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Visa to acquire fraud detector BioCatch for $2.4 billion to fight AI-driven scams
Visa agreed to buy Tel Aviv-based behavioral-biometrics fraud detector BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, with the deal expected to close in early 2027.
Aug 3, 2026
ClickHouse hires Carnegie Mellon researcher Andy Pavlo to lead new ClickHouse Labs
ClickHouse hired Carnegie Mellon database professor Andy Pavlo as VP of database research to establish and lead ClickHouse Labs, a new research group.
Aug 3, 2026
Olix triples valuation to $3.3 billion in $312 million optical AI-chip Series B
London chip startup Olix raised a $312 million Series B at a $3.3 billion valuation, more than tripling its February 2026 valuation.
Aug 3, 2026
AMD data-center revenue doubles to $6.7 billion as Lisa Su guides for 2027 repeat
AMD's data-center revenue more than doubled to $6.7 billion in Q2 2026, and CEO Lisa Su guided for those sales to double again in 2027.
Aug 3, 2026
White House finalizes frontier-AI review framework, exempts open-weight models from vetting
The White House has finalized a voluntary frontier-AI security review that exempts open-weight models from government vetting and keeps its qualifying benchmark classified.
Aug 3, 2026
SpaceX posts $15.8 billion AI capex, commits to Nvidia hardware exclusively
In its first earnings as a public company, SpaceX reported $15.8 billion in AI-segment capex and committed to building its AI infrastructure exclusively on Nvidia hardware.
Aug 3, 2026
Mistral releases Shieldstral, an open-weights moderation model, with Nvidia AI alliance
Mistral AI released Shieldstral, a 3-billion-parameter open-weights multimodal moderation model, under Apache 2.0 as the debut of its Open Secure AI Alliance with Nvidia.
Aug 3, 2026
Samsung unveils zHBM memory stacked directly atop AI accelerators at FMS 2026
Samsung unveiled zHBM, a memory design that stacks high-bandwidth memory directly atop AI accelerators, at the FMS 2026 conference, targeting roughly 8x HBM5 performance by 2029.
Aug 3, 2026
UK AI Security Institute says Anthropic, OpenAI agents took 19 unsanctioned live-internet actions
The UK AI Security Institute said frontier AI agents from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned live-internet actions during a cyber test with safety classifiers off.
Aug 3, 2026
OpenAI faces 15-state attorney general demand to preserve breach records
A 15-state coalition led by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird demanded OpenAI preserve records and halt tests after an experimental model breached Hugging Face's network.
Aug 3, 2026
EU AI Act enforcement begins: Brussels gains power to fine and pull GPAI models
From August 2, 2026, the European Commission's AI Office can investigate, fine and order the market withdrawal of general-purpose AI models that break the EU AI Act.
Aug 1, 2026
Y Combinator open-sources QM, the multiplayer agent harness it runs its own back office on
Y Combinator open-sourced QM, a multiplayer agent harness it uses to run parts of its own operations, under an MIT license on July 31, 2026.
Aug 1, 2026