2026-07-16
Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and expands code execution to Pro users
Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, folding one of its most popular AI products into the Gemini brand while keeping it as a standalone tool. The company said on Thursday that the rebrand reflects how deeply the research assistant has been woven into the broader Google ecosystem, including the Gemini app and Google Search. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-16
SWISSto12 raised $70M, and it is that rare thing: a profitable space startup
Most space-hardware startups raise money because they are burning it. SWISSto12 raised $70m while turning a profit, an unusual thing in the satellite business. The Swiss company closed the €61m round days after ESA member states put $84.8m into its HummingSat programme, it said. That is more than $150m of fresh capital in a month. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-16
Xpeng’s L03 is the first Chinese EV to put proprietary AI driving chips in a mass-market car
Xpeng debuted the L03 on Wednesday in Munich, launching its most internationally ambitious electric vehicle simultaneously across 65 markets. The coupe-SUV is built around the company’s proprietary Turing AI chips, with every trim shipping at least one and the top Ultra variant carrying three for a combined 2,250 trillion operations per second. It is the […]<br /> This story continues at [...]
2026-07-16
Fireworks raised $1.5bn on a bet that companies will build AI, not rent it
The AI economy has run on a simple habit: rent a model from a big lab. Fireworks just raised $1.5bn to argue the opposite, that every company will build intelligence of its own. The Series D values the San Mateo startup at $17.5bn, it said. Atreides Management, Index Ventures, and TCV led the round. Nvidia, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-16
Sable raised $45 million from Sequoia to build an AI that runs product demos instead of humans
Sable has raised $45 million from Sequoia Capital and 8VC to build an AI system called Aidan that runs live product demonstrations, answers customer questions in real time, and switches between languages mid-conversation. The company, which is less than a year old, calls Aidan an AI employee designed to replace not just chat support but […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
