We’re introducing tools to help you learn new concepts, tackle tricky subjects, and organize your study sessions with AI in Search
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A new school year is the ultimate chance to upgrade your routine — whether you’re navigating tough new subjects, prepping for exams, or trying to stay organized across your classes. Having the right tools makes all the difference
To help you start the semester with confidence, we’re introducing new ways to level up your learning through AI in Search, with education tools that are built to be safe by design
1. Understand concepts with interactive visuals
Sometimes, reading a static textbook page isn’t enough to make a concept click. Search can now generate custom tools and simulations to help you see complex topics in action. Let’s say you’re learning about pH levels. You can do a search like “ph scale” and quickly get an interactive visual in an AI Overview to help you understand the basics
To go even further, you can follow up and ask to see something more specialized, like plotting citrus fruits on the pH scale, and AI Mode will create a customized experience just for your question. Or, if you already have a hyper-specific question in mind, head straight to AI Mode and describe the tool or visual you need. Generative UI capabilities have launched globally in English in AI Mode and have started rolling out as well in AI Overviews.
2. Test your knowledge with practice quizzes
Want to make sure you actually retain what you studied? You can now get customized practice quizzes directly in Search for any subject, from science and math to humanities, foreign languages and more. You can also ask for a quiz to help you prep for the following standardized tests: ACT, AP, ENEM, GRE, JEE, LSAT, MCAT, NEET, and SAT. Thanks to our partnership with leading education companies The Princeton Review, Careers360, PhysicsWallah, and Akira Enem, these quizzes tap into trusted, authoritative content from test-prep experts, so you know you’re studying material that’s relevant to the exam.
Just search for something like “create a quiz with the most commonly tested vocab words to help me prep for the SAT.” Search will give you an interactive quiz that includes explanations for each response and links to learn more, so you can truly master the material. Practice quizzes are now globally available in English free of charge, in both AI Overviews and AI Mode
3. Learn each step with Lens
Stuck on a tricky step or want to double-check your work? In the coming weeks, Lens in Search will offer a new interactive learning experience that helps you break down tough concepts and confirm if you’re on the right track. Just tap the Lens camera icon in the Google app (Android and iOS) and snap a photo of what you’re working on. You’ll get an AI Overview that provides helpful explanations, pinpoints where you may have made mistakes, and coaches you when you’re stumped on a problem.
Need extra clarification? Ask a follow-up question and keep the conversation going in AI Mode, while you explore relevant sites on the web. This new experience with Lens will roll out globally in English over the coming weeks
4. Stay organized with notebooks
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is one of our most popular tools for learning, and this week, we’re bringing notebooks to AI Mode — giving you an easy way to organize your studies and quickly find insights right in Search. You can set up a dedicated notebook for each class or project and add a range of sources like class slides, syllabi, or relevant web articles. You can even add your previous AI Mode threads on related topics. Your notebook brings it all together in one place, letting you ask questions and analyze topics based on your reference materials, while you build on your ideas over time.
Your existing notebooks from Gemini Notebook or the Gemini app will appear automatically in Search, syncing the Notebooks in AI Mode are rolling out over the coming days across more than 180 countries in English, with local language support to follow in the weeks ahead.
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5. Create custom files to streamline your studies
Instead of manually copying and pasting scattered course materials, you can now ask Search to create ready-to-use study documents based on your uploaded files or AI Mode threads. For example, you can add a photo of your handwritten notes along with lecture slides and ask Search for a one-pager that outlines the key concepts
Custom file creation in AI Mode has rolled out globally in English and will come soon as well to AI Overviews. To start, it will be available for documents, slide presentations, spreadsheets, and text files across a range of formats, with more to come
We hope these new tools help you learn with confidence this school year
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A compound reportedly used by scam operators in O’Smach, Cambodia. Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/ReutersA compound reportedly used by scam operators in O’Smach, Cambodia. Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/ReutersThey escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped
The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return home
Artillery fire thundered. Windows shattered. Roofs caved in. And thousands of foreign workers – many who had been tricked and trafficked into the vast cyber-fraud industry that has flourished in south-east Asia – fled
For a brief moment, the regional crackdown appeared to mark a turning point in one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries, which has defrauded millions of people globally and generated billions of dollars for organised crime networks. Police and troops across Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar conducted mass raids to empty and demolish some of the region’s massive scam centres. But for many of those who escaped, freedom was only the beginning of another ordeal.
Months later, the consequences are still unfolding in Cambodia, where thousands of survivors from Africa, Latin America and Asia remain stranded without passports, money or any clear route home
They have drifted to the capital, Phnom Penh, where they are sleeping rough and surviving hand to mouth. Thousands who have sought help have been placed in immigration detention centres. With those centres now overflowing, one former scam compound, Mango 2, has even been transformed into a detention centre, housing some of the very people it was meant to rescue
Visa overstay fines that survivors began to accrue during captivity have mounted into the thousands of dollars, leaving those unable to pay trapped. Support from the decimated aid industry is rapidly running out. With limited options, some survivors have even begun accepting offers to return to the scam compounds they risked everything to escape, say experts
Indonesians freed from scam centres in Cambodia sleep outside their embassy in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
“It is an absolute mess,” said Judah Tana, who has helped thousands of trafficking victims escape scam compounds through his anti-human trafficking NGO, Global Advance Projects. “No one can figure out how to get home.”
