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Harvey AI Soars to $15.5B Valuation on $500M Raise
Harvey AI is raising $500 million at a $15.5 billion valuation after crossing $350 million in annual revenue, making it the highest-valued pure legal AI.
Murtuza Merchant
Guest ContributorMurtuza specializes in blockchain and digital asset intelligence. He builds AI-assisted analytical systems that turn on-chain, derivatives, ETF-flow, macro, and regulatory signals into structured, machine-readable intelligence. Trading desks, data-licensing clients, institutions and policymakers use these outputs to make decisions.
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37,000 AI Agents Designed A Lung Cancer Drug That Merck Also Found
Stanford's 37,000 AI agents designed a lung cancer drug that Merck independently replicated, showing AI can accelerate drug discovery.
AI
QumulusAI Blackwell Deal Pays in Trading Profits, and the Hedge Fund Stays Unnamed
QumulusAI signed a Blackwell GPU capacity deal with an agentic hedge fund, a first-of-kind deal showing AI trading firms now compete for compute like model.
AI
OpenAI Math Breakthroughs Signal AI’s New Role in Pure Research
OpenAI Math reports results on 10 open problems in geometry, cryptography and computer science, signaling AI's growing role in pure research.
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Why Could iPhone 18 Pro Reach $1,399? Follow the 12GB Memory Trail
iPhone 18 Pro could start at $1,399 as 12GB DRAM costs rise, putting Apple's Pro lineup at the center of its fall sales strategy.
Markets
AI Code Review Failed to Catch the Bug That Drained 5,200 Bitcoin Wallets
AI code review failed to flag a Coldcard flaw exploited against 5,200 wallets, raising doubts about AI security tools for crypto firms.
AI
Liquid AI’s LFM2.5-2.6B Outscores 18B Models, and It Fits on One Device
6B Model: Liquid AI's LFM2.5-2.6B runs on a single phone chip and beats models up to 18B parameters on key benchmarks, reshaping the edge AI deployment race.
AI
Voice AI’s Breakthrough, OpenAI’s GPT-Live Crushes Latency Problem
OpenAI's GPT-Live uses a turnless speech model and low-latency architecture to end the pause problem that made voice AI feel robotic for years.
AI
AI Model Domination, Stripe’s Bold $1B Power Play for 400 Models
Stripe is in talks to acquire OpenRouter, the AI model routing platform, at roughly $1 billion.
AI
Meta Posts Record $60.8B Quarter, but Free Cash Flow Fell to $784M
Almost No: Meta posted a record $60.8B in Q2 revenue but AI infrastructure spending hit $31.1B, collapsing free cash flow to just $784M. Here is what happened.