Good evening!

Today’s news is really making me feel like we’re officially living in a science fiction novel. The future is now, I guess. 

Here are the 7 things you missed today:

The co-founders of Eightfold just launched Viven, a startup that builds AI-powered digital twins of employees by tapping into internal docs like emails, Slack, and Google Docs, so that teams can query absent colleagues. Viven emphasizes privacy and selective sharing so that sensitive personal information stays protected. The startup aims to make workflows and institutional knowledge more accessible, without always interrupting people, and they’ve raised $35 million in seed funding so far. If a robot can take over for me while I’m out, does this mean I can take more PTO? (TechCrunch)

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Anthropic released Haiku 4.5, a more affordable version of its Haiku model, priced at about one-third the cost of its mid-tier Sonnet 4. Despite the cost cut, Haiku 4.5 reportedly matches or exceeds Sonnet 4’s performance in tasks like coding. The move reflects Anthropic’s push to make AI more accessible to businesses that can’t afford ultra-large models. The new version of Haiku will be immediately available under all free Anthropic plans. (TechCrunch)

A consortium including BlackRock, Microsoft, Nvidia, xAI, and others is acquiring Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion–the largest data center deal to date–to meet rising AI infrastructure demand. Aligned runs roughly 50 data center campuses across the U.S. and Latin America, delivering over 5 gigawatts of capacity. The deal is driven via the AI Infrastructure Partnership, a capital pool created to fund exactly this kind of scale for AI infrastructure. (CNBC)

Whirlpool announced a $300 million investment into its laundry manufacturing operations in Clyde and Marion, Ohio, aimed at producing its next generation of washers and dryers. The move is expected to create 400-600 new jobs across those facilities and support thousands of additional roles throughout its supply chain. Whirlpool framed the investment as a reaffirmation of its commitment to reshoring manufacturing and leveraging U.S. production in view of rising tariffs on imports. (Bloomberg)

Slack is transforming its basic reminder bot, Slackbot, into a personalized AI assistant capable of understanding context, managing plans, and drawing from multiple Slack channels. The assistant can now tap into integrations with Outlook and Google Calendar, perform natural-language searches across messages and files, and help draft content or coordinate tasks. The AI Slackbot is currently being piloted with 70,000 Salesforce employees, with a broader rollout planned by the end of the year. (The Verge)

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