Serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia has launched Neo, an AI-native work platform. He has committed $30 million of his own capital to Neo, which is Turakhia’s fifth entrepreneurial venture. Neocombines work management with AI assistance, collaborative execution, and autonomous agents. The platform also supports documents, spreadsheets, diagrams, and real-time collaboration within a unified workspace. In other news, after DeepSeek’s AI model, another Chinese model is grabbing attention. GLM-5.2, launched last month by Beijing startup Z.ai, is creating waves with itscoding and agentic capabilities, at a fraction of the cost of American offerings. Some experts are even calling this a “mini DeepSeek moment”. Meanwhile, amid regulatory scrutiny and concerns of fraud, WhatsApp has defended its upcominguser name feature. It says only legitimate account owners can claim well-known public figure names, while rejecting reports that people are reserving popular user names. Lastly, latest science indicates that your phone is doing moreharmto your body than you thought. Your devices could be causing neck wrinkles, weakening your vision, and affecting your hand grip. They appear like subtle effects, but some of these problems could eventually result in cognitive decay or something much worse. So, do something now before you develop a ‘phone body’. In today’s newsletter, we will talk about Here’s your trivia for today: Which classic book inspired the name of Starbucks? Venture capital funding into Indian startups for the first six months of the year touched $6.9 billion, raising hopes that capital inflow will surpass 2025 levels by the end of the year. VC funding rose 21% in the first half of 2026, largely driven by a late surge in large deals in June, putting the ecosystem on track to cross the total funding recorded in 2025. Noida-based Addverb has grown alongside India's warehouse automation industry, expanding from a five-member team to more than 1,000 employees and over 300 clients worldwide. CEO Sangeet Kumar says, “When we started, automation was mostly done by large corporations in consumer goods. Over the years, we have taken steps to educate the market on the benefits of automation and how it helps them in their productivity and reliability.” Which classic book inspired the name of Starbucks? We would love to hear from you! To let us know what you liked and disliked about our newsletter, please mail[email protected]. If you don’t already get this newsletter in your inbox,sign up here. For past editions of the YourStory Buzz, you can check ourDaily Capsule page here.
