Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. The Art and Flavor of Desert Foods at the MACC A hands-on community workshop exploring the…
Tech Crunch – World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows
The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Canva gets to $4B in revenue as LLM referral traffic rises
The creative company’s monthly active users increased 20%, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – India’s Sarvam wants to bring its AI models to feature phones, cars and smart glasses
The company is using edge models that take up only megabytes of space, can run on most phones with existing processors, and can work offline. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Heron Power raises $140M to ramp production of grid-altering tech
Tesla alumni Drew Baglino raises a large round to build a giga-scale factory, this time at his own startup. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open-source AI
The new lineup includes 30-billion and 105-billion parameter models; a text-to-speech model; a speech-to-text model; and a vision model to parse documents. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – DG Matrix raises $60M to make data center power smarter
The startup is making solid-state transformers capable of intelligently aggregating power from a number of different sources before sending it to data center racks. Read more: Read More
The Athletic MiLB News – How Yankees’ new top international scout plans to ‘relaunch’ department after turmoil
Mario Garza, who has an extensive player development background, plans to revamp the operation with a more holistic approach. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Dan Crenshaw vs. Steve Toth primary is a fight over who’s the real RINO
Crenshaw, fighting to remain in his Houston-area congressional seat, has drawn criticism from right-wing media and a challenge from Toth, among the most conservative members of the Texas House. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – How to spot AI-generated images and online content during the 2026 primary elections
Identifying falsified or digitally enhanced videos, photos and ads takes attention and awareness, but helpful tools are out there. Read: Read More