Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Together AI — an AI neocloud that rents out Nvidia GPU clusters and other AI-specific infrastructure — has raised an $800 million Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation, the company announced on Wednesday. The company was founded in 2022. The round was led by Aramco...

Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO, ending an almost decade-long run as a private company that saw wild valuation swings as it navigated multiple major hype cycles and a global pandemic. The nine-year-old scooter and bike company, which is...

Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Loading the player… The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s...

Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO. The nine-year-old scooter and bike company, which is backed by Uber, sold 6.68 million shares at $25 each, at the mid-point of its $24 to $26 price range. Shares started trading on the Nasdaq stock...

Anthropic is bringing back Claude Fable 5 globally after US lifts export control order — where can enterprises access it?

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Anthropic is restoring global access to its most powerful generally released AI model yet, Claude Fable 5, today, after the U.S. Department of Commerce last night withdrew the emergency export controls it had issued previously around the model. The U.S. export control...

Restaurants can now accept orders placed directly from ChatGPT and Claude thanks to Square’s new, low-fee, no setup integration

by News Feed Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Technology

Square is launching a new ChatGPT app and Claude plugin, enabling consumers to discover restaurants and seamlessly place orders directly within these AI platforms — and allowing restaurants, in turn, to accept orders from users and their AI agents without any...