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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

24 August 2026 at 18:24
General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six.

Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

24 August 2026 at 16:47
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of responsibility to community, doubts arise as to whether a sale will happen.

Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model

22 August 2026 at 19:00
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasingly demonstrate unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior.
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