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Zhipu Turns Anthropic's China Tracking Scandal Into a Recruiting Pitch
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What Is MCP, the Model Context Protocol Powering AI Agents Now
MCP is the open standard that lets AI models plug into your tools and data the same way a USB port lets any device talk to any computer, and it's quietly becoming the plumbing behind almost every serious AI agent shipping in 2026.If you've asked what is MCP model context protocol after seeing it mentioned in a product changelog or a developer's tweet, here's the short version: it's a standard that...
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Mercor Buys Deeptune After Its Own Founder Quietly Backed the Startup
Meta Opens Muse Spark 1.1 to Developers While Locking Rivals Out at Home
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody angel-invested in Deeptune's $43 million Series A in March, then had his company acquire the startup three months later, calling the investment the acquisition's main motivation. The deal pairs Mercor's task-grading network with Deeptune's AI-agent training simulations just as Mercor discusses a possible $20 billion valuation.
Meta opened its Muse Spark 1.1 model to outside developers through a paid API on July 9, marking the company's first time charging for AI access. The launch lands weeks after Meta restricted its own engineers from using Claude Code and Codex over fears of training contamination.
China finally lets its AI giants buy Nvidia's H200 chip on its own terms
Beijing is reversing its own block on Nvidia's H200 chip, letting Alibaba, ByteDance and DeepSeek buy limited numbers after keeping them out for month...
Mercor's Revenue Hit $2 Billion in June and the AI Data Race Isn't Slowing
Mercor's revenue hit $2 billion in June, just four months after crossing $1 billion, extending a run that made its three 22-year-old founders the youn...
Ollama Raises $65 Million as It Grows to Nearly 9 Million Developers
Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B led by Theory Ventures, bringing its total funding to $88 million as the open source tool for running AI mode...
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