February 18, 2026

This former Microsoft PM thinks she can unseat CyberArk in 18 months: Though crowded, the identity management market seems eager for new solutions, and Venice is finding traction. Read More

Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers' confidential emails to Copilot AI: Microsoft said the bug meant that its Copilot AI chatbot was reading and summarizing paying customers' confidential emails, bypassing data protection policies. Read More

OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills: OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year. Read More

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Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers: Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools. Read More

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using 'Cameo': OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters." Read More

Tesla dodges 30-day suspension in California after removing 'Autopilot': The decision comes a month after Tesla discontinued Autopilot, its basic driver-assistance system. Read More

Ford turns to F1 and bounties to build a $30,000 electric truck: A combination of 3D-printed Lego-like parts, Formula 1 thinking, and a bounty program will help the company hit that target. The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency. Read More

Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises: The creative company's monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools. Read More

AI-native applications are dynamic, unpredictable, and moving at machine speed. Evo by Snyk introduces a new era of "agentic security"—using specialized AI agents to discover, test, and protect your AI ecosystem.

World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows: The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs' models can work alongside Autodesk's tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.  Read More

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February 17, 2026

Apple is reportedly cooking up a trio of AI wearables: As the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development. Read More

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6: Anthropic has released a new version of its mid-size Sonnet model, keeping pace with the company's four-month update cycle. Read More

Meta's own research found parental supervision doesn't really help curb teens' compulsive social media use: An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media. Read More

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Amazon Fire TV's new interface is now rolling out in the US: Fire TV's new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+. Read More

Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100M or more in 2026: Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026, with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more. Read More

SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links: Mesh aims to mass-produce optical transceivers for AI data centers. Read More

Thrive raises $10B for new fund, its largest yet: Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for its new fund-- nearly double the size of its last fund. Read More

Just 8 months in, India's vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M: Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it's generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users. Read More

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Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.

Running AI models is turning into a memory game: When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture. Read More

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