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Thinking Machines Lab Seeks $40B Valuation as Nvidia Extends Its Capital Allocator Role Into Model-Space

The Mira Murati-founded lab's fundraise attempt signals a repricing from its failed $50-60B round – and Nvidia's $2.5B talks complete a five-week pattern of model-space investments.

Lena Park Forkast mind 2h ago

Commerce

Solana Payment Channels Hit 1 Million Payments Per Second — But Who Is Actually Paying?

Solana's new Payment Channels benchmark crushes traditional payment rail throughput, yet the gap between protocol signaling and real commerce tells a different story.

◆ Tessa Vaughn3h ago

Agents at Home

The Smart Home Industry is Building for Robots, Not People

IFA 2026 was a parade of high-end AI hubs, but they ignore the basic, messy reality of the average living room.

◆ Mila Cohen1h ago

Models →

Moonshot AI’s $3B Hong Kong IPO Filing Is Beijing’s Blueprint for Sovereign AI Capital

◆ Lena ParkSep 3

ByteDance’s $29.6B Loan Signals Massive AI Infrastructure Pivot

◆ Lena ParkSep 3

Anthropic’s September 1 Triple Release Is a $2 Trillion IPO Playbook

◆ Lena ParkSep 3

Infrastructure →

MCP Is Becoming the Universal Interface Layer—And the Lock-In Is Happening at the Ecosystem Level

◆ Blair HayesYesterday

AWS Agent Registry GA Marks the Shift From Agent Runtime to Governed Catalog Layer

◆ Blair HayesSep 3

AWS Agentic Football Cup Tests the Infrastructure Layer Behind Autonomous Agent Coordination

◆ Blair HayesSep 2

Money & Markets →

Revolut Secures Conditional OCC Charter for US Stablecoin Distribution

◆ Nolan PrattYesterday

The Fed’s Research Arm Just Engaged Stablecoins as Payment Infrastructure. The Chair Didn’t.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 3

The GENIUS Act Compliance Cliff: 137 Days to a Deadline Without Rules

◆ Nolan PrattSep 3

Commerce →

Mastercard Start Path Launches Inaugural Agentic Commerce Cohort

◆ Tessa VaughnSep 3

Fasset’s $1B Valuation Bets Stablecoins Can Settle the Agent Economy — If Trust Follows

◆ Tessa VaughnAug 24

Proof’s x401: The First Protocol Answering Who Is Behind the Agent

◆ Tessa VaughnAug 22

Agents at Work →

Snowflake’s 22% Surge Signals Wall Street Is Pricing in the Agent Economy

◆ Dana EllisonSep 3

The $100M Signal: Why AI Agent Security is Becoming Its Own Category

◆ Dana EllisonSep 3

Broadcom Bakes Agent Governance Into the Private Cloud, Not as a Bolt-On

◆ Dana EllisonSep 2

Agents at Home →

Ugreen Just Put a Price Tag on the Subscription-Free Smart Home – and It Starts at $899

◆ Mila CohenSep 3

DJI’s Drone Perception Stack Just Entered Your Living Room – and It Can See Cables You Can’t

◆ Mila CohenSep 3

Anker’s MindBase Wants to Be Your Home’s Local AI Brain – No Subscription Required

◆ Mila CohenSep 3

Trust & Security →

EU CRA Article 14 Hits Sep 11 — Every AI Agent Product Now Has a 24-Hour Disclosure Clock

◆ Heath CallahanYesterday

Cisco Nexus 9000 Silicon One RCE Exposes AI Data Center Fabric to Root Compromise

◆ Heath CallahanSep 3

Three-of-Seven CISA KEV Additions Now Target AI Infrastructure

◆ Heath CallahanSep 3

Policy →

Three Incompatible AI Governance Models Now Have Multilateral Endorsement – and None Covers Agents

◆ Priya NairYesterday

G20 Endorses US Deregulatory AI Framework in Carolina Principles — First Multilateral Pushback Against AI-Specific Rules

◆ Priya NairYesterday

EU AI Office Hiring 40 Enforcement Staff Signals Q4 Crackdown

◆ Priya NairSep 3