Daily AI Pulse

August 1, 2026. Archived briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding on this day.

2 stories 7 movers 6 rising repos 3 funding rounds generated 22:52 UTC
← 2026-07-31 | 2026-08-02 → |Today's Pulse →
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
GPT-5.6 Terra▲ +8
#31 · OpenAI309B
Claude Opus 4.7▼ -8
#33 · Anthropic267B
Laguna S 2.1 (free)▲ +6
#26 · poolside377B
Claude Opus 5▲ +5
#14 · Anthropic783B
GPT-5.6 Luna▲ +4
#23 · OpenAI415B
GPT-5.5▲ +4
#40 · OpenAI214B
GPT-4.1 MiniNEW
#60 · OpenAI99B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-07-31 vs 2026-08-01, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
mattpocock/skills
197,800 stars
+1,578
microsoft/AI-For-Beginners
12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, AI for All!
Jupyter Notebook · 55,295 stars
+1,424
huggingface/speech-to-speech
Build local voice agents with open-source models
Python · 9,819 stars
+1,061
block/buzz
A hive mind communication platform
Rust · 19,467 stars
+1,048
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute
Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 290+ providers (90+ free), 500+ models — Kimi, Claude, GPT, OpenAI, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works
TypeScript · 36,102 stars
+973
different-ai/openwork
The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)
TypeScript · 19,484 stars
+780
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-31 vs 2026-08-01.
FundingAll deals →
Index Ventures
TechCrunch · 2026-07-31 · view source →
$2B
Smallest.ai
TechCrunch · 2026-07-31 · view source →
$13M
Ellis AI seed
TechCrunch · 2026-07-31 · view source →
$10 million
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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