Nvidia's real-time denoiser library has changed the thing it counts. In version 4.18.0 of NRD, published at 10:39 UTC on October 9 and read at 21:47 UTC on October 10, the REBLUR and RELAX denoisers build their history from elapsed...
StartupsBAFTA is putting more than £270,000 behind 112 emerging creatives, and game makers are among them. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts charity announced the recipients of its 2026 scholarships and Prince William BAFTA Bursary on Monday morning.The...
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Design studio L+R rewrote its catalogue of Meta Ray-Ban Display demo apps on October 10 and put a status marker on all but one of its entries, including the ones that do not work the way they look. The published...
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An independent browser tool for the Even Realities G2 glasses and R1 ring started publishing Even's own official firmware images on October 9, and it keeps custom builds out on purpose. The project's README says it "recognizes and offers all...
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Epic Games has reportedly delayed an unannounced Marvel and Star Wars shooter and told its developers to adopt an “AI-first” production model covering code and artwork.
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KAIST researcher Jewoo Shin explains how OmniBody combines ellipsoidal particles, local XPBD constraints, and GPU parallelization to simulate deformable and destructible objects without global solvers or remeshing.
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Federal agents conducted a pre-dawn search Monday at the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as part of an ongoing immigration probe, a DOJ spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: Searching Omar's home marks a substantial escalation of...
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Epic Games has delayed its upcoming Disney collaboration - a shooter featuring characters from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises - and told developers to move to an "AI first" production model. Read more
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Showrunners Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka talk about adapting famous chef Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose's graphic novel into a gore-soaked culinary revenge series, getting the food right with a chef consultant, a one-take episode that nearly broke the crew…...
StartupsThree indie game supporters launched the first Cozy After Dark Showcase aired on YouTube and Twitch with more than 50 game trailers and developer spotlights. The showcase was presented by Dames 4 Games, indie game publisher Draknek & Friends, and...
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Yuji Horii, the creator of Dragon Quest, says he has produced a new game using AI in about 30 minutes. Read more
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Nintendo has no plans to move away from physical games. Read more
StartupsA Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.
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Republicans already saddled with Trump's unpopular policies in the midterms now face another awkward choice: whether to back his diesel deal with a dictator many of them despise. Why it matters: The agreement President Trump struck with Russian President Vladimir...
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Meta’s biggest model rivals the world’s best—and includes new features to keep agents from going off the rails.
StartupsNarrated by James Cromwell, the handmade film explores love, caregiving, and loss through an intimate story adapted from John Matthias’ memoir.
StartupsCrunchyroll’s NYCC showcase featured 'Sekiro: No Defeat,' 'Ghost of Tsushima Legends,' 'Kagurabachi,' and 'The Remarried Empress,' plus a Webtoon dev deal.
StartupsThe Jellynauts are back and they're invading Candy Crush Saga. Spooky Season, Candy Crush Saga's annual Halloween event, returns this morning, alongside the returns of a handful of fan-favorite characters, now overrunning Candy Town. This year’s season is the first...
StartupsFrom directors Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, the new 'Hexed' trailer offers a closer look at the magical world of Hexe and its inhabitants.
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Animation studio BONI IS SCARED talked to us about creating EUTHANAZIES, a d ystopian thriller animated series, using Substance 3D Painter, Blender, and Marvelous Designer, and discussed the project idea, tricks for combining 2D and 3D, and custom Geometry Nodes...
StartupsJournalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken. But could AI actually make things better?
StartupsMicrosoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
StartupsBlueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch.
StartupsHyLight , the French startup specializing in aerial inspection of critical infrastructure using autonomous hydrogen-powered airships, has just raised €13 million from Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW and Teampact Ventures, joined by existing investors Y Combinator and Ring Capital. Founded in...
StartupsOne of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them with tasks and make appropriate suggestions, which, if you'll believe the tech companies, requires apps...
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Both parties will be pressured to intervene more in markets after the midterms as economic frustration animates the new Congress, according to an FGS Global sketch of 2027 Washington scenarios, shared first with Axios. Why it matters: In a Trump-dominated...
