Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Kimi K3.1 Pro model weights are out (opens huggingface.co)

Ripple-65B Preview: U.S. Open-Weight SOTA on Agentic Coding (opens ricursive.com)

OpenLake: Fast inference for self improving models (opens ycombinator.com)

OpenLake lets companies deploy, train and serve models that keep improving.

Verno: AI that edits and checks the engineering documents behind every industrial plant (opens ycombinator.com)

AI for how the physical world gets built

Introducing Images 2.6 (opens openai.com)

OpenAI says Images 2.6 generates images 50% faster and adds animated GIF creation from prompts or photos, across ChatGPT, Codex and the API.

Launch HN: Kino AI (YC S23) – AI media manager and video editor (opens news.ycombinator.com)

Kino bundles footage storage, a video editor and review links so teams and their agents can make videos together.

Runtime: Robots that think in simulation (opens ycombinator.com)

A simulation-based robot policy that needs no fine-tuning or teleoperation

Raven: The next phone, for the world of agents (opens ycombinator.com)

A phone rebuilt around agents instead of apps: more done, less time on screen.

Sona8: Understand, improve, and automate workflows (opens ycombinator.com)

We turn what employees explain in interviews and show on screen or through a phone camera into workflow maps that AI agents can use as a context layer

A year in, Smartsheet CEO Raj Singh bets on a new vision beyond the company’s flagship product (opens geekwire.com)

vsActual is a standalone AI product that tracks whether a company's work matches its plan, even for companies that don't use Smartsheet.

Punchcard in Excel: Verify agent work like a formula (opens ycombinator.com)

Every cell shows its reasoning, with one-click citations to cell and document references.

Phone Harness: Let your agent tap, scroll, and type on your iPhone or Android (opens ycombinator.com)

Let your agent use your personal phone, or its own iPhone/Android in the cloud

Show HN: Gauge – Open-Source CLI to recursively improve your docs (opens github.com)

Hi HN, I’m Evan from Gauge. We’re open-sourcing our CLI to recursively improve your docs for coding agents. The CLI includes a local execution backend, so you don't need an account to try it.

First X-BAT fighter jet prototype unveiled as Shield AI preps Seattle area factory for 2027 launch (opens geekwire.com)

Defense tech startup Shield AI has completed its first full-scale X-BAT autonomous fighter prototype, keeping the company on track to open its 420,000-square-foot production hub in Des Moines, Wash., in spring 2027.

Tencent releases Hy4, a powerful frontier AI model introducing visual understanding and computer use (opens siliconangle.com)

Tencent Holdings Ltd. today introduced Hy4, a new large language model that adds computer-use capabilities for the first time, using advanced visual understanding, reasoning and tool-calling to deliver long-horizon agentic performance.

Micora: Rapidly deployed industrial micro-grids (opens ycombinator.com)

Solar + Battery systems set up with 1/100th of the labor anywhere in the world.