Today's AI Pulse
Odyssey lands $310M Series B, valued at $1.45B
Odyssey announced a $310 million Series B round that values the AI lab at $1.45 billion. The round was led by Natural Capital and included backers such as Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT and IQT. In parallel, Odyssey struck a preferred‑cloud deal with AWS to use Trainium silicon for large‑scale model training.
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AI Recruiter Screens: What We Learned and Why We'll Keep Going
Zapier’s Talent Acquisition team piloted AI‑driven recruiter screens with Ezra AI Labs, processing roughly 250 interviews. The experiment cut screen time by 66%, from eight days to 2.75 days, and freed about 84 recruiter hours, equating to 5‑6 extra weekly hours per recruiter. It also allowed five times more candidates per role to be evaluated, uncovering talent that traditional screens missed, while achieving a 97% completion rate and 4.5‑star candidate satisfaction. Fraudulent applications dropped to 5%, confirming the AI’s guardrails were effective.
How I Used Automation and AI to Redefine the EA Role
At Zapier, an executive assistant transformed a traditionally manual role by embedding automation and generative AI into daily workflows. By automating calendar triage, meeting prep, travel logistics and AI‑driven note‑taking, routine tasks shrank from 20‑30 minutes to under two minutes....
How PMOs Lead Responsible AI Transformation in Higher Education – with Ivonne Mejia
In this episode, Yvonne Mejia, Lead Project Portfolio Manager for the CSU Bay Region and PMI‑CPMAI certified AI champion, discusses how PMOs can responsibly drive AI transformation in higher education. She explains the CPM‑AI methodology, emphasizing the importance of starting...
OpenText Ramps up A/NZ Channel Investment
OpenText is ramping up its partner ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand to accelerate AI and cloud adoption after internally deploying its AI tools to more than 20,000 staff. The company will boost marketing, sales‑enablement and training resources, and is...
Grinn ReneSOM-V2H Module Runs Renesas RZ/V2H Vision AI Processor
Polish embedded‑systems firm Grinn unveiled the ReneSOM‑V2H, the world’s smallest System‑on‑Module built around Renesas’ RZ/V2H vision AI processor. The 37 × 42.6 mm board combines four Cortex‑A55 cores, two Cortex‑R8 real‑time cores, a Cortex‑M33 MCU and an 8 TOPS DRP‑AI3 accelerator for edge‑AI workloads....
Project‑specific Output Folders Streamline Context and Token Usage
In the spirit of keeping all project work self-contained, I modify the following structure by having an outputs folder for each project Instead of: ~/Claude-Workspace/ ├── context/ # Your standing context files ├── projects/ ...
ACAM Launches Australia’s Inaugural AI Readiness System for Marketers; THE ICONIC First to Use
The Australian Centre for AI in Marketing (ACAM) has unveiled AI‑Results Transformation (ART), the nation’s first end‑to‑end system for embedding AI into marketing performance. THE ICONIC became one of the inaugural adopters, using ART to create responsible, data‑driven customer experiences....
AI Agent Rebuilt macOS on Web, Defying Limits
I was surprised by how quickly Luca can add apps and functionality to this OS — it appears that the Agent built solid shared primitives and libraries and can layer in and maintain endless complexity.
Agentic AI Forces Unified ITOps‑SecOps for Resilience
Most orgs still treat ITOps and SecOps as separate universes, but incidents don't care about org charts. Agentic AI gives leaders a reason to redesign workflows around end-to-end resilience. #CIO #CISO #AI https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc
Capgemini Joins OpenAI's Frontier Alliance to Scale Enterprise AI
Capgemini has joined OpenAI’s newly launched Frontier Alliance as a founding partner, creating a dedicated delivery function to scale AI agents for enterprises. The firm will deploy OpenAI‑certified professionals to tackle data readiness, integration, operating‑model design and governance challenges. Capgemini...
