DevPick

AI infrastructure startup Modal Labs has completed a $750 million funding round, aiming to raise its valuation to $15.75 billion.

• •Modal Labs is in the final stages of a $750 million funding round.
• •The funding round is expected to result in a valuation of $15.75 billion.
• •This valuation represents a more than threefold increase compared to four months ago.

A project runs a 0.4B LLM with 1.58-bit BitNet quantization on a 7-node ESP32-S3 cluster via SPI daisy chain.

• •A technique for running an LLM on a 7-node ESP32-S3 cluster via SPI daisy chain was released.
• •The language model has 0.4B parameters and uses 1.58-bit (BitNet) ternary quantization technology.

A new map showing that Flock owns more surveillance cameras in the US than previously known has been published, and the company is requesting its removal.

• •A new map was published showing that Flock owns more surveillance cameras in the US than previously known.
• •Flock is requesting the removal of this map.

This article reports that a Palantir founder purchased a forested area in Sweden with an area comparable to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

• •A Palantir founder purchased a forest in Sweden.
• •The area of the purchased land is roughly the same size as the Principality of Liechtenstein.
• •The news concerns the acquisition of a vast forested area.

This article discusses the argument that frontier pacing is not the actual goal for AI labs, citing Dario's latest post.

• •Dario has made a recent post regarding frontier pacing.
• •It is argued that the actual goal of AI labs is not frontier pacing.
• •The article discusses strategies and goal-setting for AI labs.

This article introduces Jeff, a lightweight 0.8B parameter decision model fine-tuned from Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4 for zero-shot classification.

• •Jeff is a fine-tuned model based on Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4.
• •It has 0.8B parameters, making it possible to train in a home environment.
• •Inference time is approximately 30ms, and it is designed for zero-shot classification.

An article argues that investigations are necessary because two major frontier AI labs have shown bold actions, including intentionally planned announcements, over the past few months.

• •Two major frontier AI labs have taken bold actions over the past few months.
• •These actions began with a carefully planned series of announcements.
• •It is proposed that it is time to investigate these AI labs.

Shopify has extended WebMCP support to its checkout feature, enabling browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete purchases with buyer approval.

• •Shopify has expanded the scope of its WebMCP support to include the checkout feature.
• •Browser-based AI agents can now update order details and complete purchases.
• •These operations are performed only with the buyer's approval.

Similar to the US, data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors, dominating discussions at Climate Week.

• •Like in the US, data centers and AI are causing division in the climate tech industry.
• •AI is creating disagreements among climate tech founders and investors.
• •The AI boom is dominating the main topics at Climate Week.

A GitHub blog post explains how an open-source AI security agent discovered 24 Android vulnerabilities and how to use the agent.

• •It introduces the development and application of AI agents specialized for specific task flows.
• •Details of the critical Android bugs discovered are provided.
• •The post explains how to run similar open-source agents on your own applications.