Spanish AI startup Multiverse Computing raises $570M at a $1.7B valuation, unveiling quantum-inspired technology that shrinks AI models by up to 95%, potentially enabling powerful AI to run directly on smartphones without cloud infrastructure.
Open weight AI models are emerging as a cornerstone of American AI leadership and national security, with experts urging policymakers to expand compute access and avoid premature restrictions while balancing the risks of publicly available, hard-to-retract model weights.
MoonshotAI launches MoonEP, an open-source Expert Parallelism communication library that guarantees perfectly balanced GPU workloads by dynamically deploying redundant experts, outperforming DeepEP v2 through zero-copy communication and static buffer shapes that eliminate memory fragmentation and synchronization overhead.
The AI smart glasses market explodes 139% as Google, Samsung, Snap, and others race to challenge Meta's 82% market dominance, but experts warn true mass adoption remains elusive until in-lens displays can be delivered comfortably and affordably.
NVIDIA's new ModelExpress technology slashes AI model cold start times from 8 minutes to under 2 minutes by leveraging direct GPU-to-GPU transfers and a tiered fallback system, dramatically accelerating large model deployments in production environments.
AMD launches Agentic PCs powered by Ryzen AI PRO processors, with the Ryzen AI Max PRO becoming the world's first x86 client chip capable of running 300B+ parameter AI models locally, delivering up to 6x faster task completion while keeping enterprise data secure on-device.
OpenAI is betting $750 billion on AI infrastructure by 2030, including a $30 billion Georgia data center, while rival Anthropic faces user outages and compute shortages from its reliance on leased cloud resources, highlighting a growing divide in AI infrastructure strategy ahead of both companies' anticipated IPOs.
Apple races to develop smart glasses while wrestling with privacy concerns over potential video recording features, and simultaneously prepares three new Apple Watch models, updated Macs, a device leasing program, and a new Maps partnership with Ford.
Intel reports explosive Q2 2026 revenue of $16.1 billion, a 25% surge fueled by a 59% jump in data center sales driven by AI demand, yet shares are falling Friday despite the massive earnings beat and strong Q3 guidance.
Samsung launches the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8, and Flip8 at its London Unpacked event, featuring deep AI integration including Gemini automation across 40+ apps and a smarter FlexWindow, as foldables inch toward mainstream adoption ahead of Apple's anticipated foldable debut this fall.