Max Fast Delivers Super‑intelligent, On‑demand Software Design
'@v0 Max Fast' (powered by Fast Opus) straight-up feels like frontend & design engineering super-intelligence. The quality, the speed, the consistency… It's costly, but it's the best taste of the future of generative, on-demand software you can get today. https://t.co/SNzS0vtFA9
Make Every UI Action API-Accessible for Agentic Work
everything in the GUI should be available in the API this will be the theme for us for the remainder of the year the UI becomes the preview layer for agentic work if you can click it, you should be able to prompt...
Solid Launches $20M Seed Financing Round
Solid, an enterprise software startup, announced its public launch alongside a $20 million seed financing round backed by Team8 and SignalFire. The capital will accelerate the company’s mission to make AI and analytics trustworthy by automating data semantics across organizations. Solid’s...
22% of Hong Kong Workers Use GenAI Daily, Compared to APAC Average of 29%
PwC’s 2025 Hong Kong Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey reveals that 61% of local employees are using AI at work, with 22% engaging with generative AI daily—below the 29% Asia‑Pacific average. The majority report productivity gains (77%) and higher work...
Did Alibaba Just Kneecap Its Powerful Qwen AI Team? Key Figures Depart in Wake of Latest Open Source Release
Alibaba released the Qwen3.5 small model series, praised for its high intelligence density and ability to run on consumer devices. Within 24 hours, technical architect Junyang "Justin" Lin and two teammates announced their departures, leaving the future of the Qwen...
Why AI Startups Are Selling the Same Equity at Two Different Prices
AI startups are increasingly using multi‑tiered valuations, selling the same equity at two distinct price points within a single funding round. Lead investors receive a discounted price while later participants pay a headline unicorn valuation, as seen in Aaru’s $450 million...
SaidText Brings Voice-Driven AI to Industrial Operations
SaidText is launching its voice‑driven AI platform in the United States, targeting industrial and manufacturing plants. The solution lets frontline workers record updates by speech, automatically transcribing and structuring the data for real‑time dashboards and analytics. Managers receive AI‑prioritized alerts,...
Seeking AI GRC Founder Connections After Impressive Vendor Meet
Looking to talk to more AI GRC platforms: 2 clients met with a vendor recently and were really impressed with the companies and space. Would love to meet some dope founders if anyone has recs
Microsoft: Securing AI Agents and Human Teams Crucial for Success
Microsoft’s inaugural Cyber Pulse AI Security Report reveals that over 80% of Fortune 500 firms already deploy low‑code AI agents, and the company forecasts 1.3 billion autonomous agents operating by 2028. Financial services account for roughly 11% of global agent activity, underscoring...
CHEO’s ThinkRare Algorithm Goes National
The CHEO Research Institute’s pediatric AI tool, ThinkRare, is moving beyond its home site to McMaster Children’s Hospital, Alberta Children’s Hospital and Stollery Children’s Hospital, marking one of Canada’s first national deployments of a real‑time, clinically embedded AI algorithm. ThinkRare...
Broadcom Inc (AVGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Broadcom reported record Q4 2025 results and set an aggressive Q1 2026 outlook, driven by explosive AI semiconductor demand. Consolidated revenue reached $18 billion, up 28% YoY, with AI revenue climbing 74% to $6.5 billion and an AI‑related order backlog exceeding $73 billion....
Large Language Models Have the Potential to Level the Playing Field in Consumer Financial Complaints
A new research briefing examined 1.13 million US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint narratives and found that large‑language‑model (LLM) assistance surged after ChatGPT’s release. The study shows LLM‑assisted complaints are more likely to secure consumer relief, with a measurable uplift in...
Aware Inc (AWRE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Aware Inc. posted fiscal 2025 revenue of $17.3 million, a marginal decline, while its net loss expanded to $5.9 million, reflecting higher technology and certification investments. The company secured ISO 30107 Level 3, ISO 27001, and FIDO2 certifications and earned best‑in‑class bias ratings in NIST...
Gemini 3.1 Flash‑Lite Powers Real‑Time Image Sorting
Here are a couple examples of how Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite can solve real-world problems: First, this high-volume image sorter showcases the model’s ability to quickly analyze and sort large amounts of content, like pictures (something that could have been too expensive...
