February 16, 2026

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI: OpenAI said OpenClaw will live on as an open source project. Read More

Fractal Analytics' muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India: As India's first AI company to IPO, Fractal Analytics didn't have a stellar first day on the public markets, as enthusiasm for the technology collided with jittery investors in the wake of a sell-off in Indian software stocks. Read More

All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit: India is hosting a four-day AI Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. Read More

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As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck: C2i has raised $15 million as it tests a grid-to-GPU approach to reducing power losses in AI data centers. Read More

The enterprise AI land grab is on. Glean is building the layer beneath the interface.: In this week's episode of the Equity podcast, Glean CEO Arvind Jain explains the company's shift from enterprise search tool to middleware layer for enterprise AI. Read More

After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting: "From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch. Read More

Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage: The apparent issue: whether Claude can be used for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. Read More

African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two Gen Zers, raises additional $22M in a month: Terra Industries, the African defense company, announced Monday that it had secured an additional $22 million in funding to further expand the business.  Read More

AI-native applications are dynamic, unpredictable, and moving at machine speed. Evo by Snyk introduces a new era of "agentic security"—using specialized AI agents to discover, test, and protect your AI ecosystem.

Longtime NPR host David Greene sues Google over NotebookLM voice: The longtime host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” is suing Google, alleging that the male podcast voice in the company’s NotebookLM tool is based on him. Read More

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