Top startup launches for the week of January 22-31, 2026

introducing Realtime Edit. now, like with Nano Banana, you can edit images with complex instructions in real time. join the beta 👇 https://t.co/fTxSeCAoZT

Today we’re announcing the AI Grand Prix. The fully autonomous drone racing competition inviting the boldest engineers from around the globe to compete for $500,000 and a job at Anduril. No human pilots. No hardware mods. Identical @neros_tech drones. Software is the only path https://t.co/en0O5wZpsL

Introducing Prism, a free workspace for scientists to write and collaborate on research, powered by GPT-5.2. Available today to anyone with a ChatGPT personal account: https://t.co/9mTLAbxPdH https://t.co/GJOIipU3hx

Introducing Helix 02 It's our most powerful model to date - it's using the whole body to do dishes end-to-end and it's fully autonomous https://t.co/jtUVCRIsLh

Project Genie is rolling out to @Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. (18+) With this prototype, we want to learn more about immersive user experiences to advance our research and help us better understand the future of world models. See the details → https://t.co/JsQm3hxaQ8 https://t.co/238Q3mbUra

BIG NEWS! We’ve raised $200M in Series E funding 🎉 This new phase is all about helping people work better — both with AI video and a series of new products we can’t wait to share with you soon. Huge thanks to our customers, investors, and everyone on this journey with us ❤️ https://t.co/6eASYMZ8pK

Introducing Grizzlies. A new short film generated with AI. Made by @jforozcop. All created in a matter of hours using Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video and Nano Banana Pro. BTS workflow video coming soon. Tell your own story today at the link below. https://t.co/PmxIKr8mSu