Monday, 13 July 2026
PixVerse raises $439M, tops $2B valuation
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Singapore's PixVerse closed a $439M Series C extension backed by Alibaba, crossing a $2B valuation to expand its R-Series world models into game generation.
Cline CLI 3.0.40 adds API key fallback
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Cline CLI v3.0.40 adds a manual API key option for OAuth providers, fixes provider reload and token-refresh logout bugs, and clarifies ClinePass limit errors.
Gemma 4 E2B lands on Pixel 10's Tensor chip
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Google's Gemma 4 E2B model now runs natively on the Pixel 10's Tensor chip for offline chat, image and voice tasks, alongside the open Tensor SDK beta.
Prefect acquires Dagster Labs
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Prefect acquired Dagster Labs for undisclosed terms. Both orchestrators and FastMCP continue as separate products under one portfolio.
Helsing raises $1.8B at $18B valuation
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German defense-AI firm Helsing closed a $1.8B round at an $18B valuation, backed by JPMorgan, Lightspeed, and Iconiq, as Europe's answer to Anduril.
Chai Discovery raises $400M Series C
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AI drug-design startup Chai Discovery raised $400M led by Index Ventures at a $3.8B valuation. Chai-3 is already used by Lilly, Novartis, and Pfizer.
Nadella warns firms they pay AI labs twice
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote that firms pay proprietary AI models twice, in money and proprietary knowledge, and urged owning the learning loop instead.
Cline adds more GCP Vertex models to picker
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Cline v4.0.8 expands the GCP Vertex provider's model list and adds a free-form entry field for specifying custom Vertex models by name.
LangChain adds explicit prompt caching
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langchain-openai 1.3.5 adds explicit prompt caching support and refreshed model profile data; langchain 1.3.13 adds a meta extra for init_chat_model.
Benchmark: agents flunk long-horizon tasks
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A new 46-task benchmark testing agents on long, multi-episode terminal work found the best of 15 frontier models passed only 15.2% of tasks at partial credit.
Ollama v0.32 preview adds Qwen3.5, agent UI
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Ollama's v0.32.0-rc0 release candidate adds Qwen3.5 parser and renderer support plus a new agent UI, and starts warning on deprecated agent models.
Anthropic localizes Claude pricing for India
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Claude Pro now costs about ₹2,000 ($21) a month in India when billed annually, and Max starts near ₹11,999 ($125), but UPI payment is not yet supported.
TSMC posts record June revenue on AI demand
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TSMC's June revenue hit NT$442.68 billion, up 67.9% year over year, its highest monthly total ever, as AI chip demand outstrips supply. Q2 results land July 16.