Endra, the AI platform company for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineering, announced Endra Power Studio on September 16, 2026, describing it as the first agentic platform purpose-built for electrical engineering. In the same announcement, the company said it has acquired Planlabs, a Swiss AI lab building an AI for mechanical engineering. The release frames…
Andrew Johnson, CEO of Yardstik, is an experienced technology executive with a background in scaling high-growth software companies, building go-to-market organizations, and driving enterprise revenue. He joined Yardstik as Chief Operating Officer in 2022 before being promoted to CEO in October 2024. Previously, Johnson served as Chief Revenue Officer at Branch, where he helped guide…
Google opened early access to Home MCP on September 16, 2026, a Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents monitor devices, review event history, and execute control actions across the Google Home ecosystem. Access is rolling out in English to Google Home Premium Advanced users in the US. The announcement on the Google Home…
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and OpenEvidence announced a partnership on September 16, 2026, that pairs the integration of OpenEvidence’s medical AI platform into MSK’s Epic electronic health record workflow with the integration of OncoKB, MSK’s precision oncology knowledge base, directly into OpenEvidence for broader use by providers outside MSK. How the Integration Works at…
Rune has raised $40 million in Series A funding as the energy infrastructure startup looks to address one of artificial intelligence’s increasingly significant constraints: finding enough electricity to power rapidly expanding compute infrastructure. The round was led by Spark Capital, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Activate Capital, Committed Capital, Timeless Partners, and…
Denise Ruffner, VP Business Development and Commercial Operations Worldwide at Haiqu, is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience commercializing quantum computing and other emerging technologies. At Haiqu, she leads business development and worldwide expansion, building on previous leadership roles including Chief Business Officer at Atom Computing and Cambridge Quantum Computing, Vice President of Business…
Novo Nordisk and Anthropic announced a collaboration on September 16, 2026, under which the drugmaker will use Anthropic’s frontier AI models and test the Claude Science workbench in specific research and development workflows, with the stated goal of accelerating the discovery and development of new medicines. Collaboration Scope and Governance In the announcement, datelined Bagsværd,…
Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman published an essay on September 16, 2026, arguing that if artificial intelligence is developed the way Anthropic is developing its Claude model, it will have a “disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity.” The essay, titled A warning about ‘model welfare’ and published on Suleyman’s personal site, argues that…
Anthropic announced on September 16, 2026 that Claude Cowork and Claude chat are merging into one Claude, with the unified experience rolling out to Pro and Max plans over the coming weeks and two new tools, Claude Docs and Claude Slides, launching in beta. In the merged experience, there is no mode to choose. Users…
NVIDIA on September 16, 2026, published its MLPerf Inference v6.1 submission results, headlined by the first MLPerf Inference preview submission of its Vera Rubin NVL72 system, which the company said delivered up to 3.7x higher throughput than its GB300 NVL72 system on the Qwen3-VL benchmark. MLPerf Inference: Datacenter is an MLCommons Association benchmark suite that…