🗞️ News Buddy — 2026-07-29 (8 stories)
News Digest — 2026-07-29
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Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power.
Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-29
The deal is Cyera's third acquisition this year.
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
Sam Altman is ready to decelerate
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."
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Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
Recursive’s emphasis on self-improving AI systems means much of the budget that would traditionally go toward headcount and operations is put straight into compute, as the company seeks to automate its own product development process.
Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises
TechCrunch AI · 2026-07-28
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.
The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off
MIT Tech Review AI · 2026-07-28
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before. —Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their…