2026
Earlybird raised €360M in Fund VIII and locked in perpetual ownership model
Berlin-based Earlybird closed its largest early-stage fund to date at €360M, betting on AI infrastructure while rejecting external ownership
Giraffe360 raises $10M from Cipio Partners to expand AI platform for real estate
London-based Giraffe360 closed a Series B round of $10M to scale its AI platform that generates a complete media package for property sales
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne prepare Europe's first commercial robotaxi service
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne are testing robotaxis in Zagreb and promise to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles on European roads, but have n
RPA Still Matters: How AI Is Changing Companies' Approach to Business Automation
RPA remains the foundation for automating repetitive tasks, but AI adds what it lacked: handling documents, text, exceptions, and more flexi
Synaps Raised $3.6M for AI Platform for Architects and Challenged AutoCAD
Austrian-Albanian startup Synaps closed a pre-seed round of $3.6M, gained 60,000 beta users and aims to replace heavy CAD tools with a brows
Tencent Releases Covo-Audio — 7B Model for Voice Dialogs and Audio Reasoning
Tencent AI Lab has open-sourced Covo-Audio — a 7B audio model that accepts continuous speech, responds with voice, and targets real-time dia
SoftBank enlists new banks for $40 billion credit facility for OpenAI investment
Additional banks have joined SoftBank's $40 billion unsecured credit syndication, reinforcing the Japanese conglomerate's bet on OpenAI and
Centaur knew the answers, but didn't understand the questions: research refutes AI 'thinking'
The Centaur model claimed to imitate human thinking across 160 tasks — but new research showed it was simply memorizing patterns rather than
Nvidia and Atlassian Invest in Legora: Legal Tech Startup Valued at $5.6 Billion
Legora added $50M to its Series D round while maintaining a $5.6B valuation: Nvidia and Atlassian participated in the deal, with the legal t
ChatGPT didn't kill the developer market: programmer numbers have grown significantly since 2022
After ChatGPT's launch, the number of developers in the US and worldwide did not decline but increased, while employer demand is shifting fr
OpenAI secures 10 GW computing capacity ahead of schedule
OpenAI has secured contracts for 10 GW of computing power ahead of its original timeline: the company initially planned to reach this milest
SkillMarket built a marketplace of skills for AI agents on FastAPI and Claude Sonnet
The SkillMarket team showed an MVP of a platform where industry experts convert their experience into sellable skills for AI agents, with Fa
Microsoft claims 20 million paid Copilot users in enterprise Microsoft 365
Satya Nadella announced that Microsoft 365 Copilot already has 20 million paid enterprise users, which should dispel doubts that the service
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft push combined AI spending plans to $725 billion in 2026
Four largest U.S. tech companies are ready to spend up to $725 billion on capital expenditures in 2026 — primarily on data centers, chips an
RusHydro to allocate almost 100 million rubles for Nvidia H100 servers for AI tasks
RusHydro's IT division is purchasing Nvidia H100 GPU servers for nearly 100 million rubles — a clear signal that major energy companies in R
Anthropic Prepares May Funding Round: Valuation Could Rise to $900B and Surpass OpenAI
Anthropic could reach a $900B valuation as soon as May after raising some $30B since February, which would position the company above OpenAI
Pony.ai reports first profitable quarter and plans robotaxi expansion to over 20 cities
Pony.ai reported its first quarterly profit driven by investment income while simultaneously announcing plans to deploy a fleet of 3,000+ ro
Sber Explained Why AI-Generated Code Looks Reliable But Breaks Under Real Load
Sber analyzed why AI-generated code often appears quality in code review but fails in production, and what engineering practices help reduce
"Advanced Payment Solutions" Launched Voice AI Assistant for Calls to Pilot Without ML Team
"Advanced Payment Solutions" brought a voice AI assistant for calls to pilot in six months, despite assembling the team from 12 backend deve
Habr Explained How to Force LLMs to Calculate Without Errors Through Python Code Generation
