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War in the Middle East & Rising Interest Rates Threaten the Funding for AI Build-Out

Plus, Muse gains on Instinct & crypto legislation stalled by Trump’s profiteering.

NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Delivers Leading Performance in MLPerf Inference v6.1 Debut

System performance, efficient infrastructure scaling and continuous software optimization are key levers that determine AI inference economics

Aug 25, 2026 Announcements Funding better evaluations of AI’s impact on wellbeing

AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks

Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say.

How Heurist Finance built an AI-native investment workbench on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Learn how Heurist built Heurist Finance, a conversational AI investment workbench, on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Funding grants for new research into AI and teen development

Apply now for OpenAI’s $5 million grant program supporting independent research on how generative AI affects teen development, well-being, and safety.