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[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Tesla says Grok in your Tesla can now handle meaningful work hands-free—managing inboxes, calendars, and files/chat/tasks via Connectors. A notable step toward cars becoming proactive AI assistants, not just dashboards.

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Elon Musk shared a Grok 4.7 demo where a simple prompt generated an interactive 3D jet-engine visualizer in minutes. Source: https://t.co/K7t8pA7EfQ

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Grok 4.7

[Tesla @Tesla]

“I’ve used FSD for like 90%+ of my miles since Saturday morning. Literally feels like magic. Has handled issues on the road better than I would have at times.

Just remarkable technology”

A demo drive might change your life

https://t.co/YkC5K8ofeR

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

SpaceXAI dropped Grok 4.7 — strongest yet for coding + long knowledge work. Longer RL, new safeguard stack (LatchBio 62.4%, HackerBench 3.3% risky). Same $2/$6 pricing as 4.6. Live in Cursor, Grok Build, API.
https://t.co/LGuKU4OEY7

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Tesla’s Cybercab showroom tour in Sydney is showing consumer-style software: vehicle visualization, navigation, theater, apps and settings—despite no steering wheel or pedals. Tour runs through Sept 27. https://t.co/uJ2eJcbzNx

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Zeliq raises €7M seed extension (The Moon Venture lead; Ora Global, Cleo Ventures) — total funding €21M. Building an agentic revenue workspace + launching Zelia, its AI sales agent for prospecting under human control.
https://t.co/0Xxa2pgnS7

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Verda raises $189M Series B led by Emergence Capital — full-stack AI cloud now valued over $1B (Europe’s latest unicorn). Total funding >$450M. Expanding AI compute across EU, US & Asia. $165M ARR as of July.

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Cyera: $400M from Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Series G extension) for AI-agent data + identity security — the trust layer so enterprises can control what agents see and do. Valued over $12B. Series G led by Evolution Equity.

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Factory raised $200M at a $5B valuation for AI coding agents that build, test & maintain enterprise software.

Backers include Blackstone, Khosla, Sequoia and Insight. Total funding: >$400M.

https://t.co/vHm50Cb1op

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Kastle raised $24M Series A led by Insight Partners (YC, Commerce Ventures, Fifth Wall) — AI agents for consumer lending ops on banks’ existing systems. Agents have processed $1.8B+ in transactions.

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Chamelio raises $26M Series A (Entrée Capital lead; Work-Bench, Emerge, Bright Pixel) for AI agents that draft, review & run legal workflows for in-house teams — customers include Wiz, https://t.co/gMbTOB6QB6. ARR up 4x since Seed.
https://t.co/OxcS10d2UC

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Spott raised $21M Series A (Balderton lead; Base10, YC, Fortino) for an AI-native ATS/CRM built for recruitment agencies. Expanding to Sydney + New York; agentic AI for sourcing while humans keep hiring decisions.

https://t.co/8KA0rMnUBr

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Biolevate (Paris life-sciences AI) raised €30M Series A co-led by RAISE France + Orange Ventures, with MSD Global Health Innovation Fund, Station F, and EQT Ventures. Agentic AI for scientific + regulatory workflows; opening Boston.

https://t.co/ur2mfT5tvf

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Verda raises $189M Series B (Emergence Capital)—full-stack AI cloud now valued over $1B. Europe’s latest unicorn; $165M ARR.
https://t.co/6sDPoVEnol

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

claude is busy right now !!!!!

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Crusoe closed a $3.9B Series F at a $30.9B valuation — AI infra from electrons to tokens. Co-led by Atreides, Mubadala Capital & Valor; Founders Fund, GIC, Nvidia, QIA, Radical, TPG. >$140B contracted value; ~1 GW live. Modular Spark factories next.

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

Jack & Jill raised $40M in a Series A led by Air Street Capital (with Madrona, Antler and Creandum). Total funding is ~$60M. Its two-sided hiring agents: Jack for candidates, Jill for employers—warm intros without applications. https://t.co/LDuv2lcoZe

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

This is GPT-6 Astra.

Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you. Fast.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

To show what these optimizations make possible, we’re partnering with Adaptyv Bio on a protein design competition. Together, we’ll be experimentally validating over 5,000 designs.

We're providing up to $1 million in Claude credits plus funding alongside Adaptyv for experimental validation. Modal is contributing up to $250,000 in compute and Twist Bioscience is providing DNA.

Learn more on Adaptyv’s Proteinbase: https://t.co/KnjkWbH7zh

And sign up for the competition here: https://t.co/ytR2TAC3Vt

[Philip @phillipisbackk]

ByteDance’s AI drug unit Anew Labs raised $290M at a $1.5B valuation (Reuters). ByteDance keeps ~56%. Round led by HSG with IDG, Hillhouse; 5Y Capital co-led. Spin-off for AI drug discovery (Protenix/PXDesign).