CALWIRE Tech Report (Friday, October 23, 2026)

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Today's top story: Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users (Part II). This roundup covers 12 stories from OpenAI, TechCrunch, and TC AI.

Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users (Part II)
Learn how OpenAI scaled Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12× faster reads for C... — OpenAI

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perpl... — TechCrunch

Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conduct... — TechCrunch

What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO
Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns. — TechCrunch

Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach
Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months. — TechCrunch

Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its US smart ring comeback
Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes on two of its patents. — TechCrunch

Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony AI and Nvidia
The company plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027. — TC AI

Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually,... — TC AI

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK partner to advance AI safety and security
OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more... — OpenAI

Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta
A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billiona... — TechCrunch

Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear
Warhound, the brainchild of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enf... — TechCrunch

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier
The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.

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