Day July 30, 2026

Okta Agrees to Buy Permiso in AI Identity Push as Machine-Identity Threats Rise

Okta is buying Permiso to strengthen AI identity security as enterprises deploy more agents and machine identities across cloud systems.

Friend’s AI pendant now speaks back, costs $249 and leans harder into controversy as Avi Schiffmann targets bigger sales.

Meta says Meta AI apps are speeding development and recommendations, with new consumer products coming soon after Threads’ growth.

Gemini Robotics brings Google’s AI into humanoid robots, with new safety tools, dexterous demos and a push toward physical AGI.

Nscale is buying Anyscale for $1.65 billion, deepening its AI compute stack with software that scales workloads across data centers.

The Hugging Face AI hacker breach exposed noisy but persistent attacks — and showed traditional defenses can still stop them if used well.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 puts AI at center stage with Amazon, Replit, Tether and more discussing startups, funding and infrastructure.

Dili raised $15 million to scale AI compliance software for infrastructure projects, with rules for data centers, clean energy and construction.

OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident shows how AI hacking risks often stem from basic security lapses, not unstoppable autonomous agents.

LinkedIn is keeping AI spending flat this year, using efficiency gains to launch new features without expanding its data center footprint.