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Pillar raises $20M to automate continuous hedging for commodity businesses ⚙️ Pillar closed a $20M seed to scale an AI platform that automates hedging for commodity-driven companies. The system ingests contracts, ERP data, spreadsheets and messaging to continuously measure exposure across commodities, FX and freight, then builds and executes hedge portfolios. That turns episodic risk decisions into real‑time, institutional-grade risk management for SMEs facing volatile markets. 🔹 $20M seed ( $23M raised total) to grow an AI-first risk-management product 🔹 Platform ingests contracts, cash flows, inventories, ERP and chats to auto‑construct and rebalance hedges 🔹 Targets metals, recycling, food and airline sectors—disrupting legacy bank desks and making hedging accessible while keeping humans for approvals #Fintech #Commodities #RiskManagement #AI #Hedging #Startups #Trading #EnterpriseSoftware

Pillar raises $20M to scale its financial risk platform 🚀 Pillar closed a $20 million seed round led by a top-tier VC to accelerate its financial risk management platform. The startup centralizes and automates risk and compliance workflows for finance teams, aiming to cut manual processes and reduce operational losses. The fresh capital will speed product development and commercial expansion. 🔹 $20M seed to fund product buildout and go-to-market growth 🔹 Platform focuses on automating risk, compliance, and finance workflows 🔹 Reflects growing investor interest in fintech infrastructure and risk tooling #fintech #startup #funding #riskmanagement #compliance #finance #SaaS #venturecapital

Treasury CIO moves to test Anthropic’s Mythos this week 🔎 The U.S. Treasury’s CIO is pushing to gain access to Anthropic’s Mythos model as soon as this week to hunt for vulnerabilities and assess risks. He’s also ordered the department’s cybersecurity team to prepare specifically for AI-driven threats and misuse. 🔹 Immediate effort to probe a major LLM for security flaws 🔹 Signals tighter government engagement with private AI platforms and influence on policy/practice 🔹 Cyber teams are being readied for AI-specific attack vectors and resilience planning #AI #Cybersecurity #GovTech #Anthropic #LargeLanguageModels #AIGovernance #RiskManagement #NationalSecurity

Anthropic Pushes Back Against Illinois Bill That Would Shield AI Labs 🛡️ Anthropic has publicly opposed an Illinois proposal that would sharply limit AI companies’ liability — even for catastrophic harms — putting it at odds with OpenAI. The company says the measure would weaken accountability and wants transparency laws paired with enforceable safety requirements. 🔹 Could erode common-law liability incentives that push firms to build safer models. 🔹 Public split between top AI labs signals competing strategies that will shape state and federal rules. 🔹 The bill’s fate will affect product risk management, litigation exposure, and how startups design safety controls. #AI #Regulation #Liability #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIethics #TechPolicy #StartupRisk

San Francisco Startup & VC Summit Returns — A Must-Attend for Dealmakers 🚀 A major San Francisco startup and VC summit is happening in under a month and tickets are moving fast. It’s a concentrated opportunity for founders, investors, and operators to close deals, surface emerging trends, and test product and fundraising strategies—especially around AI and infrastructure. 🔹 Fast-selling tickets signal high demand for in-person dealmaking and networking 🔹 Expect conversations to shape fundraising, product roadmaps, and AI investment priorities 🔹 Important touchpoint for founders and VCs to benchmark market sentiment and partnerships #Startups #VentureCapital #TechEvents #SanFrancisco #AI #Fundraising #Networking #TechNews

Fluidstack Eyes ~$1B Raise at $18B Valuation 🚀 A cloud-infrastructure startup is in talks to raise roughly $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, a big jump from a $7.5 billion mark earlier in 2026. The deal—backed by institutional and strategic investors with advisory support—would bankroll expansion of its distributed/edge compute platform to better serve AI and latency-sensitive applications. 🔹 Target raise of about $1B at an $18B valuation, more than double its valuation earlier this year 🔹 Institutional and strategic backers are lining up to co-lead, with an investment bank advising the round 🔹 New capital would accelerate edge-cloud capacity, intensify competition with hyperscalers, and support growing AI workloads #CloudComputing #EdgeComputing #AIInfrastructure #StartupFunding #DataCenters #VentureCapital #TechScaleUp #InfrastructureInvesting

Google’s Gemini Personal Intelligence arrives in India — paid users first 🤖 Google is launching Gemini’s Personal Intelligence in India, letting users link Gmail, Photos and other Google accounts so the model can pull personalized answers from their data. The feature is rolling out to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers initially, with broader free access planned soon. Google says Gemini will cite sources but warns it can misread context and make incorrect connections. 🔹 Lets Gemini surface personal info (emails, photos, watch history) to answer queries like travel plans or reminders. 🔹 Initial rollout targets paid tiers — a strategic push to seed advanced AI features in one of Google’s largest markets. 🔹 Raises questions about accuracy and privacy as assistants get deeper access to personal data. #Google #Gemini #AI #Personalization #India #Privacy #ProductStrategy #TechNews

Nvidia launches Ising — open AI models to tame quantum errors ⚛️ Nvidia has released Ising, the first open AI model family designed specifically for quantum calibration and real-time error correction. The suite includes Ising Decoding — two 3D-CNN variants optimized for speed or accuracy — and Ising Calibration, a vision-language model that automates continuous tuning and measurement interpretation. Together they aim to make fragile qubits more reliable and scalable for practical quantum workloads. 🔹 Decoding claims up to 2.5× faster performance and 3× better accuracy versus the current open-source standard, speeding real-time error correction. 🔹 Calibration uses AI agents to interpret processor measurements and auto-correct drift and noise, enabling continuous, high-fidelity operation. 🔹 Delivered with guides and a microservice for local training and customization, Ising accelerates the roadmap to quantum-GPU systems and wider enterprise/research adoption. #QuantumComputing #AI #Nvidia #ErrorCorrection #Calibration #QuantumHardware #Research #TechInnovation

Adobe patches active PDF zero-day that allowed remote takeover 🛡️ Adobe has released updates for Acrobat DC, Reader DC and Acrobat 2024 to fix a critical zero-day (CVE-2026-34621) attackers have been exploiting for months. A crafted PDF can execute code on Windows and macOS, potentially giving attackers full control of compromised machines. Users and IT teams should update immediately to close this high-risk vector. 🔹 Exploit samples showed up on malware scanners in late 2025 and the vulnerability was actively used in the wild for at least four months. 🔹 The bug enables remote code execution via PDFs, posing a major threat to endpoint security, data theft, and lateral movement in corporate networks. 🔹 Urgent action: prioritize patching Acrobat/Reader, tighten email/pdf handling, and verify endpoint protections. #Adobe #ZeroDay #Cybersecurity #PDF #Infosec #PatchNow #EndpointSecurity #DataSecurity

Google Brings Gemini Personal Intelligence to India 🇮🇳 Google is launching Gemini Personal Intelligence in India, making its AI-powered personal assistant features available to Indian users. The rollout brings personalized, context-aware AI tools to a huge market while prompting fresh questions about data handling and competition. 🔹 Opens access to advanced personal AI for India’s vast smartphone user base and regional use cases. 🔹 Intensifies competition with global and domestic AI players and could speed AI adoption across startups and enterprises. 🔹 Raises policy and privacy issues around data storage, consent, and local regulation as India updates its AI rules. #Google #Gemini #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #India #TechNews #ProductLaunch #Privacy