Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M – Europe’s favorite vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed previously reported whispers that it was raising another mega round at a $13.3 billion valuation. Lovable said on Wednesday that it has raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, with more than a dozen other investors participating. READ MORE
Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users – In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products, recently surpassing 1 billion monthly active users. Pichai also noted it was the 14th Google product to hit the 1 billion mark. READ MORE
Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack – Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind of threat that has been reported as “first-of-a-kind breach”. READ MORE
Anthropic 3Q26 Profit Over $1B: The Anthropic IPO Financials Sneak Peak – Anthropic confidentially filed for IPO on June 1st. Over 1 month later, equity raises from hyperscalers loom, and a reported OpenAI push out of their own IPO until 2027 has led some to question the ability of the labs to raise. READ MORE
📅 UPCOMING EVENTS
🌍 IJCAI-ECAI 2026 – Bremen, Germany
- Date: August 15–21, 2026
- Location: Bremen, Germany
- Focus: Core AI research — ML, computer vision, robotics, reasoning, NLP
- What stands out: The 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held jointly with ECAI, is the premier international gathering of AI researchers — this is the field’s top academic venue, with an AI Emmy Networking Day on August 17 Ijcai
- Reality: Academic/research-heavy, not a product-news event — strong for cutting-edge papers and researcher connections, light on enterprise/business angles Details
🇸🇬 AI Forum Singapore
- Date: August 20, 2026
- Location: Singapore
- Focus: Enterprise AI strategy for APAC business leaders
- What stands out: Part of Forrester’s forum series — a business-leader-oriented gathering rather than a technical/research one
- Reality: Regional focus, useful for APAC market intelligence but limited global product news Details
🇫🇷 4th Tech Summit on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics – France
- Date: August 20–22, 2026
- Location: France
- Focus: AI and robotics convergence, industrial applications
- What stands out: Part of a broader European AI/ML and robotics event circuit tracked alongside major shows like World Summit AI Amsterdam Industry Events
- Reality: Niche/specialist audience — good for robotics-AI crossover stories, not a headline-grabber
🇨🇳 Pattern Recognition & Intelligent Perception Conferences – Shanghai/Chongqing, China
- Date: August 14–16, 2026
- Location: Shanghai & Chongqing, China
- Focus: Pattern recognition, computer vision, intelligent perception research
- What stands out: Two concurrent academic conferences (PRAI 2026 and IPPR 2026) reflecting China’s continued research output volume in applied AI Industry Events
- Reality: Academic/regional — useful for tracking Chinese research trends, not mainstream industry news
🇯🇵 ICAISE 2026 – Japan
- Date: August 21–23, 2026 (starts within window)
- Location: Japan
- Focus: Artificial intelligence and software engineering Industry Events
- What stands out: Bridges AI research with practical software engineering — relevant for dev-tooling angles
- Reality: Academic conference format, smaller scale than flagship industry summits