X to Take Action Against AI Deepfakes of the Iran War
X announced a revision to its creator revenue‑share program to curb AI‑generated deepfakes about the Iran war. Users posting AI‑created videos of the conflict without a disclosure will be suspended from revenue sharing for 90 days, with permanent bans for...
Meet Yeti Boo, the AI Bigfoot Helping KANE Footwear Rethink Influencer Marketing
Yeti Boo, an AI‑generated Bigfoot persona, exploded on TikTok, reaching over 439,000 followers and catching the eye of brands. KANE Footwear signed the character as an “AI athlete” to promote its Revive AC recovery shoe, pairing the mascot’s off‑beat wilderness...
Meta Tests Shopping AI Chatbot in US
Meta is piloting a shopping research feature inside its Meta AI chatbot for U.S. users. The tool returns a carousel of product images with brand, price, and website details, plus brief recommendation bullet points. The move mirrors similar experiments by...
OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Feel Less ‘Cringe’ with GPT-5.3 Instant Update
OpenAI announced that its ChatGPT default model has been upgraded to GPT‑5.3‑Instant, aiming to make interactions feel less stiff and “cringe‑worthy.” The new version cuts over‑caveating, reduces unnecessary safety preambles, and delivers more accurate, conversational responses. OpenAI reports a 27%...
Koah Bags $20.5M Series A Round
Koah, a native monetization platform for generative AI, announced a $20.5 million Series A round. The round was led by Theory Ventures, with Tomasz Tunguz joining the board. The funding builds on a $5 million seed round raised in September 2025 and signals confidence in...
Meet SymTorch: A PyTorch Library that Translates Deep Learning Models Into Human-Readable Equations
Researchers at the University of Cambridge introduced SymTorch, a PyTorch library that embeds symbolic regression into deep‑learning pipelines. The tool wraps any nn.Module, records activations, and uses PySR to distill closed‑form equations that replace neural components. In a proof‑of‑concept on...
The Seduction of the ‘Yes’ Button: From Automation Bias to Augmented Judgment
The article warns that government officials risk becoming overly passive by habitually clicking the AI‑generated ‘Yes’ button, a phenomenon known as automation bias. It argues that the allure of speed and convenience can mask hidden algorithmic biases, compromising decision quality....
Agentic Flocks To Healthcare Industry
LiveRamp announced the integration of Newton Research and SemantIQ agents into its data‑collaboration platform, allowing autonomous AI to handle audience creation, cross‑media measurement and spend optimization for health and life‑science marketers. Simultaneously, Doceree launched RepTwin and the Site LLM, a...
The Pentagon–Anthropic Standoff Is the First National-Scale DAPM Conflict. Here’s What Enterprises Should Learn.
The Pentagon’s demand that Anthropic’s AI models be usable for all lawful purposes collided with the company’s refusal to support mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, sparking a supply‑chain‑risk designation and a legal showdown. The dispute highlights a clash between...
Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Claude Mining
Jaeden and Jamie dissect Anthropic's claim that Chinese AI labs are illicitly mining the Claude model to train their own systems, focusing on the controversial 'distillation' technique used to replicate capabilities. They examine how this practice fuels competition in the...
AI in Practice: SISO CEO Summit to Explore What’s Actually Happening
The SISO CEO Summit convenes March 9‑12 at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, under the theme “Innovation in Action,” shifting focus from AI hype to concrete implementation. Attendees—C‑level leaders from trade shows, media groups, and suppliers—will explore evolving KPIs, AI‑driven M&A...
News Corp, Meta Strike AI Content Licensing Deal
News Corp has inked a three‑year AI content licensing agreement with Meta, granting the social‑media giant access to the publisher’s U.S. and U.K. news assets for model training and user consumption. The deal could net Meta up to $50 million per...
