TechCrunch AI
18 Jul 2026
Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, predicts that the historic wealth generated by AI in Silicon Valley will eventually need to be redistributed. He says this transfer of wealth could occur either voluntarily or through external pressures.
TechCrunch AI
18 Jul 2026
TechCrunch tested Vertu’s luxury foldable and its built‑in AI agent, assessing daily use across workflows, battery life, and security. The review reports practical strengths and limitations rather than dramatic breakthroughs.
TechCrunch AI
18 Jul 2026
Agility Robotics is opening a new training center for its bipedal Digit robots in Fremont, California. The facility positions the company geographically near Tesla and aims to scale operator training and field testing for its humanoid platform.
Data Center Dynamics
18 Jul 2026
Anthropic is reportedly in talks to lease compute capacity from Meta in a deal that could be worth about $10 billion. The move would see Meta expand its role toward becoming a cloud provider for large AI workloads, according to reports.
TechCrunch AI
17 Jul 2026
Patreon is moving beyond robots.txt and working with Cloudflare to actively block bots that scrape creators’ content for AI training. The change aims to prevent unauthorized use of Patreon-hosted materials by machine-learning models.
Data Center Dynamics
17 Jul 2026
Sharon AI has signed a five-year cloud computing services agreement worth $1.32 billion with an unnamed AI laboratory, according to Data Center Dynamics. Financial terms and technical details beyond duration and value were not disclosed in the excerpt.
Data Center Dynamics
17 Jul 2026
ABB outlines grounding, protection, and compliance considerations for OCP Sidecar disaggregated 800V power racks. The guidance targets safe, scalable AI power distribution in data center environments.
Data Center Dynamics
17 Jul 2026
Data Center Dynamics reports Iren has shifted from crypto mining to developing a vertically integrated neocloud to support large-scale AI workloads. The piece outlines the company’s infrastructure strategy and ambitions for gigawatt-scale capacity.