Habr analyzed why language models regularly make arithmetic mistakes and demonstrated a working approach: LLM writes Python code, while the
Paperclip Promises a Company of AI Agents but Drowns in Bureaucracy During Testing
A Habr author tested Paperclip — a system for managing teams of AI agents — and instead of accelerating development, got two days of coordin
Xero to implement Claude in accounting and transfer small business financial data to Claude
Xero has entered into a multi-year partnership with Anthropic: Claude will be integrated into the accounting platform, and users will be abl
Krok Shows How It Built an Internal RAG Assistant for Corporate Data
Krok explained how it assembled an internal RAG assistant for searching corporate data with on-prem deployment, ACL control, quality benchma
US House Strengthens Protection of Nvidia AI Chips Against Leaks to China
A US House committee advanced legislation that would force AI chip manufacturers, including Nvidia, to tighter controls on supplies and prev
Sergey Smirnov explained how to prepare an AI agent for reliable operation in production
AI engineer Sergey Smirnov outlined a roadmap for deploying an AI agent to production: from concept and initial launch to reliable, predicta
Amsterdam court bans xAI and Grok from creating nude images without consent
An Amsterdam court has banned xAI from generating and distributing nude images of people in the Netherlands without permission, intensifying
Apple will open Siri for Claude and Gemini in iOS 27, turning iPhone into an AI platform
Apple is preparing the largest strategic shift in Siri's history: in iOS 27, the assistant will be able to forward requests to third-party A
AWS Explains How to Accelerate Fine-Tuning Llama 3.2 Vision on S3 Data
AWS demonstrated a practical scenario where SageMaker Unified Studio, Catalog, and S3 enable faster fine-tuning of Llama 3.2 11B Vision Inst
Hugging Face showed how to build a weather AI agent on smolagents in 15 minutes
Hugging Face via the smolagents library shows how to build a weather AI agent in Python in 15 minutes: add a tool, connect an LLM, and let i
Quail Group: businesses fail with AI not because of weak models, but due to data confusion
Quail Group authors believe that the main problem with corporate AI is not weak models, but companies' inability to separate useful signals
US Court Temporarily Backed Anthropic in Dispute with Pentagon Over Claude Restrictions
A California court temporarily blocked sanctions against Anthropic after the company refused to permit Claude's use in fully autonomous weap
Google simplified transition to Gemini by adding chat history import from ChatGPT and Claude
Google added a tool to Gemini for transferring chat history and context from other AI services to lower the barrier for users switching from
Google NotebookLM Helps Build a Personal AI Prompt Engineer in 15 Minutes
Instead of endless prompting courses, the author proposes creating a personal assistant in Google NotebookLM that answers only based on sele
White House calls on US antitrust agencies to be more cautious in AI market intervention
A senior White House official believes the AI market remains competitive and overly strict antitrust pressure could harm its development.
Anthropic Considers IPO as Early as October Amid Race with OpenAI
Anthropic, creator of Claude, is considering going public as early as October 2026, a move that could strengthen its position in the race wi
Apple Issues Rare Bonuses to iPhone Designers to Keep Them from OpenAI
Apple has begun issuing rare monetary bonuses to iPhone designers following the departure of part of its team to AI startups, including Open
Apple Will Allow Connecting Gemini and Claude to Siri in iOS 27 Through Extensions System
In iOS 27, Apple may allow iPhone owners to choose their own AI model for Siri responses, connecting not only ChatGPT but also Gemini, Claud
AWS Launches Amazon Bedrock in New Zealand with Claude and Cross-Region Inference
Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region: companies can now invoke Claude and Nova from Auckland, with load
Anthropic Halts Trump Administration's Ban on Its AI for Government Agencies Through Court
A court temporarily blocked the Trump administration's ban on Anthropic AI use in government agencies, giving the company a reprieve in a di
Qwen3.5: Running Reasoning-Models in GGUF and 4-Bit Format via Colab
A Colab pipeline is presented for running Qwen3.5 reasoning-models, distilled in Claude style: with one setting you can switch between the 2