New Zealand: Expanding AI Tools Across Healthcare
New Zealand has rolled out an artificial‑intelligence scribe tool across every emergency department, giving more than 1,250 clinicians automated note‑taking support. The pilot showed doctors could see an extra patient per shift, and post‑deployment surveys reported 80% of staff noting productivity...
Fal.ai Raises $300M, Hiring Global Account Managers
fal has quickly become one of the most developer-beloved platforms in generative AI and its momentum is nothing short of incredible. In 2025 alone, they raised over $300M across three funding rounds. What makes fal.ai special is that they've made...
Hardware for Humanoid Robots: New Perspectives for Industrial Value Creation in Europe
Humanoid robots are emerging as a high‑growth market that could outpace the automotive sector, especially in Europe where manufacturers are seeking new value streams. A Fraunhofer‑IPA and P3 white paper reveals a fragmented hardware landscape lacking standardized architectures, with key...
What DoD’s Anthropic Ban, FY26 Spending Plans Mean for Contractors
The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk, forcing prime contractors and their subcontractors to assess, report, and wind down any reliance on Anthropic’s AI tools. This unprecedented move targets a domestic vendor and extends beyond DoD contracts, prompting agency‑wide...
Micro's X Integration Turns Email Into AI-Powered CRM
Been using Micro since last week and it’s awesome. Especially the new integration with X that allows you to find important people that follow you. I was going to call it a CRM killer but it does so much more...
AI Needs Purpose: Align Automation With Business Strategy
Every company wants the best AI stack. But few are asking the real question: To what end? If you automate everything and answer anything… what does your business actually stand for? AI without strategy is just noise. #AI #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #Innovation #TechStrategy
Channel Partners Are Flying Blind on Network Risk as AI Traffic Surges
AI-driven workloads are reshaping enterprise traffic, creating sudden, high‑volume data bursts that bypass traditional monitoring points. As hybrid, multi‑cloud and edge environments proliferate, channel partners lose end‑to‑end visibility, exposing them to hidden performance and security risks. Legacy network tools, built...
CIOs Must Evolve Beyond Efficiency in AI Era
"Every industry will be impacted by AI. If you are an operating CIO who is largely focused on productivity, efficiencies, and reliability, youre just not going to cut it. #AI #CIO #CXOTalk #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/xTvbca0YxB
Tiny Qwen3.5 Reimplementation: Top Small LLM For
A small Qwen3.5 from-scratch reimplementation for edu purposes: https://t.co/OnupgeE55l (probably the best "small" LLM today for on-device tinkering) https://t.co/LwyF8x6sle
COMPUTEX 2026 Brings the Global AI Ecosystem to Taipei
Computex 2026 will run June 2‑5 in Taipei across four venues, featuring 1,500 exhibitors and 6,000 booths, positioning the event as a global AI benchmark. The show’s “AI Together” theme spotlights AI & computing, robotics & mobility, and next‑gen technologies,...
Multi-Scale Embodied
We made a memory system for our models at PI. We call it Multi-Scale Embodied Memory (MEM). It provides both short-term and long-term memory to enable very long tasks. We tested it on cleaning a kitchen (and yes, washing dishes),...
Not Done Weekly - Vibe Coding 101 for Hotels
Choice Hotels CEO Pat Pacious outlined a multi‑pronged growth plan, highlighting a rebound in the economy‑to‑midscale segment, rapid expansion of extended‑stay rooms, and a shift toward “suits and boots” travelers who need on‑the‑road lodging. He described AI as an equalizer,...
FourKites Launches Loft: AI Platform to Orchestrate Enterprise Systems with Real-World Intelligence
FourKites introduced Loft in February 2026, an AI‑driven orchestration platform that links internal ERP, CRM and ITSM systems with its Intelligent Network of over 500,000 trading partners. The platform centers on Sophie, an AI developer agent that converts natural‑language requests...
Half My Recruiting Tasks Still Need Human Touch
I just mapped my role (Recruiter) through JamLab_X's Human-AI Task Map — scored against where AI will be in 18 months. 50% of my tasks require me. Which of your tasks are uniquely yours? https://t.co/9emmwjKkhy