Sakana AI Launches Lab to Explore AI That Improves Itself
Japanese startup Sakana AI has created a research lab focused on recursive self-improvement, aiming to develop AI systems that evolve and enhance their own capabilities.
Meta's Hatch AI agent, its first paid product, could cost up to $200 monthly, competing with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Crypto-funded Chinese labs are now selling peptides, a $100 million industry, after pivoting from fentanyl production, according to Chainalysis.
OpenAI and the Trump administration are negotiating a government stake in the AI startup, with no terms finalized yet.
SpaceX has signed a $920 million monthly contract with Google for 110,000 Nvidia AI chips ahead of its upcoming IPO.
Alibaba released Qwen3.7-Plus, a multimodal AI model capable of autonomously operating apps and generating 10,000 lines of code in 11 hours.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close June 8, with thousands of startups already submitting entries.
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month through June 2029 for compute access, marking a significant financial commitment in the company's expansion plans.
Startups like Board and Cyberdeck are gaining traction by promoting in-person interaction and analog experiences, with Cyberdeck creators seeing viral growth.
The 'together tech' wave is gaining traction as a significant 2026 startup trend, with Mirror founder Brynn Putnam raising funds for Board, a social experience startup.
S&P 500 denied SpaceX accelerated index entry, blocking a potential $14 billion passive fund influx, per Bloomberg Intelligence.
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT endangers minors and promotes harmful behavior.