Rime raises $24M: voice agents already handle 100M calls per month
Series A of 24 M$ for Rime. The real figure is elsewhere: 100 M calls/month processed, distributed across several client companies.
Jul 15, 2026 at 19:28 7 8
AWS multi-region: the pre-flight discovery call that blocked global failover
InfoQ publishes the analysis of a pre-flight discovery call, present in every customer session for years, revealed as an obstacle to global failover during AWS regional outages. A lesson in systems more than a patch.
Jul 13, 2026 at 17:27 10 7
Zig, Zed, Anthropic: when a language creator calls the hype by its name
A scathing post from the creator of Zed calls out Anthropic on its agent promises. The language: "Anthropic blows smoke." The 2026 hype fatigue is hitting founders we didn't expect to see on this battlefield.
Jul 13, 2026 at 17:27 9 9