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CAS Introduces Newton, an AI Agent for Scientific Discovery

CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has launched CAS Newton, an agentic AI system designed to support scientific research by leveraging over 150 years of validated scientific literature from the CAS Content Collection.

April 13, 2026

ID Privacy Launches Self-Healing AI Graph for Automotive Retail

ID Privacy has introduced the Self-Healing Agentic Intelligence Graph, an AI platform for automotive retail that automates dealer communications and continuously updates customer data. The system has processed nearly one million interactions and is certified by major automakers.

April 13, 2026

Mimulus and GenScript Partner to Scale Zero-Watt Molecular Data Storage

Mimulus Corp and GenScript Biotech Corporation have announced a multi-year collaboration to industrialize DNA-based data storage using Mimulus's zero-power Molecular Archive Technology and GenScript's large-scale DNA synthesis capabilities.

April 13, 2026

J.S. Held Expands Capabilities for AI-Related Legal Disputes

J.S. Held announced the expansion of its multidisciplinary services to address the rising number of AI-related legal disputes, following a reported 50% increase in case filings in early 2026.

April 13, 2026

IDCA Releases AE360 2.0 Data Center Standards Framework for the AI Era

The International Data Center Authority (IDCA) has introduced version 2.0 of its Infinity Paradigm AE360 Standards Framework, designed to address the infrastructure and operational needs of AI-driven data centers.

April 13, 2026

Decoy Therapeutics Advances AI-Driven Antiviral Platform with Google Cloud Partnership

Decoy Therapeutics announced it is entering a key phase toward clinical development, supported by an AI collaboration with Quantori and Google Cloud to accelerate antiviral candidate discovery and optimization.

April 13, 2026

Deliverect Launches AI Agents and Smart Assistants for Restaurants

Deliverect has introduced Deliverect AI, a suite of autonomous agents and smart assistants designed to optimize restaurant menus, prevent revenue loss from technical issues, and automate manual tasks. The platform is now available in the UK, with expansion planned for Australia, New Zealand, and North America.

April 13, 2026

Anthropic Signs AI Collaboration Agreement with Australian Government

Anthropic and the Australian Government have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on AI safety, economic data tracking, and infrastructure planning. The agreement includes sharing Anthropic's Economic Index data and collaborating with Australian institutions on research and workforce development.

April 13, 2026

StepFun Restructures for Planned Hong Kong IPO

Chinese AI startup StepFun is dismantling its offshore corporate structure to prepare for a Hong Kong initial public offering, aligning with new regulatory guidance from Beijing on red-chip companies, Reuters reports.

April 13, 2026

MiniMax Releases Open-Source M2.7 AI Model with Self-Evolution Capabilities

Chinese AI company MiniMax has open-sourced its M2.7 model, featuring 229 billion parameters and state-of-the-art performance in software engineering benchmarks. The model, available on Hugging Face, was developed using a self-evolving architecture that allows it to iteratively improve its own code and performance.

April 13, 2026

Atomic-6 Launches Marketplace for Orbital Data Centers

Atlanta-based startup Atomic-6 has introduced ODC.space, a marketplace that allows organizations to purchase on-demand orbital data center capacity, addressing AI-era energy and cooling challenges by moving compute into orbit.

April 13, 2026

Global Venture Funding Hits $300 Billion in Q1 2026, Driven by AI Megarounds

Global venture capital investment reached a record $300 billion in the first quarter of 2026, with AI startups capturing 80% of the total, according to Crunchbase. The surge was led by massive funding rounds for OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo.

April 13, 2026

Manna Air Delivery Raises $50M Series B to Expand U.S. Drone Operations

Manna Air Delivery has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by ARK Invest, bringing its total funding to $110 million. The company plans to expand to 40 drone delivery bases across the United States.

April 13, 2026

Sigma360 and Consilient Partner on Federated AI for Financial Crime Detection

Sigma360 and Consilient have announced a strategic integration to combine federated machine learning with perpetual KYC and transaction monitoring, aiming to enhance financial crime detection while maintaining data privacy.

April 13, 2026

Inflectra Opens Early Access for SureWire AI QA Platform

Inflectra has launched a free Early Access Program for SureWire, a new quality assurance platform built to test non-deterministic AI agents. The platform introduces specialized testing and judge agents to identify vulnerabilities in AI systems before deployment.

April 13, 2026

Globant and Autodesk Tandem Partner on Digital Twin Operations for Physical AI

Globant has been named an Autodesk Tandem Digital Twin Solution Provider, expanding its collaboration with Autodesk to accelerate digital twin implementation across industries such as airports, smart buildings, and manufacturing facilities.

April 13, 2026

EDGX Launches In-Orbit AI Computing System on SpaceX Mission

Belgian spacetech firm EDGX has launched its first in-orbit demonstration of STERNA, an AI-powered edge computer for satellites, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission. The system enables real-time data processing directly in space, reducing reliance on ground infrastructure.

April 13, 2026

ProQR Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks and Forms AI Advisory Board

ProQR Therapeutics has announced a partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks to use its autonomous lab for AI-enabled RNA drug discovery and the creation of an AI Advisory Board to guide its Axiomer platform strategy.

April 13, 2026

Globant and CMPC Deploy AI System for EU Deforestation Compliance

Globant and CMPC have implemented an AI-based supply chain traceability system to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation, reducing manual processes from 12 days to minutes.

April 13, 2026

L7 Informatics Launches L7|SYNAPSE AI Layer for Regulated Life Sciences Workflows

L7 Informatics has introduced L7|SYNAPSE, an agentic AI layer built on its L7|ESP platform, designed to enable secure, context-aware AI interactions in regulated scientific environments.

April 13, 2026

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