Zhemal Khamidun
Head of AI at Alpina Digital, CPO of AlpinaGPT (~30-person engineering & AI team). Founder of Vibe Academy & Hamidun Consulting, author of the AI channel «Готовим ИИшницу» (@jemal_hamidun).

Spanish startup Xoople raises $130 million to map the Earth for AI
Spain's Xoople has closed a $130 million Series B to build a satellite constellation that collects geodata optimized for AI pipelines.

Google releases offline dictation app for iOS powered by Gemma
Google quietly released an iOS voice dictation app that runs without internet on Gemma models, the search giant's first competitor to Wispr Flow.

Former OpenAI Staff Quietly Launch Zero Shot, a Venture Fund Targeting $100M
Former OpenAI employees have founded Zero Shot, a venture fund aiming to raise $100M for its first fund, and have already quietly begun investing in AI startups.

Anthropic expands compute deal with Google and Broadcom as run-rate revenue hits $30 billion

Uber expands AWS contract, betting on Amazon chips over Google and Oracle

Anthropic launches Project Glasswing: new model finds vulnerabilities in every major OS and browser

Anthropic releases Mythos preview, an AI model for defensive cybersecurity

Intel officially joins Elon Musk's Terafab chip project
Intel has partnered with Terafab, Elon Musk's chip initiative, bringing manufacturing expertise to his most technologically demanding project.

Nvidia-backed AI data center builder Firmus hits $5.5 billion valuation
Asian AI data center provider Firmus raised $1.35 billion in six months with Nvidia's backing and reached a $5.5 billion valuation, one of the fastest…

Spotify adds AI podcast playlists built from a text prompt

Arcee, a 26-person startup, built a powerful open-source LLM and is winning users

Google quietly launches an AI dictation app for iOS that works without internet

ProPublica Newsroom Strikes Over AI, Layoff Protections and Pay

Astropad launches Workbench, a control panel for AI agents on Mac Mini
Astropad has rethought remote desktop: the new Workbench is built not for IT support but for monitoring and controlling AI agents from an iPhone or iPad.

Anthropic makes it easier for enterprises to build AI agents with Claude
Anthropic's new product takes over the technical infrastructure for running Claude-based AI agents, so companies no longer have to handle orchestration and…









