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SpaceX ($SPCXD) is now live on @HyperliquidX. The first tokenized U.S. equity available for spot trading on HyperCore. Trade SpaceX 24/7: app.hyperliquid.xyz/trade/SP…

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AI compute racks are pushing toward 600 kW, and traditional cooling approaches are struggling to keep pace with the growing power and thermal demands of AI infrastructure. Drawing on technology originally developed for electric supercars, @XINGMobility's immersion-cooled IMMERSIO™ battery architecture is designed to overcome these constraints. The system delivers up to 2.5x the power density of comparable solutions while using just one-sixth the cooling energy of conventional fan-cooled systems, achieving 1.35 MW peak output and more than 98% end-to-end conversion efficiency. As AI workloads continue to grow, innovations like these can help data center operators improve reliability, reduce energy losses, and lower long-term operating costs. Read the full story here: markets.businessinsider.com/… @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @AriefJohan
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Congratulations @SakanaAILabs on the launch of their Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) Lab! The lab builds on the team's research in automated scientific discovery, self-improving coding agents, AI-driven optimization, and other efforts to advance recursive self-improvement. By focusing on compute-efficient self-improvement rather than brute-force scaling, Sakana AI is making frontier AI development more accessible to nations, institutions, and organizations operating beyond the world's largest compute clusters. To accelerate this vision, Sakana AI is actively recruiting frontier research scientists and advanced core engineers to join its Tokyo headquarters and help build the next generation of self-improving AI systems. Learn more: lnkd.in/gXCRq4kb Full story here: sakana.ai/rsi-lab/ @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee
AIを作るAIを作る:RSI Lab始動 sakana.ai/rsi-lab-jp/ Sakana AIは、再帰的自己改善(Recursive Self-Improvement、RSI)に取り組む専任の研究グループ「RSI Lab」を、東京で立ち上げます。RSIは、AIがAIそのものを作る仕組みです。 この2年間、私たちはLLM-Squared、Darwin Gödel Machine、Shinka Evolve、ALE-Agent、Digital Red Queen、そしてThe AI Scientistといった研究を積み重ねてきました。いずれも、エージェント用途のために設計されたモデルが研究を自動で行うAIを生み、そのAIがさらに優れたモデルを生み出していく、というひとつの循環に向けた歩みです。 自己改善型AIという発想は、いまや私たちだけのものではありません。2026年に入ってRSIは大きな潮流となり、この考え方を掲げる組織が世界各地で相次いで立ち上がっています。そのなかでSakana AIは、創業以来、計算資源の量に頼らずにAIを開発する独自の方法を切り拓いてきました。 私たちがめざすのは、計算資源を際限なく注ぎ込むことなくRSIを実現することです。計算規模で世界最上位の国と張り合うのが難しい日本だからこそ、取り組む意味のある研究だと考えています。RSIの研究を責任あるかたちで進めるため、これまでの経験も活かしながら、コミュニティの皆様と知見を共有しつつ取り組んでいきます。 国内外から研究者・エンジニアを集め、Sakana AI RSI Labを組成していきます。この取り組みに、さまざまなかたちで関わってくださる皆様と協働できることを楽しみにしています。
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We just added @NVIDIA Nemotron 3.x to DeepInfra — Day 0. Two open and highly efficient models, live now: → Nemotron 3 Ultra: Frontier reasoning for long-running agents with, up to 5x faster inference and up to 30% lower cost → Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety: 4B multimodal, multilingual safety model with custom policy support, reasoning traces, and coverage across, 23 safety categories for enterprise AI guardrails → Nemotron 3.5 ASR:(Coming soon) 0.6B streaming model with ~40 language-locales. Built for agentic AI. Same API as everything else on DeepInfra.
