RADAR ARCHIVE

Week 41, 2026

2 launches tracked, Oct 5 – 11, 2026.

On the radar (2)

Reported in the daily briefing this week. Not reviewed for the directory.

Fortune AI 2026-10-05

Nvidia-Backed Reflection AI Unveils Beam, Its First Open-Weight Model

Reflection AI, founded by two former Google DeepMind researchers, released Beam, a 501 billion parameter open-weight model it pitches as America's answer to Chinese open-source AI. The company says Beam excels at coding and agentic tasks, scores close to leadi…

Unite. AI 2026-10-05

Nolla Health Launches First AI-Issued Acne Prescriptions in Utah

Nolla Health's Nolla Derm app is now issuing AI-generated initial acne prescriptions to Utah adults with mild to moderate acne, the first time a US state regulator has authorized AI to write a new prescription rather than a refill. The pilot runs under a regul…