iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 27/07/2026China now mandates 8+ hours/year of AI education for every student from age 6 through high school. Beijing already has 1,400+ schools running compulsory AI curricula. Not coding classes. AI literacy critical thinking, ethics, human-AI collaboration. This is a generational workforce bet. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A startup just crowd-funded an autonomous camera robot that follows you, films 4K, works fully offline, and self-rights after falling. Under 4 lbs. Reaches ~29 km/h. Ships this fall. This is what happens when robotics hardware finally gets cheap enough for startups, not just Big Tech. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 27/07/2026 NVIDIA built an AI agent that actually designs computer chips now 🤯 it writes the hardware code, tests it, fixes bugs itself and companies like Synopsys are already using it for real chips, not just demos we're not ready for this decade 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Japan just flew a drone with ZERO mobile network coverage. KDDI connected a Skydio X10 to Starlink directly — full flight control + telemetry over satellite. Built for disaster response, when normal networks go down first. This is the future of emergency infrastructure. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Google DeepMind + US Dept of Energy just teamed up to double the pace of scientific discovery in 10 years. $40M in AI tokens + cloud credits, going straight to lab researchers using Gemini. This is what AI infrastructure for science actually looks like. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 21/07/2026BREAKING: Grok 4.5 for Excel is live 🔥 Analyze data, write formulas in plain English, build models, run forecasts — no exports, no copy-paste 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 21/07/2026MyClaw now hosts Hermes agents too (alongside OpenClaw). Claude + Codex coming next. Give an agent a target → get finished work back. That simple. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 21/07/2026January: just a concept. July: walks, senses, interacts. Gene.01 makes its U.S. debut at AMD #AdvancingAI, July 22-23 🤖 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Kimi K3 just landed 👀 Tested on 3D scenes, website UI/UX, and real dev tasks — quality genuinely impressed us. Open-weight is catching up fast. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Unitree's new home robot can navigate rooms, grab objects, and adapt mid-task. Robots are quietly leaving the lab. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Apple Music's first price hike since 2022: Individual $11.99, Family $19.99, Student $6.99. Licensing costs, they say. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Firefox is going from monthly to biweekly releases starting Sept 2026 (Firefox 155). Mozilla says it's an experiment — same move Chrome and Edge already made. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Cyclops $28M raised in 4 months. Cyclops closed a $20M Series A led by Nava Ventures to build stablecoin rails for payments companies. Clients: Mastercard, Shift4. 300K+ merchants already on board. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Trellis Bioscience A biotech round backed by the surgeons who treat the disease. Trellis Bioscience raised $9M Series C for an antibody therapy targeting prosthetic joint infections. Phase 2 fully enrolled — results due 2027. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Kind Designs Asked for $5M. Got $20M in demand. Kind Designs closed a $10M pre-Series A ($70M val) for 3D-printed "Living Seawalls." Backed by Mark Cuban + Kyle Kuzma. $175M pipeline already in motion. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Fora just hit unicorn status 🦄 $60M Series D at $1B valuation. 15K travel advisors, $3B+ booked across 180 countries. AI isn't replacing agents — it's making them faster. 010
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook. 30M+ users, new name, and a real upgrade, it can now write and run code on your own documents. From "read this for me" to "compute this for me." 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Two reports, same day, opposite explanations for why Gemini 3.5 Pro is delayed — scrapped base model vs. months-long rollout push. Google hasn't confirmed either. The only certainty: it's still not out. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Enterprise AI update: Cars24 agents now handle 1M+ customer minutes/month. Beacon Security raised $13M for a "trusted data layer" for AI cyber agents. Cadence is bringing AI agents into chip packaging design. Quiet week, huge signal. 010