Startups| Company | What it does | Latest round | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Labs US · world-model | Fei-Fei Li's lab; Marble generates persistent 3D worlds from text, image, video. | New funding (stage not stated) $1 billion (as reported) · 2026-02-18 | Primary |
| Runway US · gen-video / world-model | AI video generation and general world models for media and robotics. | Series E $315 million (as reported) · 2026-02-10 · led by General Atlantic | Primary |
| Decart Israel · world-model / real-time video | Real-time interactive video and world models (Oasis, Lucy) plus inference stack. | Funding round (series not stated by company) $300 million (as reported) · 2026-05-18 · led by Radical Ventures | Primary |
| Odyssey US · world-model | World model lab; interactive video and simulation models, API access. | Series B $310 million (as reported) · 2026-06-17 · led by Natural Capital | Primary |
| Meshy US · gen-3D | Text and image to 3D model generation for games and design. | Series B nearly $400 million (as reported) · 2026-07-21 | Primary |
| Tripo AI (VAST) China · gen-3D | 3D-native foundation models; image and text to production-ready 3D. | Series B and B+ approx. 3 billion yuan (as reported) · 2026-09-01 · led by MPCi (as named in release) | Primary |
| Luma AI US · gen-video / world-model | Video and multimodal world models (Ray3); 3D capture roots. | Series C $900 million (as reported) · 2025-11-19 · led by HUMAIN | Primary |
| Higgsfield US · gen-video | AI video creation app aggregating models, aimed at social creators. | Series B $400 million (as reported) · 2026-08-17 · led by DST Global | Primary |
| Comfy Org (ComfyUI) US · creative-tools / gen-AI | Open-source node-based generative AI workflow engine for creators. | Funding round (stage not stated) $30 million (as reported) · 2026-04-24 · led by Craft | Primary |
| Black Forest Labs Germany · gen-image / gen-video | FLUX image and video models; open-weight and API. | Series B $300 million (as reported) · 2025-12-01 · led by Salesforce Ventures and AMP (co-leads, per company) | Primary |
| Stability AI US · gen-AI | Generative image, audio and 3D models; creative production services. | Series B $76 million (as reported) · 2026-08-25 | Primary |
| Moonvalley US · gen-video | Licensed-data AI video model (Marey) for professional production. | Additional raise (post-seed) $84 million (as reported) · 2025-07-14 · led by General Catalyst | Secondary |
| Krea US · creative-tools / gen-AI | Unified AI image, video and upscaling studio for designers. | Series B $47 million (as reported) · 2025-04-07 · led by Bain Capital Ventures | Primary |
| Pika US · gen-video | AI video generation consumer app and effects. | Series B $80 million (as reported) · led by Spark Capital (per Pika announcement; other sources dispute) | Secondary |
| Hedra US · gen-video / characters | AI character and talking-video generation platform. | Series A $32 million (as reported) · 2025-05-15 · led by a16z infrastructure fund | Secondary |
| Spline US · creative-tools / 3D | Browser-based collaborative 3D design tool for the web. | Series A $10 million (as reported) · 2024-08 | Secondary |
| Rive US · creative-tools / animation | Real-time interactive animation runtime and editor. | Series A $10 million (as reported) · 2023-01-17 · led by Two Sigma Ventures | Primary |
| Polycam US · 3D capture | 3D scanning and capture app with web editor. | Series A $18 million (as reported) · 2024-02-07 · led by Left Lane Capital and Adjacent | Secondary |
| Niantic Spatial US · spatial-computing | Spatial AI and visual positioning, spun out of Niantic. | Spin-out capitalization $250 million (as reported) · 2025-05-29 | Primary |
| Gracia AI UK · gaussian-splatting / volumetric | 4D Gaussian splatting tools for volumetric video in XR and VFX. | Seed $1.7 million (as reported) · 2025-12 · led by EWOR | Secondary |
| Figma US · creative-tools (public) | Public (NYSE: FIG) collaborative design and prototyping software. | IPO 2025-07-30 | Primary |
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