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Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

AI data center startup Nscale appointed former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo to its board ahead of a planned fall IPO and reported $3.5 billion raise.

Nscale, a UK-based AI data center startup founded two years ago, appointed Fidji Simo to its board. Simo was formerly CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI (the lab's No. 2 executive), and previously served as Instacart CEO through its 2023 IPO and as head of the Facebook app at Meta. She joins Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker, and Nick Clegg on the board as the company prepares for an anticipated IPO this fall. Nscale is reportedly attempting to raise up to $3.5 billion ahead of the IPO, according to Bloomberg.

TechCrunch · AI · 4d agoAI industry

Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify

Shopify is dropping React Native for separate Swift and Kotlin native apps, saying AI agents now handle cross-platform implementation work.

Shopify adopted React Native in 2020 to stop building features twice, let developers work across the stack, and spend less time chasing feature parity. The company now plans to return to separate Swift and Kotlin codebases. Simon Willison's commentary notes AI agents can do enough implementation, translation, testing, and review work that dual native codebases are viable again.

Simon Willison · 5d agoAI industry

Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?

Meta launched Muse, a consumer AI agent powered by Muse Spark that connects to users' apps to execute tasks like emailing, booking travel, and payments.

Meta introduced Muse, a personal AI agent for US users that connects to email, calendars, payments, shopping, and other services to execute tasks such as booking travel, lowering bills, and completing purchases via Link by Stripe. The agent runs in a dedicated Muse Secure VM with a separate Sentinel agent kept apart at the system level, and Meta claims it cannot see passwords or payment data and does not share conversations with ad systems. Muse is free to start, with Power ($20/month) and Maximum ($100/month) subscription tiers, and is available on the web, iOS, Android, and WhatsApp, with Meta AI glasses support planned. The launch follows Meta's $18 billion multistate consumer-harms settlement and comes as rivals like Gemini Spark and Claude Cowork push agentic AI.

TechCrunch · AI · 7d agoAI industry 3 sources1

Fake Refund Scam Hits Shopify Shop App Users

A fake refund scam has targeted Shopify Shop app users for several months, with fraudsters impersonating refunds directly inside the app.

Huntress reports an ongoing fake refund scam aimed at users of Shopify's Shop app. The fraudsters operate directly within the app rather than via email, making the scam harder to spot. The activity has been observed over the past few months, and users should verify refund requests before acting.

Huntress · Aug 13, 2026Phishing & fraud