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AUTOMATION
Poitras Center to fuel early careers of 50 young scientists dedicated to psychiatric disorders research | MIT News
Patricia and James Poitras ’63, longtime MIT supporters, have launched a fellowship program for graduate students and postdocs studying major…
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- FINTECH AI Agents Are Becoming a New Malware Distribution Channel Sep 23
- STARTUPS U.S. TRANSCOM deploys randomised AI to secure military logistics Sep 23
- AUTOMATION Toyota’s $6.4bn robotics estimate puts physical AI in focus Sep 22
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Lean models start beating the giants on cost per task
Stablecoin rails quietly become bank infrastructure
Solo founders land real institutional funding
Inference gets cheaper every quarter, not slower
Autonomous agents close support tickets without a human
Core banking goes API-first, one branch at a time
Synthetic data starts outpacing real data in training runs
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AUTOMATION
Welcome to Dogs Anonymous, the Online Support Group for People With Difficult Dogs
Just past 6 pm on a recent Wednesday night, half a dozen pet owners logged into a Zoom…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back
Four years ago, I moved back to Texas from California. After two weeks of living here, I realized…
FINTECH
Lidl deploys driverless truck for store deliveries in Germany
Lidl has started using a cab-less autonomous electric truck for regular store deliveries in Germany, assigning it a…
STARTUPS
A new chapter for MIT Reads | MIT News
As it marks its 10-year anniversary, MIT Reads is being reimagined for the age of artificial intelligence. Recognizing the…
AUTOMATION
Adecco Group rolls out Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 staff
The Adecco Group is rolling out Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker across more than 40 countries following a pilot in…
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AutoScheduler launches warehouse app builder for logistics teams
FINTECH
Cyera Announces $400M Investment from Goldman Sachs to Build the Trust Layer for the Agentic Enterprise
STARTUPS
Meta’s AI Assistant Muse Expands to Mac as Amazon Blocks It From Shopping Platform
AUTOMATION
Vantora, Formerly UP.Labs, Raises $100M to Build Proprietary Physical AI Startups for Corporate Partners
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Faraday Future Unveils Nine New Robots Across Humanoid and Quadruped Lines
FINTECH
Apple Mac Mini (M6) Review: For the AI Curious
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Small ideas, useful fast
Read past the headline number
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Follow the compute, not the hype
Model announcements move fast; the compute and data behind them move slower. That’s usually where the real signal sits.
Automation ships in stages
Most “fully autonomous” launches run as a human-reviewed pilot for months before the claim is actually true.
New rails still need old guardrails
Stablecoins and instant payments inherit the fraud and compliance risk of the systems they replace, not the other way round.
Runway math beats valuation math
A markup means little if it buys fewer months than the round before it. Ask about runway before you ask about the multiple.
Defaults shape default behaviour
Most people never touch a tool’s default settings. If you’re building one, that default is the product you’re actually shipping.
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Fulcra Brings Universal Multiplayer to Any Agents You Choose
FINTECH
Kidz AI Secures $1.9M to Expand Educational Robotics Platform
STARTUPS
Gartner outlines four AI tiers in warehouse automation
AUTOMATION
Al Gore Says AI Safety Warnings, Not Data Center Emissions, Are the Real Concern
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Arcee AI Raises Series B at Over $1B Valuation to Build Open-Weight Frontier Models
FINTECH