Klaviyo Buys Its Way Into the Agent Era and Hands Elias Torres the Keys
Klaviyo is buying Elias Torres’ AI startup Agency to speed up the agents that answer ‘where’s my order?’ so a human doesn’t have to.
TrustScale’s Argus Wants to Be a Lie Detector for Your AI
TrustScale’s Argus claims to catch AI hallucinations with real evidence, not another AI. A promising idea wrapped in vendor stats worth a second look.
OpenAI’s GPT Transcribe Turned Up on OpenRouter at 27 Cents an Hour
OpenAI’s GPT Transcribe appeared on OpenRouter at $0.0045 a minute, about 27c an hour. Cracking value for creators, with one caveat worth knowing first.
OpenAI’s Astra Solved Ten Maths Problems. You Still Can’t Use It.
OpenAI’s Astra produced machine-checked proofs for ten open maths problems. Impressive and verifiable, but there’s no product you can actually use.
BYD’s Xiao Di Robot: the Greeter Is Boring, the Factory Behind It Is the Threat
BYD walked its first humanoid robot, Xiao Di, into a showroom in early August 2026. The machine is a translator that waves. The supply chain behind it is the real story.
The Dodo Wasn’t Stupid. We Were
A new CT study of rare dodo skulls finds owl-like night vision and a sharp sense of smell. The ‘stupid bird’ label was always a slander.
IonQ Bought a Chip Factory. That Tells You Where Quantum Is Really Going
IonQ closed its $1.8bn SkyWater foundry deal and posted record 287% revenue growth. Why owning a chip factory is the real quantum story.
Amazon Hit $3 Trillion. Its Free Cash Flow Went Negative to Get There
Amazon joined the $3 trillion club, but free cash flow went negative as AI capex hits $220bn. What the milestone quietly leaves off the banner.
The Price of Thinking Fell 80%. Here’s What to Hand a Robot Now
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna 80% to about $0.20 per million tokens. The price of thinking dropped. Here’s what a solo operator should automate now.
Claude Cowork Now Runs the Boring Half of Your Job While Your Laptop Is Shut
Claude Cowork now runs in the cloud on web and mobile, doing the admin nobody wants while your laptop’s shut. Steal the scheduled-task move.