FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Rune Technologies raises $24M Series A to modernize military logistics with AI-driven software TyrOS
• Knit raises $16.1M Series A to replace weeks-long enterprise consumer research with AI-driven insights in days

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Armada raises $200M+ to build portable AI data centers for the 70% of the world without AI infrastructure
• Samir Chaudry on AI and the creator economy: 'ChatGPT is entering Tik Tok territory for daily time spent'
• Lindy 3.0 launches with agent autopilot feature that operates its own computer and manages logins
• WHOOP 5.0 and WHOOP MG launch with biological age tracking and upcoming blood test integration

NEWS

• Microsoft hits $4T as Azure's non-AI cloud business drives Q2 earnings beat
• BLS chief fired after weak jobs report as AI capex hits record $102.5B quarterly

COMMENTARY

• McKinsey calls AI 'existential' as consulting's billable-hours model faces disruption
• Is AI a sustaining or disruptive innovation for Disney? Hosts debate the future of Hollywood IP