Google Cloud launches the open-source Agent Substrate runtime on Google Kubernetes Engine, offering allowlisted production support and isolating untrusted AI agent code in Cloud Hypervisor microVMs or gVisor sandboxes while resuming idle agents in under 500ms.
Arcee AI raises at least $150 million in a Series B at a $1 billion pre-money valuation, with Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital, and Emergence Capital backing expansion of its models, products, and U.S. Department of Energy partnership.
Enactic launches OpenArm, a fully open-source 7DOF humanoid arm for physical-AI research, with a $6,500 bimanual system and a standardized OpenArm Cell for reproducible teleoperation, imitation-learning, simulation, and contact-rich real-world experiments.
Gitlawb launches OpenClaude, an open-source terminal coding agent that works with cloud APIs and local AI backends, including Gemini, Ollama, Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible providers, while its --bg mode runs prompts in detached sessions with logs stored in ~/.openclaude/bg-sessions/.
Google releases ARTEMIS, an open-source platform that converts natural-language requests into Android automation, linking real devices to Antigravity, Codex, Claude Code and Windsurf via MCP, with a Pro mode designed for workflows of more than 100 steps.
DreambigOu releases ELI5, a Claude Code skill that tailors explanations for children, managers, engineers and parents, with its evaluation reporting an 83.3% pass rate versus 41.6% without the skill.
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan urges regulators to leave AI-model distillation alone, arguing that frontier labs can retain a price premium even as open-weight alternatives proliferate amid Anthropic and OpenAI accusations against Chinese AI firms including DeepSeek.
President Xi Jinping says China will lead BRICS artificial-intelligence cooperation by creating an open-source AI community to support large-language-model development, alongside training programs and a proposed digital ecosystem cloud platform.
Tencent launches TeamAI, an open-source CLI tool that unifies AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex under a shared, git-based team knowledge system featuring automatic experience sharing, a searchable knowledge base, and a live usage dashboard.
A GitHub skill called 'i-have-adhd' has exploded to 34.8k stars, forcing AI coding assistants like Claude, Gemini, and Cursor to ditch verbose fluff and deliver direct, action-first responses using 10 strict output rules.