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Week 40, 2026 launch recap

AI products launched Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 UTC. Final results.

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    Vorlagenplatz Featured

    Vorlagenplatz bietet kostenlose Vorlagen zum direkten Ausfül

    Kostenlose Vorlagen zum Ausfüllen & Ausdrucken Fülle Vorlagen direkt online aus oder lade die leere Version als PDF herunter – ohne Anmeldung und komplett gratis. Von der Kündigung bis zur Bastelvorlage. Vorlage suchen

    0 commentsResearch & DataDesignFreeby Kashif Nazir Khan

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    TinyAIArena

    Watch AI agents battle it out

    Tiny AI Arena is a browser game where AI agents play against each other while you watch. You can step through a match frame by frame, auto-play it, start a new game, and follow the game log and global chat. First shared by its maker on Sho

    0 commentsY▲ 120 on HNAI AgentsFreeby AI Launch Team

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    TinyBrains

    Build the smallest neural network that plays strategy games well

    TinyBrains is a ranked ladder for small neural networks that play strategy games. Train a model, write an adapter, upload two files, and get measured into a weight class starting at 8 KiB. First shared by its maker on Show HN: https://news

    0 commentsY▲ 116 on HNResearch & DataFreeby AI Launch Team

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    CUA-S1

    A System One Model for Computer Use

    Cua gives AI agents computers they can use. It provides open-source desktop automation drivers, isolated cloud desktops (Cua Fleets), local macOS VMs (Lume), CUA-S1 specialist models for computer-use decisions, and Cua Bench for evaluating

    0 commentsY▲ 95 on HNAI AgentsLLMs & InfrastructureFreemiumby AI Launch Team

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    Engrim

    A universal – local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

    Engrim is a local-first, project-scoped memory engine for AI coding agents, stored in a single SQLite file. It lets developers switch between tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode and Google Antigravity on

    0 commentsY▲ 93 on HNCoding & Dev ToolsAI AgentsOpen Sourceby AI Launch Team

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    FrontierHarness Eval

    Same model, 12 harness configurations, up to 17.5x cost difference

    FrontierHarness Eval compares coding-agent harnesses on identical software engineering tasks using the same model and runtime. Across 12 configurations of 9 harnesses, including Codex, Claude Code and OpenCode, pass rates were similar but c

    0 commentsY▲ 82 on HNCoding & Dev ToolsResearch & DataOpen Sourceby AI Launch Team

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    MultiMatte

    A Promptable Image Background Removal Model

    MultiMatte is a background removal model you steer with words: name the object you want to keep and it removes everything else. It is built on Meta's SAM 3 with low-rank fine-tuning of 2.27% of its weights and produces alpha mattes, so fine

    0 commentsY▲ 57 on HNImage GenerationDesignFreeby AI Launch Team

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    Doom or Bloom

    Map your AI worldview

    Doom or Bloom lets you map your worldview on how AI will change the future and compare it with public figures. Answer a few questions to see where you land between doom and bloom, and between incremental and civilizational change. First sh

    0 commentsY▲ 56 on HNResearch & DataFreeby AI Launch Team

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    Ordewell

    Turn one goal into an ordered plan of coding-agent tasks

    Ordewell turns one goal into an editable plan of coding-agent tasks. A read-only planner researches your repository, asks about anything unclear, and returns a dependency graph where each task names its agent, model and thinking effort. Ind

    0 commentsY▲ 56 on HNCoding & Dev ToolsAI AgentsOpen Sourceby AI Launch Team

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    Masala (formerly Panel)

    A research workspace where the agent can build its own panes

    Masala, called Panel until September 2026, is a research workspace where an AI agent works beside you. Chat, files, PDFs and notebooks sit in one dock, and the agent can create custom viewers and apps when it needs them. It's an early build

    0 commentsY▲ 54 on HNResearch & DataAI AgentsOpen Sourceby AI Launch Team

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