Emmanuel*, 27, from Liberia, is one of them. He travelled to Cambodia after being offered what he believed was a legitimate graphic design job. Instead, he says, he was driven to a compound in the jungle, his passport and phone were confiscated and he was ordered to defraud Americans and Europeans through online scams
When he refused, he was threatened with the “dark room”, a punishment cell where workers were beaten and tortured. Armed guards surrounded the compound to prevent escape
“There was no way out. I was cut off from the outside world,” he says. “I watched people being beaten so badly for not working.”
Emmanuel says he struggled to meet the targets imposed by his supervisors and soon became the one being punished. He says he was starved for days, beaten and shocked with electric batons. The compound bordered a fast-flowing river, where he saw people drown trying to escape
“It was impossible to run away,” he says. “Eventually I just gave up.”
Then, almost a year into his ordeal, the raids began
Emmanuel says the compound’s managers fled as police closed in, allowing about 400 workers to escape. But freedom brought a new set of problems. He had no shelter, no possessions and no money, and his visa had long expired. “I was scared the police would put me in prison,” he says
His family raised enough money to buy him a ticket home, but when he arrived at the airport, he says officials refused to let him leave
“They’re saying nobody can leave who was at these compounds, and that also we have to pay an overstay fee – mine is almost $4,000 [£3,000],” he says. “I am trapped again.”
Young people rescued from human traffickers in Cambodia arrive at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia. Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP
Aid groups now warn a humanitarian crisis is gathering pace. The problem, they say, is that those who escaped the compounds are being treated as perpetrators rather than victims
“They’re not doing any screening at all,” says Mechelle Moore, CEO of anti-trafficking NGO Global Alms Incorporated. “They’re treating everyone coming out of a scamming operation as a criminal.”
Amnesty International said in June that none of the 73 survivors it had interviewed had been recognised as a victim of human trafficking, even though in the NGO’s own assessment, they all met the definition
Without this recognition, those in need cannot access emergency accommodation, legal assistance or repatriation programmes. The lack of safe shelter has exposed survivors to new risks. “We have had several cases of women reporting sexual abuse when they are sleeping outside,” says Ling Li of the nonprofit EOS Collective
The dismantling of the scam compounds was also short-lived, experts say. Criminal networks have already rebuilt, relocated and begun recruiting again. “The compounds that were emptied in Myanmar have already filled up again,” says Moore. “The bosses came back. Everything is active again.”
Her organisation has documented at least nine new scam compounds built in the past six months in Myanmar and continues to receive calls from people who have recently been trafficked into the industry. “The problem isn’t going away,” she says
In Cambodia, scam centres are turning to the desperate group of former workers unable to leave the country, researchers say. Moore described a “mass recruitment drive” among survivors sleeping rough
“The bosses have realised there are all these people still there, sleeping on the streets,” she says. “They don’t have to pay recruitment fees or flights any more. They are scooping them up and sending them straight into another compound.”
Tana says the crisis has exposed a gap between foreign governments demanding the rescue of their citizens and their willingness to repatriate them
“We had countries screaming, ‘Rescue my people, rescue my people,’” he says. “Then they do it, they call the countries and say, ‘Come and pick them up,’ and the countries say, ‘No.’”
Raids on compounds said to be scam centres were conducted across south-east Asia at the beginning of the year. Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
Matthew*, a 34-year-old Ethiopian IT graduate, is among those who say they received no support from their government
He thought he had been hired for a hardware and software maintenance job in Cambodia. The advert promised at least $850 a month, plus accommodation, food and a visa. “For me, it was huge money,” he says
A week later, he flew to Phnom Penh before being driven to a vast compound near the Vietnamese border. Inside were apartment blocks, restaurants and shops. Uniformed guards stood at the entrances. “I didn’t realise it was a compound,” he says. “It looked like a city.”
It was only on his first day that he realised he had been deceived. His passport and phone were taken away, and another worker told him he would not be fixing software after all. Instead, he would be running online investment scams
“I said I wanted to go home,” Matthew says. “I was told that if I tried to escape, I would either be tortured or die.”
Matthew was ordered to pose as a wealthy woman online, persuading people in the Philippines to invest in fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. Missing targets or des were beaten, fined and publicly humiliated; workers had their heads shaved, men were forced to wear dresses. In more serious cases, staff were given electric shocks
After several months he was transferred to another compound. “I was sold,” he says
When Cambodian authorities raided scam compounds at the beginning of the year, Matthew says his bosses hurriedly removed African workers from the compound, hiding them in a nearby house. “The police raid was a miracle,” he says
The group remained confined in the house for two weeks and then eventually their passports were returned and they were freed. Later Matthew learned the bosses had fled to Malaysia
For the first time in months, he was free. But he was also stranded. Like Emmanuel, he had no money, no valid visa and nowhere to go. “There is a thin line between forced labour and a criminal,” he says
Ethiopia has no embassy in Cambodia, leaving Matthew to seek assistance through its embassy in South Korea. He says repeated requests for help went unanswered. Without work, food or shelter, he survived on donations from strangers
“Most Africans have faced the same problem,” he says. “Our governments say they are not responsible for us. Our embassies do not reply, and so we are stranded in Cambodia.”
