Heroku says it is transitioning to a “sustaining engineering model”, as it focuses on “helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI” — Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support.
London-based Bound, an automated FX risk management platform, raised a $24.5M Series A led by AlbionVC as it seeks to expand across Europe — New funding will enable Bound to expand its automated FX hedging platform across Europe, helping businesses manage currency risk amid ongoing market volatility …
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex, which it says runs 25% faster, enabling longer-running tasks, and “is our first model that was instrumental in creating itself” — ZDNET's key takeaways — GPT-5.3-Codex helped debug and deploy parts of itself. — Codex can be steered mid-task without losing context.
Internal memos: Meta said Avocado is its “most capable pre-trained base model” and achieves 10x compute efficiency “wins” on text tasks vs. Llama 4 Maverick — Meta Platforms is sounding an increasingly bullish note about the first major AI model expected to emerge from its new AI group.
Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into “virtual power plants” and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M — Lunar Energy wants to expand its home storage business at a time when the grid is increasingly under strain.
Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new video, revealing a completely flat rear camera, and says pre-orders begin on February 18 — Google this morning officially announced the Pixel 10a via a video teaser emphasizing the updated design. — A short 15-second video from Made by Google shows the design of the Pixel 10a in full.
Sources: Alphabet plans a new complex in Bengaluru, India, which can accommodate up to 20K extra staff, amid US visa restrictions and proposed H-1B fee hikes — Alphabet Inc. is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India, with the possibility of taking millions of square feet …