AI news on July 9, 2026

1. 0112:00 UTC

   Databento raises $97 million Series B led by NEA

   2 outlets · first: Fortune Funding

   Machine summary Fortune reported that Databento, a market data infrastructure firm started by Christina Qi, has raised $97 million in Series B funding led by NEA. The company said the round drew over $300 million in demand and brings its total disclosed funding to around $127 million.

   1. Fortune said Databento raised $97 million in Series B funding led by NEA, with Tribe Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and DRW Venture Capital participating.
   2. The company said the round drew over $300 million in demand.
   3. Fortune reported that the raise brings Databento's disclosed funding total to about $127 million.
   4. Databento said it plans to grow beyond servers housed in stock exchanges to over 20 data centers globally and has secured more than 100 additional petabytes of storage.
   5. Christina Qi said the company has 24 employees and is profitable, and that it has not touched much of the $97 million.

   Reported by Fortune.

   • Redpoint Ventures
   • NEA
   • Tribe Capital
   • DRW Venture Capital
   • Databento

2. 0217:33 UTC

   Zuckerberg tells staff Meta's AI agent progress has stalled

   1 outlet · first: HCAMag AI models

   Machine summary At an internal town hall on July 2, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the trajectory of agentic development over at least the last four months had not accelerated as expected, according to a recording obtained by Reuters.

   1. Zuckerberg told employees at a July 2 internal town hall that the "trajectory of the agentic development over at least the last four months hasn't really accelerated in the way that we expected," according to a recording obtained by Reuters.
   2. Zuckerberg conceded that the company's recent job cuts weren't as "clean" as intended, according to the recording obtained by Reuters.

   Reported by HCAMag.

   • Meta
   • Reuters
   • AI agents
   • Mark Zuckerberg

3. 0306:00 UTC

   SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 AI model

   1 outlet · first: fonearena.com AI models

   Machine summary SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.5, an artificial intelligence model for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work, which the company said was developed alongside Cursor.

   1. SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.5, which it describes as its most advanced model to date, designed for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work

   Reported by fonearena.com.

   • Cursor
   • SpaceXAI
   • Grok 4.5

4. 0407:00 UTC

   OpenAI says GPT-5.6 models to launch publicly Thursday

   1 outlet · first: dawn.com AI models

   Machine summary OpenAI said its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna models will launch publicly on Thursday, with preview access expanding globally.

   Reported by dawn.com.

   • OpenAI
   • GPT-5.6

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