Top startup launches for the week of August 15-21, 2026

Origin, our code hosting platform, is now live. It's fast, easy to use, and deeply integrated with Cursor. Get started by syncing your repos from GitHub. https://t.co/aqRHavAOQg

Today we're announcing $280M in Series B funding at a $2B valuation, led by our long-time investor and partner, Menlo Ventures. When we announced our Series A last May, most conversations I had about voice began with someone explaining why they doubted it. I don't have those https://t.co/hGeWkmNjKW

Announcing the Flop Network $FLOP is food for your AI agent https://t.co/rso5Ava3kb

We just killed OpenRouter. AI routers made $100+ million last year charging 5% markups on every dollar. Today that ends. Introducing Straitly the world’s first AI gateway that charges 0% markup on your tokens. No Stripe or Credit Card processing fees. With one API key, you https://t.co/8D0gumGOKg

1/ Compound is entering its next era. Today we're announcing a new leadership team and a $52M DAO-approved development program,the largest in the protocol's history, to bring institutional credit onchain. https://t.co/gMJMSVg2ZX

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MINISFORUM N5 MAX is now available with 128GB LPDDR5x unified memory. Powered by the AMD Ryzen™ AI Max+ 395, it delivers the processing power and memory headroom to run 120B-class open models locally. With support for 5× HDDs and 5× M.2 NVMe SSDs—up to 200TB in total, N5 MAX https://t.co/VPZ2iX5fE2

Introducing Straitly. The first truly 0% commission AI gateway. One API key gets you: - 142+ models - 20+ providers - Automatic failover, optimized for cache hit rates - 99.98% success rate Here is how to get started. 1. Request access at https://t.co/2Cm0ZZu2hH 2. Sign in https://t.co/pBPT96PDVA

Morning City fans! Today we are launching our Bristol City FAB website, to explain what we do and how to get in touch with us - please have a look & let us know if any questions. https://t.co/LIG2fyMaRW @BristolCity it's good to be back 😊☀️ #COYR #BristolCity 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️

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