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Lanyon AI Raises $10.6 Million for Scientific AI Lab

Lanyon AI emerged from stealth with $10.6 million in initial funding led by Dimension to build a scientific and technical AI system that generates code and proofs from formal specifications.

August 17, 2026

LG Electronics Opens Smart Factory in Brazil

LG Electronics has opened a new smart factory in ParanĂ¡, Brazil, with AI and industrial robotics systems. The plant can produce about 600,000 refrigerators per year.

August 17, 2026

Tencent Details AI Data Center Energy Plan for Carbon Neutrality

Tencent published a carbon neutrality progress report covering data center efficiency, renewable electricity use, and AI tools for emissions reductions. The company said renewable electricity consumption rose to 48.5% in 2025.

August 17, 2026

Karsan Starts Autonomous e-ATAK Passenger Service at Efteling

Karsan has started passenger service with its Autonomous e-ATAK bus at Efteling in the Netherlands. The route connects the park's central public transport hub with nearby hotels, accommodation sites, and visitor facilities.

August 17, 2026

DeepJudge Introduces Agent Handoff Protocol for Legal AI Platforms

DeepJudge has introduced Agent Handoff Protocol, which is designed to let users move work and context between AI platforms. Harvey plans a beta integration this month, and Thomson Reuters says it will support the protocol in CoCounsel for Legal.

August 16, 2026

HSBC Asset Management Takes Stake in Model ML

HSBC Asset Management has taken an equity stake in London based Model ML, an AI company that builds workflow tools for financial services firms. The investment size was not disclosed.

August 16, 2026

Mistral AI Adds Third Party Models to Cloud Platform

Mistral AI will host third party open models on its infrastructure, starting with GLM 5.2 from Z.ai. The company also made Regional Endpoints generally available and introduced a Priority Tier in public preview.

August 16, 2026

IBM and Together AI Sign $240 Million AI Infrastructure Deal

IBM and Together AI signed a $240 million agreement to deploy NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud for open source AI model inference, with availability expected in Q1 2027.

August 16, 2026

BrainChip and Orama.AOI Partner on AI Visual Inspection for Factories

BrainChip and Orama.AOI are combining Akida with optimized machine vision models for factory defect detection, with stated power use of 4 to 6 watts and lower system costs.

August 15, 2026

Anthropic Uses Invisible Text Watermarks in Claude for EU Rules

Anthropic is adding invisible text watermarks to Claude outputs from models released since Aug. 2 to comply with EU AI Act transparency rules.

August 15, 2026

Inherent Introduces Faraday AI Scientist Agent

Inherent introduced Faraday, a 27 billion parameter AI Scientist agent trained to replicate research figures. The company said it outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on its Replica benchmark.

August 15, 2026

Oklahoma Guard Soldier Builds AI Tool to Review Awards Eligibility

An Oklahoma Army National Guard soldier built an AI tool during a Skillquest lab that is projected to save 61,000 work hours annually across the Guard.

August 15, 2026

EMERGING and Promethean Launch $300 Million AI Fund for Hospitality

EMERGING and Promethean have launched The Experience Fund, a $300 million fund backing AI, automation, and data infrastructure for hospitality and experiential entertainment.

August 15, 2026

Studiosity Adds AI Assessment Scale to Higher Education Platform

Studiosity has integrated the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale into its assessment platform for higher education. The framework lets educators define how AI may be used in assessment tasks.

August 15, 2026

Nagarro Boards Recommend Accepting Persistent Offer

Nagarro's management and supervisory boards have recommended that shareholders accept Persistent Systems' voluntary public takeover offer of EUR 81 per share.

August 15, 2026

Shaires Holdings Plans AI Portfolio and $100 Million Raise

Shaires Holdings has announced binding agreements for exposure to private technology and AI companies including Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences.

August 15, 2026

CodeMettle Receives Army Contract for Terminus Tactical Network Software

CodeMettle received an IDIQ contract to provide Terminus software licenses and support services for the U.S. Army Tactical Network Operations solution.

August 15, 2026

Pusan National University Develops AI Ship Navigation Framework

Pusan National University researchers developed an AI framework that uses weather data to recommend ship routes and speed profiles that reduce fuel use and peak coastal pollution exposure.

August 15, 2026

Z Squared Details Power Strategy for AI Infrastructure Sites

Z Squared outlined its plan to acquire power connected sites and convert them into AI infrastructure, starting with the planned acquisition of Paradox Data and its Union County campus in Arkansas.

August 15, 2026

360factors Adds Fair Lending Compliance Testing Agent to Ask Kaia

360factors has launched a Fair Lending Compliance Testing agent for Ask Kaia Enterprise customers, aimed at helping U.S. banks and credit unions review lending data and prepare regulatory workpapers.

August 15, 2026
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