Verified AI Launch Intelligence
See what launched, what changed, and what it costs.
Track AI product launches, model updates, pricing changes and tested workflows. Each record separates official sources, company claims, Kingy testing and third-party evidence so you can see what is known and what remains unverified.
Daily radar
Latest verified AI launches
A Radar edition publishes only when the day has enough source-ready signal; the tracker continues to show the newest verified records.
No source-ready records are tagged for today yet, so this section is showing the latest public launch records available in the tracker.
DeepSeek V4-Flash-0731 launches in API beta with native Codex support
Summary: DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 as the official V4-Flash API public beta. The checkpoint keeps the preview model’s architecture and size but adds new post-training, native Responses API…
Why it matters: Worth testing for cost-sensitive coding-agent workloads because it combines native Codex support, a one-million-token context window, very low API pricing and MIT-licensed weights. Treat…
- Pricing
- $0.0028 per 1M cached input tokens; $0.14 per 1M uncached input tokens; $0.28 per 1M output tokens. DeepSeek says future peak-hour prices will be 2× regular rates, with no effective date announced.
- Verification
- Verified; 9 sources
OpenAI releases Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK in limited beta
Summary: OpenAI published the Codex Security command-line client and TypeScript SDK. The CLI supports repository and change review, bulk scans, history, CI workflows, SARIF output and false-positive…
Why it matters: The CLI and SDK make Codex Security easier to insert into repeatable engineering workflows and expose useful integration primitives such as typed findings, SARIF,…
- Pricing
- OpenAI does not publish self-serve Codex Security pricing in the reviewed documentation. CLI and SDK access is limited to approved beta customers and partners through an OpenAI account team. Commercial terms, quotas and any Trusted Access for Cyber requirement are account-specific.
- Verification
- Verified; 6 sources
Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification goes final
Summary: The final Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification became the current authoritative protocol version. It replaces connection-level state with self-contained requests, moves capability negotiation to each request…
Why it matters: The 2026-07-28 MCP specification makes a consequential architectural trade: stateless, self-contained requests can simplify scaling and recovery, but implementations must now negotiate and validate…
- Pricing
- MCP is an open protocol specification, not a paid hosted product. Implementations, infrastructure, models, connectors and support can carry separate costs. The official specification and governance pages are the authority for the protocol boundary.
- Verification
- Verified; 4 sources
Microsoft Project Perception
Summary: Microsoft announced Project Perception, an agentic security system that coordinates specialized red, blue, and green agents inside Microsoft Defender.
Why it matters: The launch brings attack simulation, defense testing, and threat-scenario planning into one Microsoft Defender workflow. Its practical effectiveness and cost remain unproven until security…
- Pricing
- Microsoft says Project Perception uses consumption-based, pay-as-you-go pricing measured in Security Compute Units (SCUs). Different agents consume SCUs at different rates; Microsoft did not publish numeric SCU rates in the checked launch sources.
- Verification
- Verified; 3 sources
TruthSpine V1 launches as a local-first project-context desktop app
Summary: TimeProof Labs announced TruthSpine V1 as live after publishing its public product hub and release packages. The local-first desktop application builds a compact project context from…
Why it matters: TruthSpine V1 addresses a real developer problem with a concrete local-first design: preserve project decisions and sources once, then reuse compact context across agents.…
- Pricing
- TimeProof Labs offers a 14-day trial. A one-time $95 purchase unlocks TruthSpine V1 and 1.x maintenance updates on one active computer; future major versions are separate purchases. These are company-published terms reviewed July 29, 2026.
- Verification
- Verified; 8 sources
kausable raises €12 million for adaptive causal AI
Summary: Heidelberg-based kausable raised a verified €12 million seed round to develop causal AI models intended to adapt to new contexts with minimal data.
Why it matters: kausable seed round addresses a concrete need: The funding backs a technically different approach to adaptive AI, but claims about eliminating retraining and handling…
- Pricing
- No public pricing was verified in this run.
- Verification
- Verified; 1 source
Plan ahead
Upcoming Deadlines
Future-dated migration, shutdown, and retirement records are separated from today's launches and latest-record lists. These dates are upcoming operational events, not launches that have already happened.
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 retirement deadline: August 5, 2026
Summary: Anthropic announced the retirement of claude-opus-4-1-20250805 on the Claude API for August 5, 2026 and recommends claude-opus-4-8. Anthropic notes that partner-platform schedules can differ from its…
Why it matters: Treat August 5 as a model retirement deadline, not a product launch or a blind model-ID replacement. Inventory traffic by provider, confirm which schedule…
- Pricing
- There is no separate retirement or migration fee. Replacement-model usage follows current Anthropic or partner-platform pricing; re-baseline tokens, caching, latency and workload cost on the actual serving platform.
