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Alibaba zvec: Finally, a Vector Database That Doesn’t Need Its Own Server
If you’ve been anywhere near the AI/ML space, you know the pain of spinning up a vector database. You want to do some similarity search, maybe build a RAG pipeline, and suddenly you’re deploying Pinecone or self-hosting Weaviate, dealing with API keys, network configs, and a whole separate service just to store some embeddings. It… Continue reading
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Sarvam Kaze + Sarvam Edge: India Just Dropped Its Own AI Glasses and an Offline AI Stack That Actually Works
So India’s AI scene just got a lot more interesting. At the [India AI Impact Summit 2026](https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/india-ai-summit-2026-what-is-sarvam-kaze-ai-glasses-pm-modi-wore-126021700973_1.html), Bengaluru-based [Sarvam AI](https://www.sarvam.ai/) unveiled two products that honestly caught me off guard: Kaze, the country’s first homegrown AI smart glasses, and Sarvam Edge, a fully offline on-device AI stack. Both launched as part of Sarvam’s ambitious 14-day, 14-launch… Continue reading
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Toolspend Finally Answers the Question: How Much Am I Actually Spending on AI?
Here’s a confession — I recently sat down and tried to count how many AI subscriptions I’m paying for. ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Cursor, Midjourney, Perplexity, ElevenLabs… I lost track somewhere around the seventh one. And honestly, I had no idea what the total damage was each month. Turns out I’m not alone, and that’s… Continue reading
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Tailscale Aperture Is the AI Governance Layer I Didn’t Know I Needed
If you’ve been running Claude Code or Codex across a team, you’ve probably hit that awkward moment: who’s burning through tokens, what prompts are going out, and are we leaking anything sensitive? Tailscale just dropped something that tackles exactly this. It’s called [Aperture](https://tailscale.com/blog/aperture-private-alpha), and it entered private alpha on February 17th. The announcement blew up… Continue reading
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Spawned Just Dropped and It’s Trying to Kill Two Giants at Once
There’s a new kid on the block that’s doing something pretty audacious. [Spawned](https://spawned.com) launched on [Product Hunt today](https://www.producthunt.com/products/spawned) and it’s already sitting at 4.7 stars with nearly a hundred reviews. That kind of traction on day one doesn’t happen by accident, so I had to check it out. The pitch is simple but bold: describe… Continue reading
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Listen Labs Just Hit $69M in Funding, and That Billboard Stunt Is Only Half the Story
There’s a reason [Listen Labs](https://listenlabs.ai/) has been blowing up on [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/technology/listen-labs-raises-usd69m-after-viral-billboard-hiring-stunt-to-scale-ai/) and every tech corner of the internet this month. The company just closed a $69 million Series B led by Ribbit Capital, with Sequoia, Conviction, and Pear VC also in the mix. That puts them at a $500 million valuation with $100 million raised… Continue reading
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SemiCab AI (Algorhythm): The Former Karaoke Company That Just Wiped Billions Off the Freight Industry
I’ve been following AI disruption stories for a while now, but nothing quite prepared me for what happened on February 12th. A company with a market cap of roughly $6 million — yes, single-digit millions — managed to trigger a sell-off that vaporized billions from some of the biggest names in trucking and logistics. The… Continue reading
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Altruist Hazel AI Tax Planning Just Sent Wall Street Into a Panic — Here’s Why
So, a fintech company most people outside the RIA world have never heard of just wiped over $20 billion off the market caps of Charles Schwab, LPL Financial, and Raymond James in a single day. The culprit? A tax planning feature inside an AI tool that costs about $125 a month. Let that sink in.… Continue reading
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Ricursive Intelligence Just Raised $335M in 4 Months — And I Think NVIDIA Should Be Paying Attention
So TechCrunch dropped [a pretty wild story yesterday](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/16/how-ricursive-intelligence-raised-335m-at-a-4b-valuation-in-4-months/) about [Ricursive Intelligence](https://www.ricursive.com/), and honestly, I’ve been thinking about it since. A $4 billion valuation four months after founding? That’s not just fast — that’s absurd, even by Silicon Valley standards. Here’s the backstory. Dr. Anna Goldie and Dr. Azalia Mirhoseini spent years at Google DeepMind building… Continue reading
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Google Workspace Studio Just Made AI Agents a Thing Everyone Can Build
So Google finally did it. [Google Workspace Studio](https://workspace.google.com/studio/) hit general availability in February 2026, and honestly, it’s one of those products that makes you wonder why it didn’t exist sooner. The idea is dead simple: you describe what you want an AI agent to do in plain English, and Gemini 3 builds the automation for… Continue reading
