SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, as the company works to close the AI gap with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Cognition CEO Scott Wu disputed the report, stating on X that the company was not for sale and that no talks had occurred between the…

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Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was acquiring OpenRouter, with sources telling the New York Times the deal was valued at $7.5 billion. The price marked a sharp jump from OpenRouter’s $1.3 billion valuation in May, with founders reportedly set to receive $1.5 billion and investors the remaining $6 billion. Stripe reportedly outbid other interested…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}, and welcome to the 5,054 new readers who joined us yesterday. The entire industry is fighting to create the best AI coworker. Slack is working to own the office space instead. The company’s new Slack Code puts coding agents inside…

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In August 2025, TypeScript became the most used language on GitHub. This was the largest shift in GitHub’s language rankings in the last ten years and it occurred during the period of most accelerated adoption of coding AI agents. Coding AI agents had previously been predicted to lower the importance of language selection. It was…

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Growing public unease about AI is beginning to translate into political and financial pressure, according to a series of recent reports. Axios reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned top AI companies that data center construction is hurting the party’s prospects in a key Ohio election, while Pew Research found that 52% of Americans now say they’re more…

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Italy’s AI scale-up scene is anchored in Lombardy, with Milan alone home to four of the ten companies on this list, but the range of what is being built stretches from Genoa’s humanoid robotics to Turin’s crowdsourced mapping and autonomous mobility. From responsible AI for regulated industries to AI legal research assistants, and from offensive…

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Insider Brief Axle, the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance, announced $17.5 million in Series A funding led by Base10 Partners, with continued investment from Y Combinator and Gradient, and participation from Stage 2 Capital and industry angels including the founders of Cover Genius. Axle now clears more than $100 billion in coverage annually for over 4,000…

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Multiple security researchers reported losing access to OpenAI’s Trusted Access for Cyber program, which grants vetted researchers reduced-restriction access to advanced AI models for legitimate security work. OpenAI confirmed the issue stemmed from a technical error affecting a limited number of users, primarily those located outside the U.S. and Europe, and asked affected researchers to…

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Google announced a broad set of new AI-powered study features across Search and Gemini, including interactive visuals, 3D simulations, customized practice quizzes, and a dedicated learning hub, as the company works to position Gemini as a primary AI tool for students amid growing competition from OpenAI and education-focused startups. Within Search, students can now generate…

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TerraPower, the nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, plans to announce its first data center-focused nuclear project later this year, according to a Bloomberg report. The facility would mark the company’s second power plant, following one already under construction in Wyoming, with groundbreaking expected in 2027. While TerraPower has not named the customer for…

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