February 26, 2026

So, we're getting Prada Meta AI glasses, right?: Mark Zuckerberg was at Prada's fashion week event in Milan, leaving everyone to wonder if we're getting Meta AI glasses under the Prada brand. Read More

Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery: The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. Read More

Mistral AI inks a deal with global consulting giant Accenture: Mistral AI lands a partnership with Accenture, the consultant that has also recently announced partnerships with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. Read More

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Self-driving truck startup Einride raises $113M PIPE ahead of public debut: The proceeds will support Einride's technology roadmap, global expansion, and autonomous deployments in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.  Read More

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Google launches Nano Banana 2 model with faster image generation: Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode. Read More

Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex: Figma is integrating OpenAI's coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic's Claude Code. Read More

Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023: The U.S. government and its allies said hackers have been exploiting the newly identified bug in Cisco networking gear around the world for years, and urged organizations to patch. 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.

A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source's funding problem, permanently: A group of well-known open source programmers and a VC have launched the Open Source Endowment. They hope this new method will provide funding for good. Read More

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