Hopper

Airfare-prediction apps like Hopper, Kayak, and Google Flights struggle with this summer's unpredictable pricing due to exogenous shocks such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and rising jet-fuel costs. These apps rely on historical data for predictions, but chaotic market conditions have reduced their accuracy, leaving travelers with less reliable guidance on when to book flights.

Hypercubic is launching Hopper, an agentic development environment for mainframes, to bring AI tools to the mainframe and COBOL world. Mainframes still run critical infrastructure in banking, payments, insurance, and more. Hopper combines a real TN3270 terminal, mainframe-aware panels, and an AI agent to operate inside the mainframe environment.