February 17, 2026

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

India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028: India is ramping up shared AI compute, adding 20,000 GPUs as part of a broader push to attract global AI investment. Read More

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more: The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either. Read More

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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

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

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months: The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them. Read More

Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S.: Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price. Read More

Apple Podcasts is getting an enhanced video experience this spring: By bringing an enhanced video podcasts viewing experience to its app, Apple is aiming to keep users from turning to rival platforms to watch their favorite shows. 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.

As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build 'enterprise-grade' AI agents: Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic's Claude models into its Topaz AI platform to build so-called "agentic" systems. Read More

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