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On August 25, 2026, Emerald AI raised a $150 million Series A at a $1.05 billion valuation as investors backed software that makes AI data centers responsive to grid constraints.
Dogotix signed conditional agreements for approximately $900 million: $600 million from outside investors, $200 million from XPeng and $100 million from management-linked entities.
Liner raised a $36.1 million Series C on August 25, 2026, to expand into enterprise AI. Its 14 million registered users demonstrate reach, not recurring business revenue.
On August 25, WhatsApp unveiled a security rollout replacing its six-digit verification PIN with a full password, while adding multiple passkeys and Android-only caller context.
On August 25, 2026, Anthropic began sharing Claude’s memory between Chat and cloud Cowork tasks. Saved topics are editable, while sensitive categories require separate consent.
On August 25, OpenAI published leading vendor-reported InferenceX results for Jalapeño, an inference accelerator that serves trained models but cannot train new ones.
On August 25, 2026, Stability AI disclosed a $76 million Series B backed by entertainment and technology investors, including companies already co-developing its creative tools.
Keenable launched on August 25 with $26 million in seed funding and a claimed 100-billion-document index, but the AI labs and inference providers using its API remain unnamed.
On August 26, Ringg detailed a $10 million Series A extension led by Peak XV, taking the round to $15.5 million as it expands beyond its voice-led business.
Stability AI raised a $76 million Series B on August 25, bringing Sony, Universal and Warner onto its investor list as it funds creative tools, research and services.
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal in preview on August 25, 2026, with MCP connectors designed to preserve the permissions already enforced by firms’ legal systems.
QUASA (https://quasa.io/), the Web3 media and creator economy platform, is expanding far beyond English, Russian, Hindi, Spanish, French, and Chinese with fully localized editions in Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian, Bengali, Japanese, German, Urdu, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Korean.
On August 25, 2026, CesiumAstro disclosed its acquisition of 1Aardvark, adding mission software for distributed defense systems operating through disrupted connectivity.
Gamma’s acquisition of Lica, reported August 25, adds a design research team to a creation platform that says it serves more than 100 million users.
Cityblock signed an all-stock agreement to acquire Homeward Health on August 20, 2026. A separate $116 million Series E will fund expansion into rural Medicare Advantage care.