July 10, 2026
Friday Roundup
This week’s biggest stories, in one read
This week, AI’s impact showed up across the tech stack: small firms replacing traditional software with custom AI-built apps, Nvidia adapting to a more crowded chip market and a Khosla-backed startup claiming a breakthrough in running larger AI models directly on iPhones.
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Key highlights:
- Small firms are using AI-built apps to replace Salesforce and HubSpot cutting software costs by 40%-80%.
- Nvidia’s deal with d-Matrix shows how Jensen Huang is hedging against a growing field of AI chip rivals.
- PrismML says it has shrunk a 27-billion-parameter AI model to run on an iPhone.
Tech & AI
AI reshapes software and chips
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Finance
Capital behind AI, startups and industrial ambition
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SoftBank, Altimeter, D1 to Invest in Thrive Holdings’ $2 Billion Financing
By Julia Hornstein
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Power Developer Behind OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center Is In Talks to Sell Stake
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AI Infrastructure
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By Ann Davis Vaughan
Tech & Culture
AI breakthroughs and personal quests
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Khosla-Backed Startup Claims Breakthrough With Largest-Ever AI Model on an iPhone
By Aaron Tilley
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