Daily AI Pulse

July 15, 2026. Today's briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding, assembled from live tracked data.

2 stories 6 movers 6 rising repos 3 funding rounds generated 03:58 UTC
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Top StoriesAll news →
OpenAI's first device is a ChatGPT smart speaker launching in 2027
OpenAI's first major hardware device will be a smart speaker enabling voice conversations with ChatGPT, developed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive following OpenAI's nearly $6.5 bi
The Verge · Tools
How to manage AI investments in the agentic era
This source discusses how enterprises can manage AI investments in the emerging "agentic era." The guidance emphasizes measuring "useful work per dollar" as a key metric for evaluating AI investments.
OpenAI Blog · Industry
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
Hy3 preview▼ -18
#39 · tencent179B
GPT-5.6 Luna▲ +9
#51 · OpenAI111B
GPT-5.6 Sol▲ +7
#35 · OpenAI211B
Grok 4.5▲ +6
#32 · xAI240B
Claude Fable 5▲ +4
#21 · Anthropic382B
GLM 5▲ +4
#25 · Z.ai359B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-07-14 vs 2026-07-15, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
OpenCut-app/OpenCut
The open-source CapCut alternative
TypeScript · 69,141 stars
+2,919
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 · 86,329 stars
+1,662
Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps
100+ AI Agent & RAG apps you can actually run — clone, customize, ship.
Python · 120,753 stars
+1,192
HKUDS/Vibe-Trading
"Vibe-Trading: Your Personal Trading Agent"
Python · 22,824 stars
+1,114
Nutlope/hallmark
Anti-AI-slop design skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
CSS · 6,115 stars
+1,008
hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset
1,324-exercise fitness dataset — animation GIFs, 180×180 thumbnails, muscle-group & equipment data, and step-by-step instructions in 6 languages. The exerci
HTML · 13,484 stars
+893
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-14 vs 2026-07-15.
FundingAll deals →
Overtone
TechCrunch · 2026-07-14 · view source →
$18M
PixVerse
TechCrunch · 2026-07-14 · view source →
$439M
IM8
Investors: General Catalyst
TechCrunch · 2026-07-14 · view source →
$1B
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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