Daily AI Briefing
The 6 top stories of the 58 AIBriefs curated that day.
OpenAI partnered with Work Louder to create the Codex Micro, a $230 programmable macropad for controlling Codex agents. It features 6 RGB status keys to monitor agent state and a dial for adjusting reasoning effort. The device is available on OpenAI's supply website.
Emergent raised $130M at a $1.5B valuation, hitting a $120M annualized revenue run rate and 200,000 paying customers. The startup became a unicorn just over a year after its launch.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order halting construction of new large-scale AI data centers, citing electricity costs and local control. Former President Trump criticized the move, calling for immediate policy change.
Video generation startup PixVerse raised $439M in a Series C extension, pushing its valuation past $2B. The Singapore-based company has 15 million monthly active users.
Neko Health raised $700 million in Series C funding for its AI-powered full-body health scan service. Lightspeed Venture Partners and O.G. Venture Partners co-led the round, with participation from General Catalyst, Atomico, Lakestar, and Liberty Mutual.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh announced an AI task force with Marc Andreessen and Stanford's Jones to study economic implications. The panel will examine AI's effects on productivity and monetary policy.
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