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Satlyt has raised $8 million in seed funding to develop software that enables AI models to run and data to be processed on satellites instead of sending all data to Earth. The company is preparing to test its platform on a spacecraft carrying experiments for NASA and two other companies.
Google reviewed a range of artificial intelligence updates it announced during August 2026, from Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe to integrating Gemini into Pixel 11 devices, search tools, and productivity tools. The company says the Gemini app has surpassed one billion monthly users, with use cases expanding to include programming, education, media generation, and weather forecasting.
Google announced the results of the Gemma 4 Good Challenge, which attracted more than 1,600 projects over six weeks to build locally running solutions addressing issues in healthcare, education, accessibility, and safety. The winning projects highlight the use of Gemma 4 models on resource-constrained devices, with a focus on offline operation and privacy.
Google said that its Gemma family of open AI models has surpassed one billion downloads, while developers have published more than 100,000 derivatives of them. This coincided with the launch of a GitHub repository called Awesome Gemma to compile projects, tools, and tutorials related to the models.