​Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.  

​The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.  

​OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.  

​Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.  

​Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.  

​Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are due this month.  

​Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.  

​TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.  

​Ghost’s first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person’s behalf.  

​Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.