• OpenAI releases GPT-Live with full-duplex voice capabilities for natural conversations TechCrunch
• Meta's Iris custom AI chip begins production in September, plans 14 gigawatt infrastructure by 2027 TechCrunch
• Meta enters AI coding competition with Muse Spark 1.1 model at competitive pricing TechCrunch
• Apple releases redesigned Siri AI in iOS 27 public beta with on-device intelligence TechCrunch
• Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3 with 2.8 trillion parameters, ranks #1 on Code Arena TechCrunch
• Google expands AI Mode with integrations for Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music TechCrunch
• Fireworks AI raises $1.5 billion in Series D, reaches $17.5 billion valuation Tech Startups
• Walden Robotics emerges with $300M funding, deploys AI robots at Toyota factory Tech Startups
• Meta hires former AWS executive Dave Brown to lead data center expansion TechCrunch
• Apple becomes world's most valuable company, surpassing Nvidia at $4.88 trillion Tech Startups
• London-based Humanoid raises $150M Series A to scale general-purpose robot production Tech Startups
• Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook as part of broader Gemini integration strategy TechCrunch
• Thinking Machines Lab releases Inkling, an open-weight AI model by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati TechCrunch
• Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes unicorn with $130M Series C, achieves $120M ARR TechCrunch
• OpenAI's first hardware device reported as screenless speaker with robotic movement TechCrunch
• Anthropic reaches agreement with California government for subsidized Claude access TechCrunch
• TSMC records $40.2B revenue, raises 2026 capital spending forecast to $60-64B Tech Startups
• Microsoft emphasizes internal AI models' efficiency over OpenAI and Anthropic products TechCrunch