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California Governor Gavin Newsom secured a 50% discount on Anthropic's AI services for state agencies through a new deal, allowing access to the Claude AI assistant via the SITeS portal. The agreement aims to boost gover…
OCBC plans to raise annual technology spending to more than $771mn, as new CEO Tan Teck Long doubles down on AI and digital banking. The increase, one of Tan's first strategic signals since taking over in January 2026, a…
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said the future of AI depends on maximizing economic value per unit of energy, not building larger data centers. The company reported 45 million monthly active users and a $21.21 billion v…
Nvidia, now the world's most valuable company at $4.8 trillion, requires employees to pay for subsidized cafeteria meals and some drinks, contrasting with free-perk policies at rivals like Google. CEO Jensen Huang's frug…
A startup co-founder reveals their team spent $10,000 per week on AI coding agents from Anthropic, Cursor, and OpenAI, prompting a cost-cutting shift to balance velocity with spending as the industry moves from maximizin…
Abu Dhabi's MGX has closed a roughly $50 billion fund to invest in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, and core AI technologies, with commitments from sovereign wealth funds and global investors. The fund, launched in Mar…
Cursor launched a native iOS app on June 29, allowing developers to supervise AI coding agents from their phone. The app functions as a control panel for agents, not a mobile code editor, enabling users to start agents, …
Arena, an AI evaluation platform born at UC Berkeley, reached a $100M annual revenue run rate eight months after launching its product, as demand surges for benchmarks that measure real-world AI utility. The company now …
SK hynix briefly overtook Samsung Electronics as the most valuable company on Korea's KOSPI index on June 22, ending Samsung's 26-year reign, driven by SK hynix's gains from the AI memory chip boom. The two companies hav…
BMW Group announced that Figure AI's humanoid robot, Figure 02, supported production of over 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over ten months at Plant Spartanburg, marking a key operational milestone for humanoid robotics. The dep…
Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, is reportedly facing challenges as its developer tools and models encounter limitations, signaling a potential slowdown in its competitive edge against rivals like OpenAI and Google.
Vantage Data Centers filed permits for a $25 billion AI data center campus near Abilene, Texas, in collaboration with OpenAI and Oracle. The Frontier campus will span 1,200 acres with 10 data centers, creating over 5,000…
A 13-year-old developer released 'The Sword of Ghix', a retro game created with AI-assisted tools, where players help Bob collect sword pieces to save the multiverse from King Krad.
ITG Inc., an Oaktree-backed infrastructure builder, raised $312.2 million in its Nasdaq IPO but priced shares at $16, below the $19-$22 range, as investors discounted the company despite the AI infrastructure boom. The f…
Steve Rigby argues that incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has a chance to restore business confidence by focusing on AI, devolution, and regional development, drawing on his successful record as Mayor of Greater Ma…
South Korea's June 2026 exports surged 70.9% year-over-year to $102.25 billion, the fastest growth since October 1978, driven by a 199.5% jump in semiconductor exports to $44.8 billion as global AI chip demand from Samsu…
Wayve CEO Alex Kendall launched an $85 million employee tender offer at an $8.5 billion valuation, allowing staff to sell shares to existing and new investors. The move aims to retain talent amid rapid headcount growth a…
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix pledged 3,200 trillion won ($2.07 trillion) in investments to expand South Korea's memory chip production capacity, betting on sustained AI demand. The plan aims to double memory chip out…
Wayve, a London-based autonomous driving and AI company, initiated an $85 million employee tender offer at an $8.5 billion valuation, following its $1.5 billion Series D round with investors including Nvidia and Microsof…
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30, 2026, offering near-Opus performance at significantly lower cost, scoring 63.2% on SWE-bench Pro and 1,618 on GDPval-AA v2. Priced at $2 per million input tokens through Aug…