A compound said to have been operating as a scam centre in Takeo province, Cambodia. Photograph: Roun Ry/Reuters
Kenya, Uganda and Ghana – whose citizens were among those rescued from scam compounds – also lack resident embassies in Cambodia, leaving survivors reliant on embassies elsewhere in the region for consular assistance
The Cambodian interior ministry has previously rejected criticisms of how it has handled the crisis, saying authorities have “rescued” hundreds of thousands of scam workers, including trafficking victims, and repatriated them “with the utmost care, in accordance with the law”. It did not respond to the Guardian’s requests for information
For those who escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds, rescue has not meant safety. Instead, many have simply exchanged one form of captivity for another
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Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was buying OpenRouter. While the company didn’t disclose the deal price
That’s a huge step up from OpenRouter’s $1.3 billion valuation in May. To put that price into context, the founders alone will reportedly receive $1.5 billion from the sale — more than the startup’s entire valuation just three months ago. Investors will get the remaining $6 billion, according to the NYT. Stripe reportedly had to outbid others interested in the fast-growing startup, including Databricks.
But the question is: What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models?
The short and funny answer, according to a leaked letter from Stripe’s founders to its investors about the deal, is this: the singularity
“It’s a fuzzy and perhaps already overworked term but we decided that January 1 marked the beginning of the singularity and we’ve been operating on that basis,” they wrote in the letter
The singularity is supposed to mean the point at which humans and the tech we’ve created merge to become a new species. This is obviously a tongue-in-cheek reference (as Patrick Collison admitted when using the term at his company’s conference in April). We’re fairly certain Stripe’s founders, the brothers Patrick and John Collison, don’t think humanity started turning into The Borg eight months ago.
But they have referred to the economic uptick that AI is bringing to Stripe. With AI, more companies are being launched and more of them are using Stripe’s offerings. Stripe says that 88% of the Forbes AI 50 are using its products, including OpenAI and Anthropic, as do 100% of Brex’s fastest-growing startups. No one knows how AI and agents will change the economy of the future, but everyone is certain it will change it dramatically.
That still doesn’t explain why Stripe wants a company mostly known for helping developers manage their model usage. Stripe’s founders acknowledged that their customer bases overlap
“OpenRouter is exceptionally useful for any developer and Stripe is one of the world’s largest developer platforms,” the founders write in their letter. No doubt that just using OpenRouter internally will probably offer significant benefits to Stripe and make it easier to roll out future model-agnostic agentic offerings, too
It seems as if OpenRouter will continue to operate independently after the deal closes in a few weeks, or so the startup promised in its own blog post, saying that its “product, mission, and current commitments remain unchanged.”
Still, until now, most of Stripe’s large acquisitions have been related to helping people collect and manage incoming cash. Buying OpenRouter looks like a move to the other side of the ledger, too: expense management, beginning with AI expenses
This acquisition “is Stripe’s deliberate attempt to embed itself into the middle of capital flows in the AI era,” said PitchBook’s research analyst Franco Granda
It’s joining an unusual assortment of companies also entering token expense management. Databricks developed its own AI gateway. Rippling just launched one focused on employee AI spend and ROI. Ramp just launched one, also for AI expense management. And the list goes on
For Stripe, buying the granddaddy of popular AI gateways for developers gives it insight into how coders are using AI. But it also gains a lever on AI demand itself. OpenRouter will grant it “some degree of power over suppliers such as the frontier labs themselves, as well as hyperscalers and neoclouds,” Granda said
It may not be the Borg, but payments plus token expense management and a model router? That’s a lot of power
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Gushcloud International is pushing further beyond influencer marketing and into entertainment production, co-producing a TikTok LIVE event featuring Snoop Dogg that the company claims generated 76 million in total livestream exposure
The event provided a global platform for Singaporean singer-songwriter Iman Fandi, a Gushcloud artist, who performed the international debut of her new singleIt Is ahead of its release on 21 August
Fandi joined a lineup that included Filipino-Australian singer and actress Ylona Garcia, rapper Lady of Rage, Jane Handcock, Charlie Bereal, and Snoop Dogg’s children Kalvin Love and Princess Broadus. Snoop Dogg also performed under his DJ moniker DJ Snoopadelic, playing a selection of tracks including Drop It Like It’s Hot
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The Singapore-headquartered company co-produced “Superstar among friends: Broadus together” alongside Cordell Broadus, Death Row Games and CMC Shine SEA, the overseas arm of one of China’s entertainment groups and a global content partner of TikTok. Hosted by Boss Lady Entertainment, the invitation-only event was presented as part of TikTok LIVE Fest 2026
Held on 15 August at Snoop Dogg’s private creative compound in Los Angeles, the production reflects Gushcloud’s wider ambition to expand its role across the creation, production, distribution and commercialisation of entertainment, rather than focusing primarily on marketing creators and influencers
The move sees the company bringing together creators, live entertainment, digital platforms, technology and audiences as it looks to operate across areas traditionally occupied by entertainment companies, broadcasters, agencies and brands
Alongside the performances, the TikTok LIVE programme extended the event beyond the physical venue through a tour of Snoop Dogg’s 20,000-square-foot compound led by his son Cordell Broadus. Viewers were taken through spaces including its recording studios, games room and basketball court
The Singapore production team included livestream director Sheng Hong Lo, director of Poco Productions; production manager Ross Nasir, co-artistic director of How Drama; and show caller Rosie Putri, production manager of How Drama
Gushcloud’s expansion comes as the lines between influencer marketing, creator-led content and traditional entertainment continue to blur. According to figures cited by the company, the creator economy was valued at US$250 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach US$480 billion by 2027, with around 70% of creator income coming from brand deals
Global influencer marketing spend, meanwhile, reached an estimated US$32.55 billion in 2025, creating opportunities for creator-focused businesses to move beyond brand partnerships and into owning and producing entertainment experiences themselves
“‘Broadus together’ represents something fundamental about where entertainment is heading. At Gushcloud, we’ve had the distinct privilege of working alongside Snoop, Cordell and the Broadus family for multiple years,” said Althea Lim, co-founder and group CEO, Gushcloud International
She added, “When we can bring our Singaporean artists such as Iman Fandi to share the stage with legendary names such as Snoop Dogg, it allows our local artists to dream on a world stage and be discovered through large platforms such as TikTok in a meaningful way.”
