Salesforce launches ‘Missonforce,’ a national security-focused business unit
Salesforce’s Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across areas including personnel, logistics and decision making.
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Salesforce launches ‘Missionforce,’ a national security-focused business unit
Salesforce’s Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across areas including personnel, logistics and decision making.
AT&T’s AI call-screening tool uses your call history to filter out spam
AT&T is testing an AI-powered assistant designed to screen phone calls for you. The mobile carrier is bringing the feature to a select group of customers this year, and likens it to a “digital receptionist” that can identify and filter out robocallers based on the information from its network, like your call history. “This is […]
This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans
MicroFactory has more than 100 preorders for its general purpose tabletop robotic factory which it hopes to start shipping in two months.
Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases
Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors.
Y Combinator-backed Rulebase wants to be the AI coworker for fintech
Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the next wave of automation in financial services will be the unglamorous tasks.
Meta’s new smart glasses are coming this week
Meta’s next big Connect conference is nearly here, and this year, we’re expecting to see a lot of news about glasses. AI-focused hardware is all the rage, and Meta arguably already has the best gadgets around in its Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses. At this year’s show, we’re expecting to see more about glasses, but also […]
Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code
Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but paid users will “primarily rely on Claude Sonnet 4.” […]
Nothing plans to launch ‘first AI-native devices next year’
London-based consumer tech startup Nothing has raised $200 million and vowed to usher in a new generation of “AI-native” devices running on operating systems that “are significantly different from the ones today.” In a press release that reads part ode to technology and part manifesto, Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei said the cash infusion […]
The 9 most sought-after startups from YC Demo Day
We asked YC-focused investors to name the startups from the Summer 2025 batch that generated the most interest.