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NewCore: $66M to Build Identity Infrastructure for AI Agents
Cybersecurity startup NewCore exits stealth with $66M, arguing that identity platforms designed for humans will break under the load of AI agents entering enterprise workforces at scale.
Shifters Debuts TRUST Ground Autonomy Ecosystem at Eurosatory 2026
At Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Shifters unveiled a three-product ground autonomy ecosystem — the TRUST robot, ARENA orchestration layer, and RITA operator interface — designed to let a single human supervise coordinated autonomous robot teams in hazardous environments.
Salesforce Acquires Fin for $3.6B to Bolster Agentforce
Salesforce announced it will acquire AI customer service platform Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6 billion, integrating the technology into Agentforce, its enterprise AI agent platform.
Ouster Scales Rev8 LiDAR Production to 100,000 Units Per Year
Ouster and Benchmark Electronics are expanding their long-term manufacturing agreement for the new Rev8 OS sensor family. Production capacity exceeds 100,000 units per year with a 10-year program stability guarantee.
Robot swarm that flows like matter — Cornell redefines control without a center
Cornell University engineers published a description of the Cross-Link Collective — a robot swarm with no centralized control that behaves like flowing matter. The system's intelligence is encoded in the physics of the modules themselves, not software.
Nadella: AI Could Hollow Out Industries Like Globalization Did. His Fix: Build Your Own Token Capital
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published an essay warning that AI models risk commoditizing entire industries' expertise — analogous to the damage globalization caused to industrial economies. His prescription: build a proprietary learning loop the enterprise owns.
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
In the first 5 months of 2026, nearly 150,000 tech workers lost their jobs, with AI cited as the top reason by companies. At the same time, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming billionaires. The combination is creating social tensions the tech industry has never seen before.
DiffusionGemma: Google DeepMind opens a new era of local text generation
Google DeepMind released DiffusionGemma — an open-source model that generates 256 tokens in parallel and self-corrects errors. On an NVIDIA H100 GPU, it achieves 4x higher speed than standard models, at the cost of lower generation quality.
China may have accessed Mythos 5 — White House imposed export controls on Anthropic
The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models partly due to suspicions that a China-linked group gained unauthorized access to them. Anthropic chose to remove both models from the market entirely.
MCP solved tool calling, A2A solved coordination. What solves transport?
MCP won the tool-calling layer, A2A won task coordination between agents. But the P2P transport problem for AI agent networks remains unsolved. An analysis of the protocol stack and a consolidation forecast.
US government forced Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5
On Friday evening, the US administration issued Anthropic an order to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. The company disabled the models for all customers while publicly challenging the rationale behind the decision.
Gatik and PepsiCo: autonomous trucks enter North American supply chain at scale
PepsiCo has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with Gatik AI, a developer of autonomous middle-mile logistics systems. Gatik's fleet is already operating in Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas with over 98% on-time delivery.