Zhemal Khamidun
Hamidun News editorial desk led by Editor-in-Chief Zhemal Khamidun (CPO of AlpinaGPT). Daily curation across 50+ global AI labs, research feeds, and industry reports in 6 languages.
EdVisorly raises $13.3M Series A for AI automation of student admissions
EdVisorly has raised $13.3 million in a Series A to scale its AI platform that automates back-office processes for student admissions at universities.
Five startup deals of June 2026: AI for biology and agents for services
Crunchbase highlighted five notable funding rounds: startups are advancing AI for biology, solving document workflow issues in the private sector, and building AI…
Sixtyfour: the Y Combinator startup that evaluates every AI agent output
Sixtyfour developed an evaluation system for AI agents: instead of trusting LLM outputs, the startup checks every response through expert evaluation and releases…
SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, rejecting Intel offer
KTern.AI builds an agentic platform for SAP on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5: Elon Musk calls the model Claude Opus level
Pelgo chief urges governments to support workers amid AI's impact
OpenAI adds simultaneous listening and speaking to voice mode for translation
OpenAI unveiled an updated voice mode: the AI can now listen and speak at the same time, enabling real-time speech translation without pauses.
Character.AI Launches Interactive Video Series Where Viewers Chat with Characters
Character.AI added interactive micro-drama features — short video series where viewers chat with characters through an embedded chat, ask questions, and replay…
Ollama Raises $65 Million and Nearly Reaches 9 Million Users for AI Tool
Game data, not LLM: how startup General Intuition sees the path to AGI
Fidji Simo steps down as head of OpenAI’s AGI division due to illness
OpenAI shuts down the Atlas browser less than a year into development
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 and New Model Family with Enhanced Security
On July 9, 2026, OpenAI unveiled a new family of language models centered on GPT-5.6. The update promises improvements in cybersecurity and other AI development…
Fastest-Growing AI Startups Accelerate Revenue Growth Momentum
Among fast-growing AI startups, standout companies are scaling revenue significantly faster than competitors and industry averages.