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July 16, 2025
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💰 Mira Murati raises $2B for stealth AI startup
🧠 xAI rolls out Grok-powered AI companions
🧑💻 Microsoft unveils Copilot Vision Desktop Share
🦾 Hugging Face launches $299 desktop robot
🏢 Meta reveals ‘Hyperion’ AI data center
🌀 Mistral debuts new model, Voxtral
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MICROSOFT
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Microsoft is testing a powerful new feature that lets Copilot see and respond to your entire desktop. “Vision Desktop Share” expands Copilot’s ability to interpret what’s on screen, from spreadsheets to websites, and offer real-time help. But it raises new questions about privacy and productivity.
The Details:
Copilot can now analyze full desktop content, not just within specific apps, through a new feature called Vision Desktop Share
The update is live for Windows Insiders and is being delivered through the Microsoft Store, with broader rollout coming later
Users must give permission before Copilot can view their screen, and Microsoft states that no session data is stored
The feature helps with summarizing data, supporting presentations, and navigating complex visual content
It performs best on Copilot+ PCs with local neural processing, though Microsoft is still gathering early feedback
Why it matters:
This update transforms Copilot into a more capable digital assistant by allowing it to understand visual context. For businesses, it could reduce friction during meetings, content reviews, or multitasking. Microsoft must now show that it can balance convenience with user trust, especially when it comes to screen-level visibility.
THINKING MACHINES LAB
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Mira Murati’s stealth startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has raised a massive $2 billion seed round at a $12 billion valuation. The company remains quiet about its plans, but Murati promises an open source release and tools for AI researchers and builders in the coming months.
The Details:
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, ServiceNow, Accel, and Jane Street
This is one of the largest seed rounds ever in Silicon Valley, showing strong investor demand for next-gen AI labs
Murati says the product will launch soon and will include a “significant open source offering” to help build custom AI models
Several ex-OpenAI researchers have joined the team, including John Schulman, Barret Zoph, and Luke Metz
Thinking Machines has partnered with Google Cloud for training and is aggressively hiring for experienced AI product teams
Why it matters:
With top talent and serious funding, Thinking Machines Lab could become a real threat to OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic. If Murati delivers on her open science promise, this startup might shape how the next generation of AI tools is developed and shared.
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Mistral just released Voxtral, two open-source speech models that beat Whisper, GPT‑4o mini, and Gemini Flash in accuracy, while costing less than half as much. With a price of just $0.001 per minute, real-time multilingual voice interfaces are now edge-device ready.
Meta is building a colossal 5-gigawatt data center in Louisiana, dubbed Hyperion, to power its superintelligence ambitions. Alongside Prometheus (launching 2026), these hubs form a global AI supercluster using Meta’s own chips and networks. Expect hundreds of billions in AI spend ahead.
SuperGrok users can now chat in real-time with voice-activated 3D avatars like Ani (anime) and Bad Rudi (red panda). These AI companions evolve through gamified relationships, unlocking NSFW modes. But the move stirs debate as safety concerns around Grok still linger.
Meet Reachy Mini — an 11-inch programmable humanoid robot designed for your desk. Built after acquiring Pollen Robotics, it integrates with Hugging Face’s model hub and supports Python. With open-source hardware and software, it aims to spark a wave of low-cost, developer-led robotics innovation..
Donald Trump plans to announce a $70 billion push into AI and energy near Pittsburgh. The funds will go toward data centers, power grid upgrades, and AI job training. If approved, it could reshape both energy and tech, and jumpstart U.S. AI infrastructure.
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