AI
Telegraph Wants to Be the Visa of Machine Intelligence
A new protocol wants to verify every answer an AI agent buys, before software acts on it with real money. We take a look at Telegraph ahead of its Q3 launch.
STARTUPS
OPEN-SOURCE
PearPass: The Password Manager With No Servers to Hack
PearPass is 100% P2P: your passwords stay on your devices, with encrypted direct sync and no third parties touching your data.
AI
How to Build a Successful Bittensor Subnet: Lessons from Top Builders
Why do Bittensor subnets fail? We spoke with leading builders who revealed the hard‑earned do’s and don’ts of designing incentives, attracting miners, and turning a subnet into a real business
PRIVACY
Soverli Raises $2.6M Pre-Seed to Bring Secure and Convenient Digital Freedom to Every Smartphone
ETH Zurich spin-off Soverli launches a sovereign OS layer for any commercial smartphone — independent of Android and iOS, yet fully compatible and requiring no hardware changes.
MESSAGING APPS
Vitalik Buterin Backs Privacy Messaging with $500K Donation
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated 256 ETH to privacy-focused messaging apps Session and SimpleX Chat, advancing encrypted communication beyond Signal. The projects address metadata privacy and decentralized user accounts in the face of global surveillance challenges.
AI
Score's Vision: Making Every Camera Intelligent
Score's Vision AutoML revolutionizes video analysis by making every camera intelligent. Their AI processes footage at a fraction of traditional costs, unlocking visual intelligence across sports, manufacturing, retail, and more.
AI
Albatross raises $12.5 million to reinvent real-time product discovery for the modern web
Former Amazon AI leaders raise $12.5M to deploy AI that understands user intent in real time, transforming how millions discover products and content online.
MESSAGING APPS
Session: The Private Messaging App PCMag Calls “Excellent”
Session is a private, anonymous messaging app rated “Excellent” by PCMag. It uses end-to-end encryption and a decentralized network to protect your data, hide metadata, and ensure secure communication without phone numbers or emails.
OPEN-SOURCE
How Eddy Xu Open-Sourced the Future of Robotics
Eddy Xu manufactured hardware, deployed it across 85 factories, and released 10,000 hours of robotics training data for free. His dataset hit #1 on Hugging Face, beating trillion-dollar companies.
OPEN-SOURCE
Extropic Unveils THRML: Open Source Software for a Thermodynamic Future in AI
Extropic’s new open source library, THRML, empowers developers to simulate and train energy-efficient generative AI models on thermodynamic hardware.
CULTURE
From FBI Raids to $9 Billion Vindication
"Our partnership with ICE marks a major step in bringing prediction markets into the financial mainstream," Coplan posted on X. "But in addition to that, it's a monumental step forward for DeFi."
OPEN-SOURCE
The Evolutionary Arms Race Against Deepfakes
Deepfake fraud has hit nearly $900M in 2025, with AI tools like Sora 2 fueling the chaos. BitMind's GAS fights back using decentralized AI that evolves through open competition. Achieving 98% accuracy on some models, it's a scalable solution to restore trust in digital media.