- Verification
- Verified; 3 sources
OpenAI retires GPT-5.2 Chat Latest and GPT-5.3 Chat Latest on August 10
Summary: OpenAI says gpt-5.2-chat-latest and gpt-5.3-chat-latest will be removed from the API on August 10, 2026, and recommends gpt-5.6-sol as the replacement.
Why it matters: OpenAI says gpt-5.2-chat-latest and gpt-5.3-chat-latest will be removed from the API on August 10, 2026, and recommends gpt-5.6-sol as the replacement. Kingy’s action: Replace…
- Pricing
- No pricing change announced
- Verification
- Verified; 1 source
Google Imagen 4 API shutdown window: August 17, 2026
Summary: Google announced that imagen-4.0-generate-001, imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 and imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001 are deprecated. Its deprecations table lists August 17, 2026 as the earliest possible shutdown date and recommends gemini-3.1-flash-image.
Why it matters: Plan against August 17 while preserving Google’s wording: the deprecations page says listed dates are the earliest possible shutdown dates and that exact timing…
- Pricing
- There is no separate migration fee. Replacement Gemini API image generation follows current Google pricing and quota terms; teams should compare the selected model, image output, prompts and workload mix on the live pricing page.
- Verification
- Verified; 5 sources
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Weekly awards
This Week's Strongest AI Launches
The weekly awards edition is editorial, source-aware, and designed to separate useful launch signal from announcement noise.
Kingy AI Launches of the Week: June 15-19, 2026
Kingy AI Launches of the Week for June 15-19, 2026: editorial awards for GitHub Agent Finder, Microsoft Copilot Cowork, GitHub Copilot App, Gemini Omni, MolmoMotion, ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks, and the…
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OpenAI Assistants API migration deadline: August 26, 2026
OpenAI’s Assistants API reaches its shutdown deadline on August 26, 2026. OpenAI recommends Responses API and Conversations API, with documented mappings from Assistants to configuration or prompt structures,…
Treat August 26 as an operational deadline, not a feature launch or a find-and-replace exercise. OpenAI documents object and orchestration changes, including explicit tool-loop…
DeepSeek V4-Flash-0731 launches in API beta with native Codex support
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 as the official V4-Flash API public beta. The checkpoint keeps the preview model’s architecture and size but adds new post-training, native Responses API support, and…
Worth testing for cost-sensitive coding-agent workloads because it combines native Codex support, a one-million-token context window, very low API pricing and MIT-licensed weights. Treat…
Google retires Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 Preview on August 31
Google announced that gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview will shut down on August 31, 2026, and its deprecation table names gemini-robotics-er-2-preview as the replacement.
Google announced that gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview will shut down on August 31, 2026, and its deprecation table names gemini-robotics-er-2-preview as the replacement. Kingy’s action: Replace the…
OpenAI releases Codex Security CLI and TypeScript SDK in limited beta
OpenAI published the Codex Security command-line client and TypeScript SDK. The CLI supports repository and change review, bulk scans, history, CI workflows, SARIF output and false-positive feedback. The…
The CLI and SDK make Codex Security easier to insert into repeatable engineering workflows and expose useful integration primitives such as typed findings, SARIF,…
Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification goes final
The final Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 specification became the current authoritative protocol version. It replaces connection-level state with self-contained requests, moves capability negotiation to each request and formalizes…
The 2026-07-28 MCP specification makes a consequential architectural trade: stateless, self-contained requests can simplify scaling and recovery, but implementations must now negotiate and validate…
Microsoft Project Perception
Microsoft announced Project Perception, an agentic security system that coordinates specialized red, blue, and green agents inside Microsoft Defender.
- Kingy
- 9.1 / 10
- Demo
- 6.8 / 10
- YouTube
- Medium
The launch brings attack simulation, defense testing, and threat-scenario planning into one Microsoft Defender workflow. Its practical effectiveness and cost remain unproven until security…
TruthSpine V1 launches as a local-first project-context desktop app
TimeProof Labs announced TruthSpine V1 as live after publishing its public product hub and release packages. The local-first desktop application builds a compact project context from selected sources…
TruthSpine V1 addresses a real developer problem with a concrete local-first design: preserve project decisions and sources once, then reuse compact context across agents.…
kausable raises €12 million for adaptive causal AI
Heidelberg-based kausable raised a verified €12 million seed round to develop causal AI models intended to adapt to new contexts with minimal data.
kausable seed round addresses a concrete need: The funding backs a technically different approach to adaptive AI, but claims about eliminating retraining and handling…
Google opens Gemini Startup Forum Winter 2026 applications
Google opened applications for a two-day Gemini Startup Forum for seed-to-Series-A companies building with AI.