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Apple just got the green light to launch Apple Intelligence in China powered by Alibaba's Qwen, not its own models. Even Apple has to lease local AI to operate in its second-biggest market. Sovereignty > scale. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/202629 countries signed on in Shanghai to launch the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO) — a new China-headquartered intergovernmental body for AI governance, with the UN Secretary-General in attendance. Western tech majors were notably absent. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026 The chip sector sold off hard — the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped over the week as investors questioned whether the AI infrastructure buildout is overbuilt. Micron, AMD, and Intel took the steepest hits. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026 Moonshot AI (China) released Kimi K3 — a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model, now the largest open-weight system ever shipped. Benchmarks put it just behind Claude and GPT's top tiers. Full weights land July 27. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026 Google DeepMind expanded its bioresilience program with Isomorphic Labs — built around prevention, detection, and response to biological threats, with 15+ partnerships advanced across governments and biosecurity groups over the past year. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026AWS's first EC2 engineer, promoted to SVP just 3 months ago, is leaving after 19 years. His replacement: a 27-year Microsoft veteran. This is happening as AWS pours billions into AI infra. Timing is never just timing. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Trump Media is licensing real-time posts as a millisecond-speed data feed for algo trading firms. Launch: Aug 1, 2026. Archive back to 2022. Already has customers signed. Social posts just became a tradeable market signal. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Fujitsu + Nvidia just united Fanuc, Yaskawa, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries under one "physical AI" platform. Goal: robots that reason and act independently across factories, logistics, and healthcare. Japan's labor shortage just got a serious AI answer. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Samsung's Flex Titanium isn't a hinge fix. It's 7 generations of R&D solving crease stress at the display layer itself. Debuting on Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, Z Flip 8 July 22 Unpacked. Foldables just grew up. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Stripe + Advent just offered $53B+ to buy PayPal — a 28% premium. Stock jumped 17%. Payments consolidation is heating up fast. 💳 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Microsoft just shipped 570 security fixes in one Patch Tuesday — a record. 2 zero-days already exploited, hitting AD FS + SharePoint. If you run either on-prem, patch now. 🔐 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026SpaceX shares just dipped below their $135 IPO price — one month after the biggest IPO in history. Market cap down from $2.6T peak to ~$1.75T. Reality check for AI IPO hype? 🚀📉 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026ASML just raised 2026 guidance for the 2nd time this year — €43-45B, up from €36-40B. AI chip demand is real, and it's rippling through AMD, Intel, Marvell, SK Hynix. 📈 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Hinge founder Justin McLeod raised $18M for Overtone — an AI dating app with no swiping, no feeds, just curated voice-based introductions. Backed by Match Group itself. 🎙️ 200
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Cyclops raised $20M to make stablecoin settlement the default for payment companies. Clients include Mastercard and Shift4. 300K+ merchants onboard, volume up 350% MoM. Led by Nava Ventures. 💸 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026corner raised $6.9M to build a social app for curating nightlife and restaurant lists with people you trust — not strangers on a review site. Founded by Eliza Wu and Jake Xia. 🍸 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Speakeasy raised $8.8M — its first-ever funding round, after bootstrapping to profitability. Powers ticketing, CRM, and payments for TAO Group, Fontainebleau, and E11EVEN. Led by Positive Sum. 🎫 020
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026 Monumental raised $32M to scale its fleet of 150+ bricklaying robots. 100+ homes built already. Led by Khosla Ventures. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026 Oak emerged from stealth with a $60M seed round to fix enterprise identity in the age of AI agents. Led by Accel, Greylock, and CRV. Founded by a 3x cybersecurity exit founder. 🔐 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026InstaLILY AI raised $60M Series B for "Lily," an AI that doesn't just assist — it runs parts of your business. Revenue grew 5x in a year. Home Depot Ventures and United Rentals both invested as customers. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Senra Systems raised $65M to modernize wire harness manufacturing — the "nervous system" behind every rocket, satellite, and defense system. Total funding now tops $112M. Co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Interlagos. 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Neko Health just raised $700M at a ~$7B valuation. Backers include Zuckerberg, Tim Ferriss, and Maria Sharapova. The product: a 60-minute full-body scan built entirely in-house. Now heading to New York. 🩺 000
iamafraem.bsky.social @iamafraem.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Flex: Flex just raised $70M and doubled its valuation to $1.2B — in 7 months. Led by Ryan Smith's Halo Fund. The pitch: one bank account for your business and personal life. Stablecoin rails now live in 100+ countries via "Flex Global." 🏦 000