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OpenRouter AI Secures $40M Funding for Multi-Model LLM Platform
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OpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in
1M+ developers use their APIpic.twitter.com/51uR8o7J2OOpenRouter AI announced $40M seed + series A funding from led 16z & Menlo Ventures The company has built a unified interface for LLMs, offering 450+ models with easy switching and no lock-in 1M+ developers use their API
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Higgsfield AI Launches Soul, a High-Aesthetic Photo Model
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Higgsfield AI released Soul, a new "high-aesthetic" photo model It generates photos with advanced realism and also includes 50+ presets for easy style optimization https://x.com/higgsfield_ai/status/1937931727084917097/video/1
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OpenAI Launches New Connectors for ChatGPT Pro Users
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OpenAI announced that its connectors for Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint, and Box are now live for ChatGPT Pro users
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
These add to existing ones for Outlook, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear
Seamless workflows across your stack just got easierpic.twitter.com/O0kEoLiKcpOpenAI announced that its connectors for Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint, and Box are now live for ChatGPT Pro users These add to existing ones for Outlook, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear Seamless workflows across your stack just got easier
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ElevenLabs Voice Design v3: Advanced AI Voice Creation with 70+ Languages
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ElevenLabs released Voice Design v3, an advanced model to create voice with prompts. It delivers:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
—More expressive voice outputs
—Support for 70+ languages with accurate accents
—Finer control over character prosody & personality, including agepic.twitter.com/iwFVuCQO1sElevenLabs released Voice Design v3, an advanced model to create voice with prompts. It delivers: —More expressive voice outputs
—Support for 70+ languages with accurate accents
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Anthropic Enhances Artifacts: Build and Customize AI Apps Easily
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Anthropic enhanced its Artifacts offering with a dedicated space that allows users to:
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
—Build AI-embedded apps from scratch through simple conversation
—Browse functional apps for inspiration
—Customize existing creations
—Organize everything in one placepic.twitter.com/U5LkuM9mqgAnthropic enhanced its Artifacts offering with a dedicated space that allows users to: —Build AI-embedded apps from scratch through simple conversation
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Google Launches Gemini CLI: Free AI Terminal Agent for Developers
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Google just launched Gemini CLI — a dev terminal agent powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
With 60 req/min & 1K daily queries free, it allows devs to write code, debug, and automate tasks
Also supports MCP, Google Search grounding, Imagen/Veo, and extensionspic.twitter.com/iZoMbFmhmaGoogle just launched Gemini CLI — a dev terminal agent powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro. With 60 req/min & 1K daily queries free, it allows devs to write code, debug, and automate tasks Also supports MCP, Google Search grounding, Imagen/Veo, and extensions
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DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Predicts DNA Mutation Disease Impact
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DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome, an AI that predicts how DNA mutations impact gene behavior, causing diseases like cancer. Trained in 4 hrs, it analyzes sequences up to 1M base-pairs, including nearby genes and regulators, and could reshape disease research