Anthropic is in talks with Samsung to manufacture a custom AI chip, aiming to address chip shortages and reduce reliance on Nvidia. The company has not yet determined the chip's specifications or use …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed donating 5% of the company's equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund to secure good relations with the administration and address political blowback, according to the Fin…
Microsoft launched a new operating business called Microsoft Frontier Company on Thursday, backed by a $2.5 billion investment and 6,000 experts, to deliver enterprise AI deployments. The venture, whi…
Content creator Ben Guez uses the open-source AI agent OpenClaw to automate Instagram trial reels that attract potential romantic partners, generating over one million views and 200 DMs in days. Other…
Indian entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia is investing $30 million of his own money to launch Neo, an enterprise work platform designed from scratch for the AI era. Neo combines project management, document…
SpaceX has shown investors a prototype of a sleek, iPhone-like AI device, according to The Wall Street Journal, though Elon Musk denied the report. The device would run on a proprietary OS and integra…
Cloudflare announced a new policy that will block mixed-use web crawlers from ad-supported pages by default starting September 15, 2026, forcing AI companies to separate search crawlers from those use…
Venice AI, a privacy-focused AI platform offering access to over 200 models, raised a $65 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, led by Dragonfly with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Nor…
Google launched Gemini Spark, its AI agent assistant, on Mac via the Gemini desktop app, adding integrations with Google Tasks, Keep, and third-party apps like Canva and Dropbox. The macOS release pos…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 announced the Builders Stage agenda, featuring sessions on scaling startups, fundraising, hiring, and AI strategy. Speakers include Gamma CEO Grant Lee, Precedent.vc founder Le…
Meta is developing a cloud infrastructure business to sell excess AI compute capacity and models, competing with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The move follows SpaceX's similar deal with Ant…
Vinton Cerf, known as a 'father of the internet' for co-developing TCP/IP, is retiring from his role as Google's chief internet evangelist after more than 20 years. The 83-year-old made the announceme…
The US government lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable AI models, restoring public access after weeks of talks. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced Anthropic agreed to pr…
OpenClaw, the free open-source AI agent, launched mobile apps on iOS and Android on Tuesday, allowing users to run agents from their phones via the OpenClaw Gateway. The app follows OpenClaw's viral s…
Three former DeepMind researchers who created a poker AI have applied reinforcement learning to stock trading through their startup EquiLibre Technologies, now valued at $500 million after a Series A …
Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite, a faster and cheaper AI image generator, on Tuesday. The model produces images in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1,000 images, targeting high-volume workflows. The launch …
AI chip startup Etched announced it has booked $1 billion in contract orders and raised $800 million to date, including a $500 million round at a $5 billion valuation, as it emerges from stealth with …
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper and more agentic midsize model that can plan, use tools, and run autonomously. Priced at $2 per million input tokens through August, it offers performance…
Singapore-based startup Acti launched an agentic keyboard for iOS and Android that embeds AI agents directly into the keyboard, enabling actions like sharing live stock prices or local recommendations…
Anthropic launched Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists that integrates over 60 databases and pre-built toolkits, aiming to streamline computational research without introducing a new model.…