Gemini Startup Forum Winter 2026 addresses a concrete need: The program is a practical access point for early-stage AI startups that need technical guidance…
Health in ChatGPT connects U.S. health and wellness data
OpenAI launched a U.S. rollout that lets eligible ChatGPT users connect health records and supported wellness data for more contextual health conversations.
Health in ChatGPT addresses a concrete need: Connected records make health conversations more personally relevant, but the launch also raises practical questions about rollout…
GitHub Issues adds agent automation controls
GitHub added public-preview approval, confidence, and rationale controls for agent-driven changes to issue labels, fields, types, status, and assignees.
Agent automation controls in GitHub Issues addresses a concrete need: The controls make issue automation more observable and reviewable, but GitHub explicitly says approvals…
GitHub Copilot cloud agent for Linear reaches general availability
GitHub made its Copilot cloud agent integration for Linear generally available, allowing teams to assign Linear issues to an asynchronous coding agent.
Copilot cloud agent for Linear addresses a concrete need: The integration moves agent assignment into an issue tracker that many software teams already use,…
Google lists October 16 as Gemini 2.5 Pro’s earliest possible shutdown date
Google lists October 16, 2026 as the earliest possible shutdown date for Gemini 2.5 Pro and names gemini-3.1-pro-preview as the recommended replacement. Google says users will receive advance…
Treat October 16 as a migration deadline to plan around, not a guaranteed retirement day. Google labels it the earliest possible shutdown date for…
Etched
Etched announced a $300 million Series C funding round for its inference systems.
- Kingy
- 8.8 / 10
- Demo
- 6.8 / 10
- YouTube
- Medium
This is a funding event, not a generally available product launch. The $300 million Series C gives Etched more capital to move its first-generation…
Kastra runtime authorization for AI agents
Kastra applies policies to tools, prompts, inputs, and outputs across several agent environments. Its product pages describe local enforcement, centralized policy management, audit trails, and integrations spanning coding…
Kastra addresses a concrete need: As agents gain access to files, credentials, and operational systems, authorization must happen at action time. The main limitation…
Buzzy agentic canvas for multi-scene AI video
Buzzy organizes characters, objects, locations, shots, and model outputs on a visual canvas. Makers say users can revise individual scenes, change camera angle or lighting, reuse references across…
Buzzy addresses a concrete need: The launch focuses on continuity and shot-level control, two practical constraints that become more important when AI video work…
OpenAI Presence managed enterprise agents
Each deployment begins with a defined job and limited access to the knowledge and systems required for that job. Companies set policies, approved actions, and escalation conditions. Simulations…
OpenAI Presence addresses a concrete need: The launch packages agent design, deployment controls, operational evaluation, and post-launch improvement into one managed enterprise offering rather…
box by ASCII persistent virtual machines for coding agents
A box is a persistent Ubuntu machine with SSH and SCP access, Docker, a dedicated IPv4 address, a virtual desktop, snapshots, and disk-level forking. The official docs provide…
box by ASCII addresses a concrete need: Long-running and parallel coding agents need isolated computers with persistent state. The main limitation is this: The…
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Methodology
How Kingy AI Scores Launches
Kingy AI scoring is designed for launch discovery, editorial review, creator planning, and buyer trust checks.
Kingy score
A directional editorial score for launch clarity, source quality, audience fit, pricing visibility, demo usefulness, and practical buyer or creator value.
Demo score
A signal for whether the product can be shown, tested, explained, or compared without relying on vague announcement copy.
YouTube potential
A creator-fit signal for demos, tutorials, before-and-after workflows, explainers, reviews, and audience-specific product education.
Source verification
Records distinguish verified, needs verification, and founder submitted status using official URLs, source links, last-verified dates, and correction paths.
Pricing clarity
Pricing signals favor launches with visible pricing, free-plan status, pricing pages, API access notes, or clear uncertainty when pricing is not public.
Use-case clarity
Launches are easier to evaluate when the audience, workflow, category, demo, and alternative comparison are obvious from public sources.
Founder and sponsor fit
Founder submissions and sponsor interest are routing signals only; editorial review still checks source quality, public claims, demo clarity, and usefulness.
Verification labels
Verified means enough public source evidence is present, needs verification means the record needs more checking, and founder submitted means the entry came through the submission path.
Scores are editorial signals, not scientific benchmarks, paid placements, or guarantees.
Founder submission
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- What launched
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- Pricing page
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- Category
- Public funding info
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