Daily AI Pulse

July 10, 2026. Today's briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding, assembled from live tracked data.

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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's No. 2 role
Fidji Simo is leaving her role as CEO of Applications at OpenAI and will transition to a part-time advisory position, citing a recovery that proved longer and harder than expected. She had joined Open
TechCrunch · Industry
GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot
GPT-5.6 is now the preferred model in Microsoft 365 Copilot, providing stronger AI capabilities across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chat, and Cowork. The integration is described as enabling faster, highe
OpenAI Blog · Models
ChatGPT is now a partner for your most ambitious work
ChatGPT Work is a new agent tool designed to assist with ambitious projects. It can take action across a user's apps and files to complete tasks. The agent is capable of staying engaged with a project
OpenAI Blog · Tools
Rising ReposAll repos →
addyosmani/agent-skills
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents.
JavaScript · 75,841 stars
+1,856
MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search
AI-powered job application framework built on Claude Code. Fork it, fill in your profile, and let Claude evaluate jobs, tailor CVs, write cover letters, and pre
TypeScript · 18,914 stars
+1,846
iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI
OfficeCLI is the first and best Office suite purpose-built for AI agents to read, edit, and automate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Free, open-source, singl
C# · 13,391 stars
+1,651
asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks
Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, Claude Code, Claude Design. OpenAI - ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking, GPT 5.5 Instant, Codex. Google -
JavaScript · 55,135 stars
+985
stablyai/orca
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop and mobile.
TypeScript · 15,036 stars
+849
Graphify-Labs/graphify
AI coding assistant skill (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and more). Turn any folder of code, SQL schemas, R scripts, shell scripts, docs, pa
Python · 81,264 stars
+828
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-09 vs 2026-07-10.
FundingAll deals →
Gradium seed
Investors: Nvidia
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09 · view source →
$100M
Ollama
Investors: Benchmark
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09 · view source →
$65M
Fundamentum third fund
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09 · view source →
$200M
Lyzr
TechCrunch · 2026-07-09 · view source →
$100 million
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.