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Sources: AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence raised $600M led by CapitalG at a $5.6B valuation, with participation from Jeff Bezos, Lux, Thrive, and more (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Sources: AI robotics startup Physical Intelligence raised $600M led by CapitalG at a $5.6B valuation, with participation from Jeff Bezos, Lux, Thrive, and more — Physical Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help robots learn a wide range of tasks …
Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads — It's an ad-free queue-jump for GeForce Now's free tier. … Nvidia has partnered with Google to launch a new cloud gaming plan exclusive to Chromebooks.
AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search (Anna Tong/Forbes)
Anna Tong / Forbes:
AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search — The startup, which wants to challenge Microsoft 365 Copilot and Google's Gemini, got to $50 million in annualized revenue just five months …
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim "thought images", and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt — Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Gemini 3 Pro release, today it's Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image.
Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments (Emily Mullin/Wired)
Emily Mullin / Wired:
Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments — The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement.