Technology is moving fast, and new software is changing the way we live and work. From smarter AI tools that design computer chips, to browsers with built-in assistants, music apps that create sounds from your ideas, and helpful AI agents that fix problems on their own—these new inventions are shaping the future. This post shares some of the latest software and tech innovations you should know about.
AI-driven chip-design software
TSMC and tool makers like Synopsys & Cadence have built AI tools that speed up chip design drastically – what used to take engineers ~2 days can now be done in ~5 minutes. The AI also helps make chips more energy efficient.
Google Gemini in Chrome (AI Browser Features)
Chrome now has Gemini (a generative AI) integrated. You can use it across open tabs, synthesize info, ask for help directly from browser, etc. The idea is that the browser becomes more “smart” and allows you to do complex tasks (search + reasoning) more quickly.
Project BIAS X - AI for designing guitar tones
New software that lets musicians design custom electric guitar tones via text or audio prompts. So you describe what sound you want (“vintage rock with more echo”, etc.), or give an example, and AI builds it. Pretty advanced for audio effects / music production.
Agentic AI monitoring / fixing apps (Vibranium Labs)
There’s a startup that builds AI agents which monitor software apps, detect when something starts breaking (“bad vibe coding”) and auto-fix or triage. This helps reduce outages and continuous errors in software systems.
Hyperautomation & Intelligent Workflows
Trend in business tech: combining AI, RPA (robotic process automation), ML etc., to automate repetitive/non-creative tasks so humans can do more high-value work. For example, smart assistants, chatbots, processes that once needed manual approval are being done automatically.
Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
Models like Helix, GR00T N1, Gemini Robotics etc., that can not only process text and images (vision + language), but also act in the physical or simulated world (robot movement, physical tasks). Eg. Gemini Robotics can operate on robotic devices locally.
AlphaEvolve - Evolutionary coding agent
A system by DeepMind that can generate and evolve algorithms. It explores modifications of algorithms, tests them, optimizes multiple objectives (speed, accuracy, resource usage etc.) without needing constant human direction. Useful in scientific computing and optimization tasks.
Manus - Autonomous AI Agent
Manus (by Monica.im) is an AI agent that can plan, decide and execute more complex tasks without needing detailed guidance all the time. It bridges reasoning (thinking/planning) and action (doing the work) more than earlier agents.
Kruti - India-focused multilingual AI assistant
This is an agentic AI assistant designed for India, supporting voice and text in ~13 Indian languages, understanding regional dialects, etc. It’s built to work under realistic network constraints and do tasks with awareness of context (preferences, past interactions).
Saarthi - Formal Verification Engineer by AI
Saarthi is software engineering tool/agent that can do formal verification of hardware designs (RTL, UVM etc.). Formal verification is making sure a design meets its specification absolutely (no bugs) rather than by testing. Saarthi automates a lot of that.