Venture Dispatch

Deep Tech

  1. Google confirms higher Pixel 11 prices as RAM costs surge sixfold, and says it is reworking Android to use less memory
  2. AI chatbots are quietly becoming the uninvited third person in people’s relationships
  3. DeepSeek pauses its second fundraising round after founder’s leaked investor comments go viral
  4. EV owners are more satisfied with their cars than gas car drivers in nearly every category, JD Power finds
  5. Canon registered three new cameras. One may be a digital tribute to the legendary AE-1.
  6. People are quietly recording every conversation they have with AI, and the person across the table has no idea
  7. Nvidia is pouring $1 billion into South Korea’s AI infrastructure through Naver and SK Group
  8. Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028
  9. 10 Platforms for AI Visibility and Link Building in 2026
  10. SAP’s cloud is still booming, and that was enough to calm the AI-doom fears
  11. Stripe wants to own the toll booth between AI models, for ~$10bn
  12. World Foundation raises $52 million in token sale as proof-of-human demand accelerates
  13. The AI giants just broke with OpenAI and Anthropic on open weights
  14. Nvidia commits $1.5B to Amkor to expand US chip packaging
  15. AppLovin Backs Velocity As The AI Industry Looks Beyond Subscriptions For Growth
  16. Jack Dorsey’s Block takes on Slack with Buzz, a workspace for humans and AI agents
  17. Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do