THE AI TIMES

Amazon is in talks to acquire AI infrastructure startup Decart for around $7 billion, a deal that could nearly double Decart's last private valuation and strengthen Amazon's AI capabilities.

Sakana AI introduced MASS, a method for recursive self-improvement where a language model supervises itself using its own multi-agent teams. This framework allows a single LLM to act as a task solver, workflow optimizer, and evaluator, improving performance on research benchmarks.

Robotics and physical AI companies have secured nearly $48 billion in funding during the first half of 2026, driven by the critical demand for specialized training data. This investment surge, including major rounds for Waymo and Anduril, underscores the growing importance of embodied AI.