Austin-based navigation startup Tern has secured an $11.26 million contract from the U.S. Army to deploy its GPS-alternative technology in military vehicles, the company announced in September…
Paul Christiano, an AI alignment researcher who believes AI development poses a meaningful risk of catastrophic and irreversible loss of human control, is joining the OpenAI Foundation’s board of…
Automattic’s board placed founder/CEO Matt Mullenweg on paid leave, confirmed Sept. 9, 2026, after a Slack message says CFO Mark Davies and board members Ann Dunwoody, Toni Schneider, and Sue Decker voted him onto leave. Davies becomes interim CEO.
Legal AI startup Harvey announced on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, that it has raised $550 million in a new funding round, valuing the company at $15.5 billion.
The round was co-led by Diffusion and…
An Anthropic pre-training researcher resigned in September 2026, publicly warning that AI labs are “gambling with our lives” by racing to build self-improving AI systems that could end human control…
Instinct (valued at $2.5B) announced Sep. 9, 2026 that users get dedicated Instinct email addresses so the agent can create accounts and contact businesses without accessing personal inboxes. It can act on forwarded messages—for example returns—and summarize long or group threads to flag decisions and deadlines.
Suno launched Suno v6 on Sept. 9, 2026, trained on licensed music from WMG, BMG, and Believe, as suits from Sony, UMG, and Jason Isbell remain active. Base, Wild, and Mini debut with prompt/lyric editing, text/image/video references, and instrument separation; remixing requires artists to opt into Suno’s label program.
Instacart announced in September 2026 the launch of Clementine, an AI-powered grocery shopping assistant that can convert conversations, grocery lists, and recipes into a ready-to-buy cart within the…
Cymphony, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup, announced in September 2026 that it has raised $30 million in funding to help enterprises manage security risks created by AI agents…
On Sept. 9, 2026, bipartisan lawmakers urged Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick to place BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms (formerly Appin) on the sanctions “entity list,” restricting U.S. transactions and cutting off software licenses/cloud. They allege 10+ years of cyberattacks and targeted espionage to manipulate litigation and run an “aggressive censorship campaign” via foreign courts tied to Qatar, citing past FIFA intrusions and a Reuters takedown order.
UK-based manufacturing software startup CloudNC announced in September 2026 a $20 million Series B extension round, bringing its total funding to $128 million. The round was led by Nimble Ventures,…
Led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, Cognition’s $2B September 2026 round values it at $48B—up from $26B four months earlier. Annualized revenue rose to $900M from $492M as it leases an Nvidia cluster and trains its own model to lower OpenAI/Anthropic reliance.
