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SEMICONDUCTORS
A startup says the AI bottleneck isn’t compute. It’s memory, and it ditched the GPU to prove it.
Majestic Labs has unveiled a server that drops the GPU for Arm cores and up to 128TB of cheap LPDDR6 memory. It claims to shame a rack of Nvidia chips on memory and power. None of it has shipped or been independently tested.
ECOSYSTEMS
Robinhood is launching a publicly traded fund that invests in Y Combinator startups. Anyone can buy shares.
Robinhood Ventures Fund II IPOs August 12 at $25 per share. It focuses on early and growth-stage YC companies. Fund I already holds Databricks, Stripe, and Canva. The fee is 2 and 20.
SPONSORED
The hidden tax on growth is buried in your contracts
Every company obsesses over its sales pipeline. Far fewer watch what happens after the handshake, where slow, manual contracts quietly tax growth. Here is what that costs, and what contract lifecycle management actually does about it.
GOVERNMENT AND POLICY
Solar hit a record 14.4% of UK electricity in July. Plug-in solar kits become legal on August 27.
Solar output was 50% higher than last year. The UK installed more panels in H1 2026 than any similar period in 15 years. Plug-in kits will cost ~£400 and save up to £110/year.