A Eye on AI - August 26, 2026, 12 PM Eastern

Unitree's value halves as physical AI hits a data wallOx Alpha's secret maker revealed: Z.ai confirms new GLM modelDeepSeek raises $7.4B at $74B valuation ahead of Shanghai listingA Eye on AI - 12:30 PMIn this briefing: Unitree's post-IPO crash and the robotics data crisis, Ox Alpha revealed as Z.ai's new model, DeepSeek's mega round, plus Particle's podcast pivot, Perceptron's robot vision, Runable's funding, MiniMax earnings, Enflame's IPO, and Legato's AI hearing glasses.Sources:- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/radar-makes-podcasts-searchable-and-usable-by-ai-agents/- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/ex-meta-scientists-want-to-bring-visual-ai-to-the-factory-floor/- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/surprise-z-ai-is-the-ai-lab-behind-the-mysterious-ox-alpha-model/- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/robot-brain-builders-are-pushing-out-of-their-gpt-2-era/- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/runable-hits-21m-to-bet-ai-agents-can-go-from-building-businesses-to-growing-them/- MarkTechPost: https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/26/what-would-have-to-be-true-for-agentic-coding-to-replace-junior-engineers/- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3365341/minimax-revenue-surges-283-remains-behind-pace-meet-forecast-amid-crowded-ai-race?utm_source=rss_feed- SCMP — Business (Greater China): https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3365280/deepseek-nears-pre-ipo-funding-round-2027-market-debut-takes-shape-sources?utm_source=rss_feed- TechNode: https://technode.com/2026/08/26/ai-chipmaker-enflame-sets-sept-2-ipo-subscription-date/- TechCrunch AI: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/hearing-tech-startup-legato-emerges-from-stealth-with-12m-and-a-peek-at-its-ai-hearing-glasses/https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-eye-on-ai--7245888