August 2026

Digital asset platform Bullish announced on August 28, 2026, a $100 million stablecoin-based debt facility to USD.AI, an onchain protocol that originates non-recourse loans secured by GPU hardware, marking Bullish’s entry into middle-market AI infrastructure financing. The facility will fund USD.AI’s GPU financing operations, which lend capital directly against high-performance computing assets. In the announcement,…

Anthropic on Thursday, August 27, 2026, opened 10,000 free and discounted Claude Team subscription seats for scientists, announcing an expansion of its researcher-focused programs that also widens its AI for Science credit program beyond the biological sciences. Under the new Claude Team plan for scientists, standard seats are free and premium seats with five times…

Every morning, I open my inbox and feel behind before I’ve even had my coffee. Between emails and messages I keep meaning to answer, my inbox can easily feel like a second job I never applied for. Before long, unread emails can pile up into the thousands. I’ve tried lots of tools that promise to…

A protein’s function is determined by its structure, and structure — the way a protein folds — is determined by its sequence of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.  Many methods for designing novel proteins, including examples that could bind to a disease-causing molecule in our cells, involve a two-step process: The structure comes…

For decades, the United States benefited from one of the most powerful competitive advantages in science: many of the world’s best researchers wanted to work there. That advantage is not disappearing overnight. The U.S. still has unmatched concentrations of research universities, federal laboratories, private capital and technology companies. But the flow of talent is becoming…

Ian Leysen, CEO and Co-Founder of Datadobi, is a technology executive with more than three decades of experience in software engineering, quality assurance, and enterprise data management. He co-founded Datadobi in 2009 after spending eight years at EMC as Senior Manager of Quality Assurance, preceded by leadership roles at Mediagenix and Wave Research. Throughout his…

Adam Gross, Co-Founder and CEO of HarmonEyes, is a serial entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience building and scaling technology-driven businesses across healthcare, financial services, and data analytics. He co-founded RightEye in 2013, developing an eye-tracking technology platform used across healthcare, professional sports, and military performance applications, before co-founding HarmonEyes in 2024 to extend…

Yardstik has raised $30 million in Series B funding as the workforce technology company looks to expand beyond traditional background checks and tackle a growing challenge for employers: determining whether workers remain trustworthy after they have been hired. The round was led by Harbert Growth Partners, with participation from existing investors Rally Ventures, MissionOG, Crosslink…

AI discussions in travel often tend to center on how the technology can rapidly transform the sector and deliver high-impact outcomes. The reality, however, is more nuanced. While AI has demonstrated tangible value in areas such as personalization, customer service, and operational efficiency, not everyone is adopting it at the same pace. A major reason…

The Search Result Is Becoming a Recommendation For years, digital marketing was built around a simple transaction: a consumer searched, a search engine returned options, and the consumer decided what to click. Brands competed for rankings, impressions and traffic because the consumer still did much of the research themselves. AI is changing that sequence. A…