OpenAI replays real chats to test new models
OpenAI’s Deployment Simulation uses 1.3 million consented historical conversations to predict how unreleased models will behave in production, including agentic tool-use failures.
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SoftBank and OpenAI are selling an AI security service that scans, ranks and helps patch vulnerabilities for Japan critical infrastructure companies.
Ent raises $100 million to stop agent-era attacks early
RiskIQ veterans emerged from stealth with Ent, a security startup that wants endpoint tools to judge intent before damage is done.
Bland raises $50 million for long, difficult voice AI calls
Bland says its voice agents handled 175 million calls last year and now processes 3.5 million calls a week.
Limitless Labs brings AI to CNC programming
Limitless Labs raised $20 million to build a CAM agent that captures machinist expertise and turns CAD files into safer tool paths.
DeepSeek raises $7.4B without giving investors control
DeepSeek closed its first outside round at a valuation above $50 billion, but commercial backers get no voting power.
Samsung gets a second look as TSMC fills up
AI chip demand has pushed TSMC capacity toward 2028, sending BYD, Google, AMD and Tesla to explore Samsung foundry capacity.
Qwen veteran Lin Junyang raises at $2B valuation
The former Alibaba Qwen lead is building a new lab around world models and embodied AI instead of another chatbot.
SpaceX moves to buy Cursor for $60B
Days after its IPO, SpaceX exercised an all-stock option to acquire Anysphere, the company behind Cursor.
Qwen robot models triple cross-body transfer success
Alibaba's Qwen team released three embodied AI models, with RobotManip lifting cross-robot transfer success from 7.5% to 23.9% while RobotNav and RobotWorld cover movement and prediction.