If you’ve been anywhere near the local AI scene, you already know that [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp) is basically the backbone of running models on your own hardware. So when Georgi Gerganov — the person who started it all — [announced](https://huggingface.co/blog/ggml-joins-hf) that the entire GGML team is officially joining Hugging Face, it felt less like a surprise and… Continue reading

Stripe just dropped [Part 2 of their Minions blog series](https://stripe.dev/blog/minions-stripes-one-shot-end-to-end-coding-agents-part-2), and honestly, the numbers are kind of absurd. Over 1,300 pull requests merged every single week, entirely written by AI agents, with humans only stepping in for code review. Not “AI-assisted.” Not “co-piloted.” Fully autonomous, start-to-finish coding. So what exactly are Minions? They’re Stripe’s internal,… Continue reading

If you’ve been paying for ElevenLabs and quietly resenting the monthly bill, I have good news. [Voicebox](https://voicebox.sh/) just showed up on GitHub Trending and it’s exactly what the local AI crowd has been waiting for: a proper, no-compromises voice cloning app that runs entirely on your machine. The pitch is simple. Feed it a few… Continue reading

There’s something deeply satisfying about a startup that looks at the entire GPU-driven AI infrastructure stack and says, “What if we just… didn’t do any of that?” That’s basically [Taalas](https://taalas.com/) in a nutshell. This Toronto-based chip company, founded by Ljubisa Bajic (yes, the same guy who co-founded Tenstorrent), is taking what might be the most… Continue reading

Google quietly shipped [Gemini 3.1 Pro](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-1-pro/) on February 19th, and honestly, the numbers caught me off guard. On ARC-AGI-2, which is one of the tougher reasoning benchmarks out there, it scored 77.1%. That’s more than double what Gemini 3 Pro managed (31.1%). For a “.1” update, that’s not a minor bump — that’s a massive… Continue reading

If you’ve been sleeping on what’s happening in metal 3D printing, [Freeform](https://freeform.co/) is about to wake you up. This LA-based startup, founded by former SpaceX engineers Erik Palitsch and TJ Ronacher, just closed a [$67 million Series B](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-to-scale-up-laser-ai-manufacturing/) with some seriously heavy backers — Nvidia’s NVentures, Founders Fund, Two Sigma Ventures, and more. Both [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-to-scale-up-laser-ai-manufacturing/)… Continue reading

If you’ve ever tried using ChatGPT or Midjourney to whip up a presentation slide or social media post, you know the pain. The output looks great — until you realize you can’t move a single text box, swap a color, or resize anything without starting over. It’s a pretty picture trapped in a PNG jail.… Continue reading

So yesterday, a company called [ZaiNar](https://zainartech.com/) finally showed its face after hiding in stealth mode since 2017. Nine years. That’s an eternity in tech. And honestly, the timing feels right because what they’ve built is wild — a system that turns your existing 5G and WiFi networks into a precision location engine. No GPS. No… Continue reading

There’s a weird pattern with AI design tools right now — they all want to generate screens for you, but none of them bother to understand what you’re actually building first. That’s exactly the gap [Figr AI](https://figr.design/) is trying to close, and honestly, the approach makes a lot of sense. Figr just hit [#1 Product… Continue reading

If you’ve been paying attention to how people search for things lately, you’ve probably noticed the shift. More and more, folks are skipping Google’s blue links entirely and just asking ChatGPT or Perplexity for recommendations. “What’s the best project management tool?” “Which fintech app should I use in Europe?” The answers come back instantly —… Continue reading