Slack’s Slackbot can now pull your CRM data, generate charts, and send DocuSigns — all from a chat message.

by News Feed Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Technology

Five years and $27.7 billion after Salesforce acquired Slack, the two products are finally starting to function as a single system. On Tuesday, Slack launched an integration that connects Slackbot — the personal AI agent built into every workspace — to the entire...

Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips

by News Feed Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Technology

The days of Nvidia’s unparalleled market dominance aren’t over, but challengers and choices are arising from all directions. ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has released inference-performance software that allows a variety of...

AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round

by News Feed Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Technology

AI chip company SambaNova Systems has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation led by General Atlantic, in a first close of its Series F round, with more investors expected to join soon. “In the next few weeks, a few more investors will be coming in, and the...

Final extension: Startup Battlefield Australia applications now close July 20

by News Feed Editor | Jul 7, 2026 | Technology

One last chance to apply Due to overwhelming interest, we’ve extended applications for Startup Battlefield Australia to July 20. If you’ve been thinking about applying, do it now. There won’t be another extension. One application could change everything Since the...

Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos

by News Feed Editor | Jul 7, 2026 | Technology

Meta on Tuesday unveiled Muse Image, its new AI image generator built by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s dedicated AI unit. The feature, which was internally code-named Mango, is now available for free through the Meta AI app, as well as on Instagram...

The real cost, security, and culture problems behind enterprise AI agents

by News Feed Editor | Jul 7, 2026 | Technology

Presented by Red Hat At VentureBeat’s recent AI Impact event, where the discussion centered on what separates enterprises that scale agentic AI from those that stall in pilot mode, Brian Gracely, senior director of portfolio strategy at Red Hat, detailed what...