In tandem, Cordell Broadus, co-founder of Death Row Games said, “For me, this is all about ownership and bringing our culture to new spaces. ‘Broadus together’ brought the Death Row family and a whole room of artists and creators to the Compound, and teaming up with TikTok, Gushcloud and CMC Shine helped us put that in front of a global audience. That’s the kind of thing I want to keep building.”
Iman described the LA performance as another major milestone in a whirlwind period for her career, coming shortly after her involvement in NDP 2026 and a performance at the Istana, where she met the president. She added that performing at the “Broadus together” TikTok LIVE felt like an opportunity to take her career to a bigger international stage
The production also comes as TikTok continues to deepen its ties with the traditional entertainment industry, extending creator-led content and engagement beyond its own platform. Earlier this month, The Walt Disney Company partnered with TikTok on a global short-form content-sharing initiative that will bring creator-made videos inspired by Disney franchises onto Disney+. The first-of-its-kind agreement will begin as a pilot in the US in the coming months, with plans to expand into additional markets thereafter.
Under the partnership, participating creators who opt into the programme will have their Disney-themed TikTok videos featured both on TikTok and within the “Verts” section on Disney+, giving subscribers another way to discover creator content tied to Disney’s entertainment brands
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Fiverr (FVRR) director sells 4,982 shares in planned trade
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Fiverr International Ltd. (FVRR) director Zohar Nir reported an open-market sale of 4,982 Ordinary Shares on August 17, 2026. The weighted average sale price was $8.80 per share, with individual trades between $8.73 and $9.00. Following this transaction, Nir directly holds 86,950 Ordinary Shares. The sale was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 16, 2026
F1. The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on March 16, 2026.
F2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in transactions at prices ranging from $8.73 to $9.00, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Fiverr, any security holder of Fiverr, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
Shares sold4,982 sharesOrdinary Shares sold on August 17, 2026
Weighted average sale price$8.80 per shareOpen-market or private sale on August 17, 2026
Sale price range$8.73 to $9.00 per sharePrice range for individual trades within the reported sale
Shares owned after transaction86,950 sharesDirect Ordinary Share holdings of Zohar Nir following the sale
10b5-1 plan adoption dateMarch 16, 2026Date Zohar Nir adopted the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan used for this sale
Rule 10b5-1 planregulatory
“The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan”
A Rule 10b5-1 plan is a prearranged, written schedule that lets corporate insiders buy or sell company stock at set times or amounts, even if they later learn material nonpublic information. Think of it like setting an automatic thermostat for trades: it creates a clear record that trades were planned in advance, reducing the risk of insider-trading accusations and helping investors trust that insider transactions are routine rather than based on secret information.
weighted average pricefinancial
“The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.”
Weighted average price is the average price of a security where each trade or component is counted according to its size, so bigger trades pull the average more than smaller ones. Think of it like calculating the average cost of a grocery haul where items you bought more of have greater influence on the final per-item cost. Investors use it to understand the true average price paid or received, judge execution quality, and compare trading performance against market movement.
What insider transaction did FVRR director Zohar Nir report on this Form 4?
Director Zohar Nir reported selling 4,982 Ordinary Shares of Fiverr International Ltd. on August 17, 2026. The transaction was an open-market or private sale reported on a Form 4 insider filing.
What type of security did Zohar Nir sell in Fiverr (FVRR)?
The transaction involved Ordinary Shares of Fiverr International Ltd. No derivative securities were reported in this Form 4, and no option exercises or conversions accompanied the sale.
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FORM 4
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIPFiled pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Instruction 1(b).
X
Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Zohar Nir
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
8 ELIEZER KAPLAN STREET
(Street)
TEL AVIV
6473409
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
ISRAEL
(Country)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading SymbolFiverr International Ltd.
[ FVRR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer(Check all applicable)
X
Director
10% Owner
Officer (give title below)
Other (specify below)
2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)08/17/2026
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X
Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
Table I – Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr.
3)
2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year)
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
Code
V
Amount
(A) or (D)
Price
Ordinary Shares
08/17/2026
S(1)
4,982
D
$8.8(2)
86,950
D
Table II – Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
Code
V
(A)
(D)
Date Exercisable
Expiration Date
Title
Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on March 16, 2026.
