…

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond general-purpose chatbots and into industry-specific software that automates entire business processes. Known as vertical workflow applications, these platforms are designed to solve the unique challenges of individual industries — from legal research and clinical documentation to property management, customer support and enterprise knowledge management. Unlike horizontal AI tools that aim to serve…

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Adobe has announced the acquisition of Topaz Labs, a veteran AI-powered video and image enhancement company, in a deal expected to close in the second half of 2026. The purchase will bring Topaz’s proprietary AI models directly into Adobe’s creative software ecosystem. Founded over two decades ago, Topaz Labs received an Emmy Award in 2025…

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The Dutch government has taken the unusual step of sending Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma to Washington to lobby against proposed US legislation that could severely restrict sales by ASML, Europe’s most valuable company and the world’s sole manufacturer of the advanced lithography machines used to produce cutting-edge AI chips. Sjoerdsma met with Commerce Secretary Howard…

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Amazon has announced a further $13 billion investment in India’s AI and cloud infrastructure, bringing its total committed spending in the country to $48 billion. The announcement was made following a meeting between CEO Andy Jassy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, and will fund the expansion of Amazon Web Services data centre…

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AI reliability startup Pramaana Labs has raised $27 million in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji Invest, and Unbound. The company is applying formal verification techniques to large language models, targeting industries where AI errors carry serious legal, financial, or medical consequences. Co-founder and CEO Ranjan…

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German AI translation company DeepL has acquired San Francisco-based Mixhalo, a real-time audio platform specialising in live event translation, marking a significant expansion of DeepL’s voice AI ambitions beyond its text translation roots. Mixhalo was founded in 2016 by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger, violinist Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger, and Vik Singh, who serves as CEO. Originally…

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Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Indian IT giant Infosys, has launched Hang Ten Systems, an AI-native enterprise services startup that has raised a $32 million seed round led by Mayfield, with strategic investment from Aramco Ventures and participation from angel investors. The company’s board includes Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. Hang Ten is built around the…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. Anthropic isn’t the only one facing blowback for building a powerful AI model. OpenAI is now pretty much in the same position — for the same reason. The White House has asked the company to limit the release of its…

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