Microsoft GraphRAG and Ollama: How Graph-Based RAG Performed on Local Models
The author tested Microsoft GraphRAG with Ollama on the "Johnny Mnemonic" narrative and concluded: graph-based RAG delivers more relevant an
Bloomberg Tech: How AI Changes the Battlefield and Launches an Autonomous Weapons Race
Bloomberg Tech: Asia shows how AI transforms war into a competition of algorithms, sensors, and autonomous systems, while intensifying debat
Google Releases Gemini 3.1 Flash Live for Voice AI Agents and Multimodal Dialogue
Google opened preview access to Gemini 3.1 Flash Live — a model for voice and visual AI agents with low latency, tool support, and more natu
Anthropic Prepares October IPO and Seeks Over $60 Billion for AI Development
According to Bloomberg and The Information, Anthropic is discussing an IPO in October 2026 and expects to raise over $60 billion to invest i
Habr AI Breaks Down Gradient Descent in C++ and CUDA Through MNIST Model Training
In the fourth part of the 'From MNIST to Transformer' series, Habr AI explains how gradient descent works and demonstrates training a digit
Google Turns Gemini Into Smartphone Infrastructure as Apple Steps Back From Siri
Google through Gemini claims the foundational AI layer role for both iPhone and Android simultaneously, while Apple effectively acknowledges
Google adds memory and chat import from ChatGPT and other AI assistants to Gemini
Google has enabled transferring chats and saved memory from ChatGPT and other AI services to Gemini, lowering barriers to switching and inte
Anthropic wins sanctions relief: court orders Pentagon to remove company from blacklist
U.S. federal court ruled unlawful the inclusion of Anthropic in the Pentagon's list of unreliable suppliers and ordered the department to li
Claude AI in Four IDEs: Why the Developer Became the Main Bottleneck for Agents
A Habr AI author described how working with Claude AI and multiple IDEs accelerates development, but makes the human the main bottleneck: th
EU AI Act and EU Sanctions Intensify Pressure on Russian SaaS Companies in Europe
The EU and Russia are almost simultaneously moving AI regulation into a practical phase, and for Russian SaaS companies this becomes a doubl
"First Form" showed how to maintain a company map so AI doesn't make mistakes
"First Form" demonstrated why corporate AI systems start confidently making errors if the data map isn't updated, and how to solve this with
Veai 5.7 for JetBrains IDE adds directories to chat and auto-retry for agent tasks
Veai updated its AI agent for JetBrains IDE: version 5.7 brings directories to chat, model selection directly in the dialog, auto-retry, and
Anthropic Accelerates Claude Rate Limit Depletion During Peak Hours for Free, Pro, and Max Users
Anthropic has modified how it counts rate limits in Claude: during high-load periods, five-hour sessions for Free, Pro, and Max users now de
OpenAI invested in Isara — product-less startup valued at $650M in nine months
OpenAI joined Isara's $94M funding round: a nine-month-old San Francisco startup is building a system that coordinates thousands of AI agent
Keith raised £2 million to launch AI law firm to accelerate property deals by 70%
British startup Keith raised £2 million to launch a regulated AI law firm for property transactions: 24/7 agent, automation of up to 80% of
Habr AI: METR and Google Cloud See No Promised Developer Acceleration from AI
Habr AI compiled findings from several studies: AI assistants make developer work more comfortable, but data from METR, Google Cloud, and Py
KodaCode 0.8.0 adds secure chat mode, dialog branching, and image support
KodaCode 0.8.0 migrates chat to secure agent logic with read-only tools, adds session branching, JSON export, and image uploads for multimod
Microsoft leases 900 MW data center originally prepared for Oracle and OpenAI
Microsoft leases a 900 MW data center project originally prepared for Oracle and OpenAI, intensifying competition for AI infrastructure
Google simplified the transition to Gemini: you can transfer memory, chat history and settings
Google added to Gemini the ability to transfer memory, chat history and user preferences from other AI services so that new users wouldn't h
SberDevices and ruGPT-3 XL: Developer Restores Forgotten Russian-Language Model from 2021
Developer brought back ai-forever/rugpt3xl — a Russian-language SberDevices model with 1.3 billion parameters, created in 2021 and trained f