2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in transactions at prices ranging from $8.73 to $9.00, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Fiverr, any security holder of Fiverr, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
/s/ Yair Shalmoni, as Attorney-in-Fact, for Nir Zohar
08/19/2026
** Signature of Reporting Person
Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction
4
(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see
Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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The tech industry courses people are taking online can tell a lot about which IT skills are in demand and what paths to careers look like today
Udemy is an online learning platform that collects data quarterly about which courses on its platform are most in demand. We’ve dialed in on the tech and IT skills from their Q1 2024 report. Explore these in-demand IT skills to help choose where your tech career should go next
DP-203: Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate certification.
SAP FICO.
Data structures.
Java algorithms.
HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification.
Selenium Web Driver.
“Certifications are an incredibly strong currency in the tech community,” said Scott Rogers, senior vice president of instructor and content strategy at Udemy, in an email to TechRepublic. “They’re broadly recognized by companies worldwide who increasingly require certification for key technical roles in cloud computing, project management, and security.”
More than 10 million people enrolled in IT certification courses on Udemy in the last year, Rogers reported
SEE: Self-upskilling could make you the right fit to fill in the IT talent gap in Australia. (TechRepublic)
Tech skills that cropped up in the top emergent skills on Udemy and are reflective of the tech industry include:
Git.
Oracle SQL.
C#.
Amazon AWS and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
Python.
“We’ve seen customers leverage Udemy to support certification preparation and help IT professionals significantly improve their chances of passing certification exams,” Rogers said
English as a second language, sustainability and ChatGPT were also popular topics
One of Udemy’s most popular courses is the TOEIC Tests, a standard for English as a second language appropriate for business. Udemy attributes this to multinational businesses using English as their primary language. Udemy learners were interested in Spanish as well, with that language appearing as sixth on the list of top 10 global emergent professional skills
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TOEIC tests.
Bookkeeping.
Marketing strategy.
Supply chain.
Business analytics.
Spanish language.
Information security.
Deep learning.
Generative AI.
Financial analysis.
Environmental, social and governance-related courses were remarkably popular. Overall, Udemy saw a 3,128% year-over-year increase in ESG course consumption. Only one topic grew in popularity more than ESG: ChatGPT. (Interest in ChatGPT-related courses grew by 5,226% in Q1 2023 alone.) ESG-related topics available as courses on Udemy include corporate sustainability, DEI and business cases for corporate ESG.
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Udemy isn’t the only place to find courses on IT skills, and the skills popular on Udemy aren’t the only skills employers are looking for
LinkedIn listed artificial intelligence and machine learning as the most in-demand IT skills in 2024, followed by data science and cybersecurity. Indeed found that generative AI was the highest-paid field in the industry. The Computing Technology Industry Association lists the following as the top five IT skills in demand in 2024:
Artificial intelligence.
Technical support.
Networking.
Cloud computing.
Linux.
Tech is a growing and lucrative field
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were nearly 364,000 open job postings for tech jobs in December 2023. Computer and information technology occupations are predicted to grow faster than most jobs from 2022 to 2032, and the median annual salary in the field was $104,420 in May 2023
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For years, coding benchmarks mostly measured one thing: could a model write a function that passed the unit tests? While that was useful, it doesn’t reflect the reality of software engineering. Modern agentic coding benchmarks evaluate whether AI agents can work inside real repositories, edit existing code, run tests and other commands, debug failures, and maintain code quality as they complete longer and more complex tasks. They provide a much more realistic picture of how capable an AI coding agent really is. In this article, we’ll look at the top 10 open-source agentic coding benchmarks that you can use to evaluate your own model or simply keep track of where the field is headed. So, let’s get started.
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1. SWE-bench
SWE-bench is still the benchmark most people think of first when evaluating agentic coding systems. It gives an AI agent a real GitHub issue and a snapshot of a real repository, then asks it to generate a patch that fixes the problem. To succeed, the agent has to understand the codebase, find the right files, make the required changes, and pass the tests. This benchmark includes 2,294 real software engineering tasks from 12 popular Python repositories. Variants like SWE-bench Lite and SWE-bench Verified have made it even more popular with researchers and model developers. While SWE-bench has become somewhat saturated and may no longer fully capture the challenges of modern coding agents, it remains the standard baseline. Almost every new coding agent is evaluated on SWE-bench, making it the benchmark that everyone tracks.
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2. Terminal-Bench
Terminal-Bench evaluates whether AI agents can operate in real terminal environments, not just produce patches or code snippets. These include compiling code, setting up servers, installing dependencies, running tests, debugging failures, and fixing security issues. This makes Terminal-Bench much closer to how developers actually work. It measures whether an agent can use shell commands, inspect files, read error messages, and iterate until the task is complete. The benchmark includes a task dataset and an execution harness that connects models to a sandboxed terminal, making it practical for reproducible evaluation. It ranks highly because terminal fluency is becoming a core requirement for serious coding agents. Newer editions like Terminal-Bench 2.1 include continuous validation, while Frontier-Bench represents the next evolution as a harder, domain-diverse successor.
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3. SWE-Bench Pro
SWE-Bench Pro is designed to test whether agents can solve more complex, long-horizon software engineering tasks. Like SWE-bench, it gives the agent a codebase and issue and asks for a patch, but the tasks are intended to be harder and more enterprise-like. The benchmark contains 1,865 problems from 41 actively maintained repositories, with a public split, a held-out split, and a commercial split. The tasks are designed to require larger patches, more context, and more realistic engineering work. It is especially useful if you want to know whether an agent can handle messy production-style problems rather than only small, well-scoped GitHub issues. However, a 2026 OpenAI audit has raised concerns about some dataset quality issues (~30%), including broken or overly strict test cases, highlighting the need for careful benchmark validation.