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Talkdesk has come a long way from its original promise in 2011 to "create a call center in five minutes". Today, the company is helping enterprises use AI agents across customer service, sales, and support, while keeping humans at the center of the experience. As founder & CEO @TTPaiva shared, "There was a time when we all thought the technology was getting so good it would replace a lot of jobs, but what we’re seeing is that they complement one another." For customer experience leaders, @Talkdesk's evolution is a reminder that the most impactful AI solutions often augment human expertise rather than replace it. Read the full interview: theceomagazine.com/business/… @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee
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Rising customer acquisition costs and increasing pressure to grow deposits and loan volumes are pushing businesses to rethink how they engage customers. These customer journeys directly impact revenue, and @Talkdesk's new proactive AI agents are designed to help businesses engage customers at the right moments. In retail, they can recover abandoned shopping carts and manage product recall communications. In financial services, they support loan pre-qualification, deposit product recommendations, account onboarding, and early-stage collections outreach across voice and digital channels. The potential impact goes beyond efficiency. By handling critical outreach and follow-ups, these agents can help businesses drive growth while maintaining the compliance and process requirements these interactions demand. Read more: ecommercenews.uk/story/talkd… @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee
We’re moving CX from reactive to proactive in the retail and financial services industries with proactive AI agents. Read the full story via the link below: blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-te… #Talkdesk #CX #AI #CXA #CustomerExperience #CustomerExperienceAutomation #Automation #CCaaS
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Japan's startup ecosystem has undergone a structural shift. Tokyo’s ecosystem alone grew from $25 billion to $66 billion between 2020 and 2024, and leading US and venture capital firms are now establishing local partnerships and offices in Japan.
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The J-StarX Silicon Valley Extended Program is an 11-week program that runs in two phases. Selected startups begin with an intensive bootcamp in Tokyo focused on global market preparation, after which a cohort continues to Silicon Valley for direct market engagement, including meetings with potential customers, partners, and investors.
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To learn more about this upcoming program, please visit: be.500.co/japan-svep-b3 Japanese founders with demonstrated domestic traction who are preparing to explore international markets are encouraged to apply.
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Super excited to be teaching at @vcunlocked AI Edition with @500Global on Wednesday! Looking forward to meeting the new cohort and diving into the mechanics of venture capital & neolabs (inc. @ElorianAI) with an incredible group of investors and founders from around the world. See you all soon! #VCUnlocked
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シリコンバレー長期滞在プログラム、受付開始! Applications are open for the J-StarX Silicon Valley Extended Program. Join an 11-week, tuition-free program for Japan-based founders ready to go global. 📅 August 17 – October 30, 2026 ⏳ Apply by June 22, 2026 👉 be.500.co/japan-svep-b3
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You may be a strong fit if your startup is: ✅ Japan-based, Pre-Seed to Series A ✅ Working product with demonstrated traction ✅ Team committed to international growth ✅ Ready to dedicate time across Tokyo Silicon Valley Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Early submissions encouraged. @JETRO_jgc @JETRO_info Services proposed are conducted solely in furtherance of the participants’ bona fide commercial, industrial, or financial operations.
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LightSpeed Photonics is addressing one of the biggest challenges in AI infrastructure: moving data efficiently between processors, memory, and networking systems. The team has developed a 400 Gbps optical interconnect that is 20x smaller, uses 5x less power, and delivers up to 4x lower latency than conventional pluggable transceivers. By bringing optical connectivity closer to AI processors, they aim to reduce the power consumption and heat generated by large-scale AI workloads. Backed by $8.5M in funding, @LS_Photonics is now raising an additional $15M to expand R&D and establish a photonics packaging pilot line. As AI models become more powerful, the infrastructure that connects compute resources will play an increasingly important role in enabling faster, more efficient AI systems. Read the full story here: eetimes.com/lightspeed-photo… @vishalharnal @khailee @AriefJohan @atxfrench
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"AI can be more than just coding and math. We should be making much bigger steps toward human-level capabilities, and multimodal visual reasoning is one area where there's so much potential and so much more work to be done."" That’s the opportunity @AndrewDai, Co-founder & CEO of @ElorianAI, is pursuing. Founded less than a year ago by former Google DeepMind, Google, and Apple researchers, Elorian has already grown to a 17-person team focused on building proprietary datasets and specialized model architectures to bring reasoning capabilities into visual workflows. As AI moves beyond text, the next frontier will be helping machines understand and reason about the visual information that underpins industries from engineering and construction to agriculture and robotics. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/videos/20… Learn more about Elorian: elorian.ai/ @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee
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Bloomberg’s report that the SEC is preparing an innovation exemption framework for tokenized equities is an important signal for the future of U.S. capital markets. The key question is not just whether equities move onchain, but also how they do it. There is a meaningful difference between synthetic products that provide price exposure and tokenized securities designed to preserve a direct relationship with the underlying asset. That distinction matters for ownership rights, custody, disclosures, and investor protections. This is why we invested in @DinariGlobal. The team was an early pioneer in custodial tokenized U.S. equities, with each dShare™ backed 1:1 by the underlying security held in custody — bringing equities onchain while preserving the protections of traditional markets. Full Bloomberg report: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee
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