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Department of War Awards NODA AI $100 Million Contract

The Department of War awarded NODA AI a $100 million contract to scale autonomous mission command and software defined effects across the Joint Force.

August 17, 2026

Xpander Raises $7.5 Million and Introduces Omni AI Agent

Xpander raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Pico Venture Partners and introduced Omni, an enterprise AI agent that scored 90.9% on the GAIA benchmark.

August 17, 2026

Omneky Adds ChatGPT Ads to Its Self Service Platform

Omneky now lets customers launch ChatGPT ad campaigns through its self service platform alongside Meta, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit.

August 17, 2026

Higgsfield Raises $400 Million at $5.4 Billion Valuation

Higgsfield raised $400 million in Series B financing at a $5.4 billion valuation. DST Global led the round, and the company said it has reached $700 million in annualized revenue.

August 17, 2026

ATLANT 3D Launches NANOFABRICATOR PRO for AI Materials Discovery

ATLANT 3D launched NANOFABRICATOR PRO, a physical platform that links AI materials discovery with atomic scale fabrication, validation, and device prototyping.

August 17, 2026

Synchrony Adds OpenAI Models and ChatGPT Offers Plugin

Synchrony has announced an enterprise collaboration with OpenAI to add financing, rewards, and loyalty offers to AI shopping and checkout experiences. The company also launched a ChatGPT plugin for consumers to browse offers from participating Synchrony partners.

August 17, 2026

Wispr Raises $280 Million and Previews Speech Model Canto

Wispr raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation and previewed Canto, its first proprietary speech model.

August 17, 2026

Anthropic Revenue Tops $11.5 Billion in Second Quarter

Anthropic reported preliminary second quarter revenue of more than $11.5 billion, up from $787 million a year earlier, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

August 17, 2026

Aizen Therapeutics Signs Oral Peptide Collaboration

Aizen Therapeutics signed a multi program collaboration with a public biotech based in San Diego to design oral peptide therapeutics using its DaX foundation model.

August 17, 2026

ScitiX Introduces Enterprise AI Inference Platform

ScitiX introduced a production inference platform for enterprises running multiple AI models, with routing, fallback, observability, and private deployment options.

August 17, 2026

Cognizant to Implement Benchling AI Platform for Kyowa Kirin Research Sites

Cognizant will support Kyowa Kirin in deploying Benchling's AI platform for R&D at two research sites in Japan.

August 17, 2026

Seeing Machines Launches Physical AI Platform for Humanoid Robots

Seeing Machines has launched a Physical AI Platform for robots and industrial automation. The system builds 3D perception maps to help robots understand people, objects, and surroundings.

August 17, 2026

Lanyon AI Raises $10.6 Million for Scientific AI Lab

Lanyon AI emerged from stealth with $10.6 million in initial funding led by Dimension to build a scientific and technical AI system that generates code and proofs from formal specifications.

August 17, 2026

LG Electronics Opens Smart Factory in Brazil

LG Electronics has opened a new smart factory in Paraná, Brazil, with AI and industrial robotics systems. The plant can produce about 600,000 refrigerators per year.

August 17, 2026

Tencent Details AI Data Center Energy Plan for Carbon Neutrality

Tencent published a carbon neutrality progress report covering data center efficiency, renewable electricity use, and AI tools for emissions reductions. The company said renewable electricity consumption rose to 48.5% in 2025.

August 17, 2026

Karsan Starts Autonomous e-ATAK Passenger Service at Efteling

Karsan has started passenger service with its Autonomous e-ATAK bus at Efteling in the Netherlands. The route connects the park's central public transport hub with nearby hotels, accommodation sites, and visitor facilities.

August 17, 2026

DeepJudge Introduces Agent Handoff Protocol for Legal AI Platforms

DeepJudge has introduced Agent Handoff Protocol, which is designed to let users move work and context between AI platforms. Harvey plans a beta integration this month, and Thomson Reuters says it will support the protocol in CoCounsel for Legal.

August 16, 2026

HSBC Asset Management Takes Stake in Model ML

HSBC Asset Management has taken an equity stake in London based Model ML, an AI company that builds workflow tools for financial services firms. The investment size was not disclosed.

August 16, 2026

Mistral AI Adds Third Party Models to Cloud Platform

Mistral AI will host third party open models on its infrastructure, starting with GLM 5.2 from Z.ai. The company also made Regional Endpoints generally available and introduced a Priority Tier in public preview.

August 16, 2026

IBM and Together AI Sign $240 Million AI Infrastructure Deal

IBM and Together AI signed a $240 million agreement to deploy NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud for open source AI model inference, with availability expected in Q1 2027.

August 16, 2026