Daily AI Grants Roundup – July 01, 2026

Raja Koduri’s OXMIQ Labs closed a $35M Series A co-led by Fundomo and Samsung Catalyst Fund to scale licensable GPU IP for AI chips.

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 , bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale successful companies.. Hear from startup and venture leaders shaping the tech ecosystem,…

Wayve, a U.K.-based self-driving tech startup, is allowing its employees to sell a portion of their vested equity.. The $85 million tender offer — essentially a structured opportunity for employees to sell shares back to investors — is being led by the company’s existing and…

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year.. The startup says it has already booked $1 billion in contract orders for its product: full systems powered by those chips.. Etched is…

A new startup wants to bring AI to the software you use the most: your smartphone’s keyboard.. On Tuesday, Singapore-based Acti (short for “action”) launched an agentic keyboard for iOS and Android , one that doesn’t just suggest your next word but can also take actions on…

Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health , personal safety , harassment , and disinformation have forced AI developers to implement safeguards to better control how and what their AI models are allowed to respond or do.. But concerns and worries can’t erode…

Gemini Spark, Google’s AI agent that can help with aspects of your digital life, is now available on Mac.. The company on Wednesday said Spark is being added to the existing Gemini desktop app, as well as several updates and new features, including the ability to stay up to…

Meta has spent billions of dollars developing AI and building out data centers to support it.. But now, the company may be preparing to put those data centers to a more immediately profitable purpose.. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Meta is developing plans for a cloud…

Vinton Cerf will step down from his role as Google’s chief internet evangelist next week, marking the conclusion of one of the most influential careers in technology history.. While speaking via video feed at the Open Frontier conference hosted by the Laude Institute, Cerf…

has lifted a requirement that Anthropic obtain a license before exporting its Mythos and Fable models abroad, a requirement that effectively cut off public access to what are widely considered the most advanced AI models released to date.. The AI lab said it would begin…

Posted: Lucas Ropek OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS The automation crustacean is crawling to a mobile device near you.. By that I mean, OpenClaw — the free, open source AI agent that captivated the internet earlier this year — is finally available as an app…

Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to trading stocks — and the bet appears to be paying off.. Their Prague-based AI lab, EquiLibre Technologies , is now valued at $500 million after raising an…