September 28, 2026

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SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time: Though not without some drama along the way. Read More

Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation: Instinct has raised a $1 billion Series C, saying 'we're just getting started.' The company is now valued at $10 billion. Read More

Anthropic's Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment: "AI is the devil and I its maker." Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

FBI reportedly declares 'cyber security incident' after hackers steal agents' personal data: The bureau has not yet publicly confirmed a breach, but has told its agents that their personal information and Social Security numbers were exposed. Read More

ElevenLabs' new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages: ElevenLabs v4 can clone voices with a 10 second clip Read More

Insuretech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round: The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers. Read More

Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump: This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump Read More

Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite: Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam Read More

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Last but Not Least

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?: On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic. Read More

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