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

We’re rolling out 3.5 Flash to everyone in the @GeminiApp and AI Mode in @Google Search. Developers can start building in @Antigravity and via the Gemini API in @GoogleAIStudio. #GoogleIO https://t.co/8Tdtdubsxm

Our CEO Jensen Huang took the stage earlier this week with @Dell CEO @MichaelDell to unveil a major update to the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, the full-stack platform powering the next wave of autonomous AI agents in the enterprise. From deskside workstations to massive data https://t.co/2JzEb5XV7v

How can you accelerate your day to day research workflow? By giving AI the right scientific toolkit. We launched Science Skills for Google @Antigravity, integrating insights from over 30 major life science sources, including UniProt and the AlphaFold Database. https://t.co/xbf8IVdySL

Voice agents add a new dimension to learning. Today, we're introducing Albert Einstein's voice to ElevenLabs, and launching an Einstein agent, to bring his written archives to life in his iconic voice. https://t.co/UD57Sfklr7

Everyone’s watching what comes next. Start with the NVIDIA GTC Live pregame show at COMPUTEX 2026. Then watch Jensen Huang take the stage in Taipei to unveil the latest breakthroughs in AI and accelerated computing. Tune in: https://t.co/07vcM78W7l 📍 Monday, June 1 | 9 a.m. https://t.co/xwK1piDDsu

introducing LoRAs for Krea 2 (beta). our most powerful fine-tuning system to date; now you can train Krea 2 on a your own specific style, object, or character with incredible precision. learn how it works 👇 https://t.co/pbsuw43pMv

Today we’re launching @joinwhip AI has made it easier than ever to build software, but there isn’t a good social home for the playful, weird, useful things people make Whip is a social feed of interactive AI apps and games where each post is something you can tap and play https://t.co/j2fGj3iEgO

Introducing fal Assets. A home for everything you make on fal: • Images, video, and audio in one library • Semantic search across your full history • Save characters and reuse them across generations • Use any asset as an input in fal Sandbox https://t.co/FNOtSGARmM

Introducing Databricks Student Fellows, a new program for students passionate about data, AI, and computer science! Fellows get hands-on experience with the Databricks platform, opportunities to earn certifications, and the chance to build real-world projects that reflect how https://t.co/QPGtMtJete

The Figma agent is rolling out gradually over the coming weeks Read more and join the waitlist https://t.co/tcf1jGlwI7

Ciao! Notion is now available in Italian. Finalmente! https://t.co/pXgwCRFb6p

We’re first rolling out 3 new experimental tools in @GoogleLabs to help scientists discover new research directions. https://t.co/HWuVQ18xdw

We added 600+ new voices on Together AI! Introducing MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo on Together AI, an enterprise TTS model for expressive real-time voice agents. AI natives can now deploy @MiniMax_AI Speech 2.8 Turbo on Together AI dedicated infrastructure, and try the voices https://t.co/5DMmroW6dF

🚀 The team at @Google just released the Agents API, a service for building and running custom agents inside a sandboxed Linux environment, and we built a template that gives these agents access to LlamaParse / LiteParse, enabling them to process unstructured documents https://t.co/cS6Ydyt9Kt

We’re also launching the Build with Gemini XPRIZE Hackathon. With a $2M prize pool, developers are invited to use these tools to build real-world applications that tackle major global challenges, from reducing food waste to helping scientific research. Find out more → https://t.co/xQSashyuFV

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash is now available on Databricks! @Google just released Gemini 3.5 Flash, and Databricks is among the first outside the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to offer it. Build and scale agentic AI applications on your enterprise data with the governance and https://t.co/91aXYNO5a5

Plan and track your software releases directly from Linear. Linear Releases integrates with your CI/CD tools to precisely track the deployment environment, version, and status of every issue, giving team members and agents your full deployment context. Here's how it works ↓ https://t.co/LOCfnVo0hB

Congrats to our customer @Creatify_AI on their launch. Exciting to see them pushing the boundaries of what AI-powered advertising can do. https://t.co/yl5JmpC36h

Open source 🤝 NVIDIA https://t.co/9JqtS7FNhD

Introducing 200,000+ premium titles in @ElevenReader. Best-selling audiobooks and eBooks - and thousands available with any voice you choose. https://t.co/hjm4f0Denz

Congrats to the @cursor_ai team on Composer 2.5 — a huge milestone for agentic coding models. Together AI, the AI Native Cloud, is proud to partner on this launch. Composer 2.5 is pushing the frontier for coding agents and turning heads for its speed and quality. Excited to https://t.co/hW54Mz9R8C

1/3 AWS Local Zones are now available in the AWS Management Console Region selector. https://t.co/hT3UxV0KX9

Gemini 3.5 Flash is now available on Replicate via API! https://t.co/K54shrwkED https://t.co/XCWzqkYHbE https://t.co/qb8OAFUHiU