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Targets include AI training for 5 million people, $10 billion in investment and 1 GW of data centers. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/turkiye-yapay-zeka-eylem-plani/)[**News · Funding** 17 August 2026 1 min read ## Wispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation The Menlo Ventures-led round values Wispr at $2 billion. The company also previewed Canto, its own speech recognition model. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/wispr-280-milyon-dolar/)[**News · Models** 16 August 2026 1 min read ## DeepSeek V4-Pro goes live, then adds peak-hour pricing Previewed in late April, V4-Pro became generally available on August 13. Since August 16 its price doubles for seven hours a day. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/deepseek-v4-pro-yogun-saat-fiyati/)[**News · Funding** 14 August 2026 1 min read ## SpaceX closes its $60 billion purchase of Cursor maker Anysphere The all-stock deal is the largest acquisition of a venture-backed startup on record. Cursor now sits in a new SpaceXAI division. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/spacex-cursor-60-milyar-dolar/)[**News · Funding** 13 August 2026 1 min read ## Databricks raises $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation Databricks wanted $1 billion, investors offered $15 billion, and they settled on $5 billion for AI agent products. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/databricks-190-milyar-degerleme/)[**News · Models** 13 August 2026 1 min read ## Gemini 3.7 Flash arrives three weeks after 3.6 at half the price Google calls it its most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. The introductory price runs to the end of the year. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/gemini-3-7-flash/)[**News · Funding** 12 August 2026 1 min read ## Lovable raises $400 million, doubling its valuation Lovable, which lets people build apps with AI, is now valued at $13.3 billion. It hit a $500 million annualised revenue run rate in June. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/lovable-13-3-milyar-dolar/)[**News · Models** 12 August 2026 1 min read ## Pixel 11 arrives with Tensor G6 and on-device Gemini Nano Google introduced four phones at Made by Google on August 12, all with the Tensor G6 chip running the latest Gemini Nano on device. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/pixel-11-tensor-g6-gemini-nano/)[**News · Infrastructure** 12 August 2026 1 min read ## Most power requested for US data centers won't be connected Wood Mackenzie expects US utilities and grid operators to commit to about 28% of the 1,066 GW requested for data centers. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/veri-merkezi-elektrik-talebi/)[**News · Models** 12 August 2026 1 min read ## xAI ships Grok 4.6, Grok Bot and Image 2.0 in five days Grok 4.6 launched on August 12 with a 500,000-token context window. A day earlier Grok Bot, an AI teammate you hand work to, entered beta. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/xai-grok-4-6-grok-bot/)[**News · Search** 11 August 2026 1 min read ## The Gemini app passes 1 billion monthly users The app generates more than 150 million images a day, and Google's open model Gemma has passed a billion downloads. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/gemini-uygulamasi-1-milyar-kullanici/)[**News · Models** 9 August 2026 1 min read ## OpenAI shuts Atlas; agentic browsing moves into ChatGPT Launched for macOS last October, Atlas closed before its first birthday. Multiple tabs, downloads and account login are moving into ChatGPT and Codex. 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