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4. Senior SWE-Bench
Senior SWE-Bench focuses on a gap that most coding-agent benchmarks miss: real senior engineers are not only judged on whether code runs, but also on maintainability, design judgment, and how well their code aligns with the surrounding codebase. The benchmark evaluates agents on senior-level work such as feature implementation, bug investigation, performance work, and codebase-convention alignment. Its initial release contains 100 tasks across 12 open-source repositories, with public and private splits, and every task goes through multiple review layers. This is important because future coding agents will need to produce code that teams actually want to merge, not just patches that pass a narrow verifier.
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5. Agents’ Last Exam
Agents’ Last Exam (ALE) evaluates the broader class of long-horizon agents that coding systems are becoming. ALE measures AI agents on economically valuable professional workflows with verifiable outcomes, covering 55 subdomains across 13 industry clusters. It was recently featured in GPT-5.6 Sol’s release, where it set a new high of 53.6. The public GitHub project and metadata release make it useful for researchers studying whether agents can complete realistic work, not just solve benchmark-shaped tasks. For coding-agent teams, its value is that it pushes evaluation toward full professional workflows, where software work is often mixed with data handling, terminal use, research, file manipulation, and verification.
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6. DeepSWE
DeepSWE is a newer benchmark for frontier coding agents built around original long-horizon engineering tasks from active open-source repositories. It includes 113 tasks across TypeScript, Go, Python, JavaScript, and Rust, with isolated environments and program-based verifiers. Its major advantage is that the tasks are written from scratch rather than simply mined from public merged fixes, reducing the chance that models are reconstructing memorized solutions. It also grades observable behavior rather than requiring one exact reference patch. This makes DeepSWE one of the most promising benchmarks for measuring genuine software engineering ability rather than benchmark recall.
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7. SlopCodeBench
SlopCodeBench measures what happens when coding agents repeatedly extend their own previous solutions as requirements evolve. That is important because many real agentic workflows are iterative: an agent writes code, then modifies it, then extends it again. Single-shot benchmarks often miss the quality degradation that can happen over multiple rounds. SlopCodeBench is designed to expose path dependence, non-convergence, and structural instability under iterative specification refinement. The benchmark is language-agnostic and includes 20 problems with 93 checkpoints, tracking not only correctness but also verbosity and structural erosion. This is valuable because agentic coding is increasingly used in iterative development, where early architectural decisions compound over time.
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8. Multi-SWE-bench
Multi-SWE-bench extends the SWE-bench idea beyond Python. It focuses on multilingual issue resolution across Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Rust, C, and C++, with 1,632 high-quality instances annotated from a larger candidate pool. This matters because real coding agents cannot be evaluated only on Python repositories. A useful agent needs to understand package managers, build systems, language idioms, test frameworks, and repository layouts across many ecosystems. Multi-SWE-bench also releases data, code, and container environments, making it useful for open research and reproducible evaluation.
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9. ProgramBench
ProgramBench asks whether agents can rebuild complete programs from scratch. Given only a compiled binary and documentation, the agent must architect and implement a codebase that reproduces the program’s behavior. That is a very different skill from fixing a GitHub issue or editing one file. It tests architecture, abstraction, implementation planning, and behavioral matching. The benchmark is especially useful because it evaluates whole-program development rather than narrow patch generation. The benchmark includes 200 tasks and uses agent-driven fuzzing to generate more than 248,000 behavioral tests. It is relatively new but provides a valuable measure of an agent’s ability to build coherent software systems end to end.
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10. Aider Polyglot
Aider Polyglot evaluates how well models can follow instructions and edit code across C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Rust. It uses 225 challenging Exercism coding exercises and tests not only first-attempt coding but also the ability to respond to failing unit tests and repair the solution. It is smaller and more coding-exercise-like than repository-level benchmarks, but it is useful because it is easy to run, language-diverse, and practical for comparing code-editing ability across models.
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Wrapping Up
AI coding agents are improving quickly, but measuring their progress is becoming just as important as building the agents themselves. No single benchmark tells the complete story. SWE-bench tests issue resolution, Terminal-Bench evaluates real-world tool usage, ProgramBench explores full program generation, and newer benchmarks focus on areas like long-horizon planning, maintainability, and iterative development. As AI agents become more capable, benchmarks will need to continue evolving alongside them.
Kanwal Mehreen is a machine learning engineer and a technical writer with a profound passion for data science and the intersection of AI with medicine. She co-authored the ebook “Maximizing Productivity with ChatGPT”. As a Google Generation Scholar 2022 for APAC, she champions diversity and academic excellence. She’s also recognized as a Teradata Diversity in Tech Scholar, Mitacs Globalink Research Scholar, and Harvard WeCode Scholar. Kanwal is an ardent advocate for change, having founded FEMCodes to empower women in STEM fields.
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Meta Appoints Cred’s Founder Kunal Shah As Head Of WhatsApp
BW Online BureauJun 22, 2026
Cathcart, who has led WhatsApp for seven years, will shift to a product development role within Meta, while Shah assumes leadership of the messaging app.
