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WHAT’S NEW
A new startup called Recursive Superintelligence has raised more than $650 million at a $4 billion valuation to pursue one of the industry’s most ambitious goals: AI systems capable of improving and evolving themselves with minimal human input. The company was founded by former researchers from OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Salesforce, many of whom specialise in “open-ended” AI systems designed to run continuously while refining their own capabilities.
The bigger signal is where frontier AI research is heading next. The focus is no longer just building smarter models, but building systems that can accelerate their own development, potentially compressing years of research progress into much shorter cycles.
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WHAT’S NEW
AI chipmaker Cerebras raised $5.6 billion in its IPO at a nearly $40 billion valuation, massively above its original pricing range and one of the clearest signs yet that public markets still have huge appetite for AI infrastructure bets. The company’s valuation jumped 73% from its last funding round just four months ago.
The bigger signal is that investors are increasingly treating AI compute as the foundational layer of the entire industry. While models and apps may change quickly, the companies building chips and infrastructure are being priced like long-term winners in the AI economy.
WHAT’S NEW
Notion has launched a new developer platform that turns its workspace into an orchestration layer for AI agents, allowing teams to connect external agents, sync live company data, deploy custom code, and automate multi-step workflows directly inside Notion. The company says users have already built more than 1 million custom agents since launching the feature earlier this year.
The bigger signal is that productivity apps are evolving into AI coordination platforms. Notion is no longer just competing with note-taking tools, it’s positioning itself as infrastructure where humans, agents, workflows, and enterprise data all operate together in one system.
In other developments
Cisco is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs despite reporting record revenue, saying it wants to shift more spending toward AI and cybersecurity. The move reflects a growing trend of profitable tech companies reducing headcount while ramping up AI investment.(Source: TechCrunch)
Anthropic launched “Claude for Small Business,” a package of AI workflows and integrations for tools like QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, and Google Workspace. The company is betting small businesses will become a major AI adoption market by using agents to automate tasks like payroll, invoicing, sales campaigns, and month-end reporting.(Source: Anthropic)
xAI is reportedly operating nearly 50 gas turbines at its Mississippi data center under a regulatory loophole that classifies the trailer-mounted units as “mobile” power sources. Environmental groups say the unchecked emissions are worsening air quality and have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt operations.(Source: TechCrunch)
Pope Leo XIV is reportedly preparing his first encyclical focused on AI, framing the technology as a defining moral and labor challenge similar to the industrial revolution. The move signals the Vatican wants a more active role in shaping debates around automation, human dignity, and workers’ rights in the AI era.(Source: Axios)
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