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Cerebras Systems reported $193.4 million in first-quarter revenue, beating analyst expectations of $181.2 million, but shares fell over 9% in after-hours trading as investors focused on projected negative core operating …
Sakana AI's Fugu multi-model orchestration system costs 5x more and runs 4.5x slower than Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 while delivering similar results, raising questions about the practical value of multi-agent approache…
Qualcomm announced an agreement to acquire Modular Inc, an AI-native software platform company, to strengthen its software foundation for generative and agentic AI across data center and edge environments. The acquisitio…
A founder who spoke with over 100 CFOs at European companies found that demand for AI in finance focuses on narrow workflow automation—tax-code posting, invoice routing, and deduplication—rather than autonomous agents or…
AI-native ERP startups raised over $350 million in 2025, with Campfire, Rillet, and DualEntry each securing nine-figure rounds, but European mid-market CFOs say they will not switch their ERP, preferring to buy an AI lay…
Accounting software buyers fall into three distinct profiles with incompatible economics: independent small firms where automation threatens billing models, large advisory firms that build in-house, and PE-backed rollups…
Estonian accounting firms report that small and medium-sized businesses with annual revenue below €1M are unwilling to pay for AI financial tools, while those above that threshold see value. The finding highlights a mark…
Sail, an infrastructure startup for long-horizon AI agents, announced an $80M seed and Series A funding round led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins. The company builds inference servers and sandboxes optimized for extended …
Indian customer engagement firm MoEngage acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal worth tens of millions of dollars, betting that AI agents personalizing marketing for individual customers will beco…
AI stocks slumped this week as investors questioned whether massive spending by tech giants like Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft on AI data centers will yield sufficient profits. Chipmakers including Nvidia, Micron…
Immutifi, Inc. launched MarketDebates.com, a platform that replaces single AI market summaries with structured debates between multiple AI agents representing bullish, bearish, risk-focused, technical, news-driven, and m…
Superhuman, the company behind the AI writing assistant Grammarly, has acquired GPTZero, an AI authenticity service that detects hallucinations, plagiarism, and AI-generated content. The acquisition aims to integrate GPT…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's new AI glasses must balance fashion with function to gain consumer adoption. Meta unveiled a $299 smart glasses line developed with EssilorLuxottica, as rivals Google and Snap …
Humans&, a human-centric AI lab founded in September 2025, raised $480 million in seed funding at a $4.48 billion valuation in January 2026. The company, led by former xAI and Anthropic researchers, develops multi-agent …
Superhuman agreed to acquire GPTZero, the AI detection startup founded by Edward Tian, on June 23, 2026. GPTZero has grown from a Princeton senior thesis into a company with 19 million users and $30 million in annual rec…
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong have stopped using Anthropic's AI models due to US export restrictions, which block non-Americans from accessing the company's latest models. The move threatens Hong Kong's c…
AI chip startup Cerebras Systems beat its first-quarter sales target and issued higher guidance, signaling strong demand for its specialized processors used in training large language models.
Anthropic launched Claude Tag, a system that integrates its AI model into Slack as a team member, allowing users to delegate tasks and collaborate with the AI in channels. The tool builds context over time and works asyn…
US stocks fell sharply as a sell-off in technology giants sparked concerns that the artificial intelligence rally driving the bull market may be overblown. The S&P 500 dropped 1.4%, the Nasdaq composite fell 2.2%, and gl…
Meta is developing a prediction markets app called Arena, challenging Polymarket and Kalshi. The app will initially use a point system instead of real money, though real-money betting may be added later. The move comes a…