Meta has announced a leadership transition at WhatsApp, with longtime chief Will Cathcart stepping down after seven years at the helm of the messaging platform. He will be succeeded by Kunal Shah, Founder of Indian fintech company CRED
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Cathcart would take on a new role within the company focused on building products from the ground up
“Will’s been one of Meta’s most important and effective leaders, helping to bring WhatsApp to over 3 billion people and championing privacy for our community,” Zuckerberg said
He added that Cathcart had played a key role in WhatsApp’s growth and evolution over the past seven years and thanked him for his contributions to the platform
Cathcart will remain at Meta and work on developing new products. Zuckerberg said he was looking forward to continuing to work closely with him in his new role
Meta has named Kunal Shah as WhatsApp’s next leader. Explaining the appointment, Zuckerberg said Shah’s experience building technology products and scaling businesses made him a strong fit for the role
“Kunal built CRED into one of India’s most important technology companies, and he brings the kind of builder mentality and global perspective that will serve him well in running the world’s biggest messaging app,” Zuckerberg said
WhatsApp is currently used by more than three billion people globally and has become a key platform for both personal communication and business messaging. Under Shah’s leadership, Meta is expected to continue expanding WhatsApp’s role as a communication and commerce platform for consumers and businesses worldwide
“I look forward to working with Kunal to continue to make WhatsApp the best service for billions of people and millions of businesses,” Zuckerberg added
The appointment marks one of the most significant leadership changes at WhatsApp since Cathcart took over the business in 2019, following the departure of the app’s co-founders
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WhatsApp marketing in 2026 isn’t just about sending broadcasts. The best-performing teams treat WhatsApp as a full-funnel channel. They use it to bring in leads from Click-to-WhatsApp ads, qualify prospects, drive conversions, and retain customers, while keeping operations clean enough to scale across marketing, sales, and support
This guide compares 10 WhatsApp marketing software options based on what actually matters: campaign performance tracking, automation depth, WhatsApp-native experiences, commerce readiness, and team governance
What to look for in a WhatsApp marketing tool for 2026
● Campaign performance you can act on: replies, button clicks, exports, not just delivery counts
● Automation depth: routing, follow-ups, segmentation, and lifecycle triggers (not just “auto-reply”)
● WhatsApp Flows support: interactive forms for lead qualification, registrations, and surveys
● Commerce readiness (if you sell): cart building, payment links, order status, refunds
● Team workflow + governance: shared inbox, assignments, roles/permissions, QA, so WhatsApp scales beyond a single phone
1. SleekFlow
SleekFlow is an AI omnichannel conversation suite built for teams that want WhatsApp marketing to connect directly to automation, conversion workflows, and post-sale operations in one workspace. It combines journey automation, in-chat payment flows, and exportable campaign reporting, so teams can track WhatsApp performance beyond basic delivery metrics
Key features
● No-code Flow Builder automation: Build multi-step workflows with conditions, branching, and flow variables, plus webhook/API integrations, so lead qualification, routing, and follow-ups run automatically
● Broadcast analytics + CSV export: Track open/read rates, reply rates, and button click-through rates, then export analytics to CSV for ROI analysis
Best for
● Teams that want WhatsApp to run as a full customer journey, not a standalone campaign tool
● Businesses that need automation, conversion workflows, and reporting in one workspace across marketing, sales, and support
Limitations
● If you mainly want a lightweight API layer and plan to build your own campaign UI and analytics, a CPaaS approach may be a better fit
2. Respond
Respond is a customer conversation platform that combines a shared inbox with automation across channels. Its WhatsApp offering includes Coexistence and WhatsApp Business Calling
Key features
● WhatsApp Coexistence: Use WhatsApp API while still keeping the WhatsApp Business App on the same number during transition
● WhatsApp Business Calling (with QA controls): Make/receive calls, track call metrics, control agent permissions, and use call recording + transfer and AI call summaries
● Automated routing in a multi-agent inbox: Route chats/calls by rules, workload, or contact attributes (e.g., language, topic, queue depth)
Best for
● Lifecycle-focused teams that need lead routing + collaboration + calls in one workspace
Limitations
● Commerce workflows often rely on payment links and external integrations, so confirm what is available natively inside respond.io versus what you will connect through Zapier, Make, or webhooks
3. Wati
Wati is a WhatsApp-first platform that bundles campaigns, automation, and a shared team inbox. It emphasizes Click-to-WhatsApp ads and WhatsApp Flows for acquisition and conversion journeys
Key features
● Click-to-WhatsApp Ads optimization loop: Captures verified leads from Meta and Google and sends conversion signals back to improve targeting/ROAS
● WhatsApp Flows + catalog experiences: Use Flows for surveys/registrations and a WhatsApp Catalog so customers can browse and buy inside WhatsApp
● Marketing reporting across the funnel: Tracks Click-to-WhatsApp ad performance, broadcast results, inbox metrics, sales pipeline performance, and AI agent performance (per Wati help documentation)
Best for
● SMB/mid-market teams running ads → WhatsApp conversations → conversion with a WhatsApp-centric tool
Limitations
● Validate how your plan handles scale and billing (some tools combine platform fees with WhatsApp-related usage costs)
4. AiSensy
AiSensy is a WhatsApp marketing software focused on broadcasts, segmentation, and Click-to-WhatsApp ad journeys. It packages core campaign and automation workflows into a WhatsApp-first workspace
Key features
