Reflection AI unleashes Asimov, a research agent for code comprehension that developers already prefer over leading tools, chosen 82% of the time versus 63% for Anthropic’s Claude Code (Sonnet 4) in tests with large open-source projects.

POSH, the network feeding New York’s social pulse secures a $22 million Series A led by Goodwater with FirstMark, Companyon, and Epic joining Day One Ventures. For Halloween, POSH went #2 on App Store, tracking $95+ million in ticket flows and a 1400% Year-on-Year spike in algorithmic matching tightens its grip on who meets where and when.

After three years in stealth, World.org - the digital ID network co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Alex Blania - went live July 2023, offering every user a cryptographically verified identity fused to a Visa wallet, a seamless credential for living, paying, and biometric recognition across the global ecosystem.

Artisan, the YC-backed engine behind viral campaigns and AI “employees” called Artisans, secures a $25 million Series A led by Glade Brook Capital, the $2 billion growth fund with stakes in xAI, Perplexity, Stripe, Revolut, SpaceX, Airbnb, and Uber-fuel for a workforce of tireless synthetic minds built to outnumber and outlast the human kind.

AI has not ended creativity — it ended mediocrity. In a world where algorithms generate quality output infinitely, the “average” creator ceases to matter. What emerges isn’t replacement but stratification: those who direct machines ascend; those who imitate them disappear.

Superpower, built as a gateway to self-command. Unveils the world’s first health super-app. Starting with sweeping biomarker scans that map the body like code, it promises proactive, personalized care while drawing every vital signal into a single, luminous network-a quiet system built to know you before you know yourself.

Richard Socher, Founder & CEO of You.com & General Partner at AIX Ventures is launching a new AI lab focused on automating AI research, taking a different approach from model-scaling labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. The lab has seven co-founders, including former OpenAI researcher and Cresta co-founder Tim Shi.

Walkway is the first AI-powered growth platform for tour and activity providers, helping them optimize pricing, track competitors, and increase revenue. Built by a founding team from Airbnb, Kayak, Regiondo, and Rezdy, it’s creating the industry’s most comprehensive pricing and demand dataset to become the go-to revenue intelligence platform for experience operators.

AnyRoad unveils validated Lifetime Loyalty platform, driving a 150% increase in member spending with partners including Heaven Hill, Nearest Green, Lux Row, Castle & Key, and Catoctin Creek, with EU expansion in the works.

Mindstate Design Labs, a Y-Combinator backed startup, is combining machine learning with the conscious experience to map how psychedelic compounds shape human experience. The company has cleared a major hurdle with FDA approval to initiate Phase 1 clinical trial in the Netherlands.