5 posts from the last 24 hours on temperature2.

SoftBank seeks $100B from Gulf states for AI buyouts

Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for a new SoftBank fund that buys companies and runs them with AI and robotics, the FT reports.

Nvidia in talks to buy or deepen stake in Reflection AI

The Financial Times reported Nvidia is in early talks to acquire or invest further in Reflection AI, the open-weight lab it already backed with $800M, structured as an acquihire that could dodge merger review.

TypeSafe hits $7.5B, 24 days after its $200M seed

Andreessen Horowitz led an $870M Series A into TypeSafe AI at a $7.5B valuation, 24 days after its Jev model launched and sparked a new decision-model category Amazon and OpenAI are already cloning.

Signals: cheaper decision models, pricier agent context

Cloudflare's Clef-omni adds audio and video for less than its old text-only price, Ai2 cuts GPU queue waits from 5 minutes to 24 seconds, and Postman's Bedrock agent found tool count isn't the bottleneck.

ARTEX goes closed source after Korea bank hacks

ARTEX's GitHub developer took the pentesting agent closed-source on October 8, 2026, two days after CrowdStrike tied it to breaches at South Korean banks.

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