● Smart audience segmentation (filter-based): Targets audiences using filters without repeatedly uploading Excel files
● Ads that click to WhatsApp: Built to run Click-to-WhatsApp ad journeys and drive lead acquisition directly into chat
● WhatsApp-first teams that want a packaged stack for CTWA ads + segmentation + broadcasts
Limitations
● Some claims (e.g., “unlimited campaigns/users”) should be interpreted alongside WhatsApp’s own messaging limits and quality rules, plan warm-up and opt-in carefully
5. Zoko
Zoko is a Shopify-first WhatsApp commerce platform centered on campaigns, cart recovery, and retention. It uses Shopify customer and order data to power segmentation and automation
Key features
● Shopify catalog shopping inside WhatsApp: Customers browse Shopify catalog and buy inside WhatsApp (no redirect), per Shopify App Store listing
● Campaigns using Shopify segments: Target WhatsApp campaigns based on purchases, tags, and activity
● Automated cart recovery + retention flows: Recover carts, send post-purchase updates, upsell, and retention automations tied to Shopify behavior
Best for
● Shopify D2C brands focused on WhatsApp-driven cart recovery, repeat purchases, and retention powered by Shopify customer and order data
Limitations
● If you need a broader omnichannel suite beyond Shopify-centric workflows (e.g., multiple non-Shopify business units and channels), validate long-term fit
6. ManyChat
ManyChat is known for DM automation and flow-based chat journeys across social channels. It connects WhatsApp leads
Key features
● WhatsApp automation Cloud API and supports an optional coexistence setup
● Flow-based automation + Live Chat handling: Conversations are managed inside ManyChat’s Live Chat interface after connecting WhatsApp
● Cross-channel lead capture strategy: While direct cross-channel message linking is limited, ManyChat highlights collecting emails/phone numbers to re-engage
Best for
● Teams that prioritize DM automation and want WhatsApp included alongside Instagram/Messenger-style flows
Limitations
● ManyChat’s WhatsApp product page references conversation-window billing concepts; confirm how this aligns with current WhatsApp pricing and your expected costs in your market before committing
7. Brevo
Brevo is a broader marketing platform that includes WhatsApp campaigns alongside email and SMS. WhatsApp replies can be managed through its Conversations product
Key features
● Dedicated WhatsApp campaign builder: Brevo’s help docs show WhatsApp campaigns under Marketing → Campaigns → WhatsApp, with a guided campaign creation flow
● Multimedia campaign formatting: Brevo highlights building multimedia campaigns with CTAs, emojis, and richer formatting
● Reply management inside Brevo: Brevo positions handling campaign replies directly in its platform while WhatsApp remains the delivery channel
Best for
● Teams that want WhatsApp campaigns inside a broader marketing suite (alongside email/SMS/CRM-style workflows)
Limitations
● If you need deep WhatsApp-native ops (complex routing, in-chat checkout, multi-team workflows), you may need additional tooling
8. ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation and CRM platform that supports WhatsApp messaging inside automated journeys. It uses CRM data for personalization and contact updates based on responses
Key features
● Native WhatsApp flow builder: Create interactive flows with menu steps, buttons, and logic branches to guide customers and capture data
● Collaborative inbox on a business number: Designed to let teams manage conversations from a single WhatsApp number with shared history and collaboration
● Dynamic personalization + CRM updates: Use contact variables to personalize messages and update CRM fields automatically based on user answers
Best for
● Teams running lifecycle automation in ActiveCampaign that want to add WhatsApp as another channel for CRM-powered personalization and automated follow-ups
Limitations
● You’ll want to validate WhatsApp availability, setup requirements, and regional coverage based on your market and plan tier
9. Interakt
Interakt is a WhatsApp-focused platform built around broadcast marketing and automation for sales and support. It also highlights commerce workflows such as cart recovery and order updates for Shopify users
Key features
● Broadcast marketing and campaign flows, with automation and performance tracking as key value points
● Interactive message types + automation: Highlights CTA buttons/quick replies and automation for drip or time-based messaging in its marketing broadcast content
● Shopify-linked commerce automations: Shopify listing highlights abandoned cart reminders with checkout links and automated order status messages (placement/shipment/cancellation)
Best for
● WhatsApp-first markets and teams that want broadcast + automation with commerce-friendly workflows
Limitations
● Some performance claims (open rates, etc.) in marketing content should be treated as directional; confirm with a pilot using your opt-in list and message categories
10. Twilio
Twilio is an API-first communications platform for building custom WhatsApp messaging and marketing experiences. It provides building blocks like templates, rich message types, and WhatsApp Flows
Key features
● WhatsApp Flows support in Twilio Content: Twilio documents using whatsapp/flows (a Twilio content template type) to send WhatsApp Flows
● Engineering-led teams building a custom WhatsApp marketing system (deep integrations, bespoke routing, proprietary analytics)
Limitations
● Twilio provides building blocks and your team typically needs to build or buy the marketer-friendly layers (segmentation UI, campaign approvals, attribution dashboards)
How to choose the most suitable WhatsApp marketing tool for your business in 2026
The right tool depends less on pricing and more on how much of the journey you want to run inside WhatsApp, and how your teams work across marketing, sales, and support
Commerce-led brands usually prioritize conversion workflows. Zoko and Interakt focus on Shopify-driven journeys like cart recovery and order updates, while Wati and AiSensy lean into Click-to-WhatsApp acquisition and packaged campaigns. SleekFlow covers more of the workflow end to end, including journey automation and conversion steps inside chat
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