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Anthropic could raise $50B: investors value company at $900 billion
Claude's creator has received multiple preliminary offers valuing the company between $850-$900 billion — potentially the largest round in AI industry history.
AI Leaders Boost Headcount by 10%, Junior Hiring Up 12%
A new report shows that companies actively using AI have increased headcount by 10.2%, while junior-level hiring grew by 12%, refuting claims that AI destroys jobs.
OKX Builds Marketplace Where AI Agents Hire and Pay Each Other
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX is creating a platform combining payments, identification, and reputation—enabling autonomous AI agents to hire and pay each other for services.
Proton updates private AI chatbot Lumo to version 2.0 with new capabilities
On June 30, 2026, Proton released Lumo 2.0 — an updated private AI chatbot with expanded capabilities for users who prioritize data confidentiality.
Mistral AI: the leading European challenger to OpenAI with open models
Mistral AI is a French company founded in 2023 that develops open language models and challenges OpenAI with the goal of making cutting-edge AI accessible to everyone.
Midjourney Demands Hollywood Studios Disclose AI Usage Details in Court
As part of an ongoing legal dispute, Midjourney is seeking disclosure of data on how three Hollywood studios themselves use AI in their work.
Amazon created a $1 billion FDE unit to deploy AI agents in companies
Amazon launched the FDE unit with a $1 billion budget — the team's engineers embed with client companies to deploy AI agents, mirroring the strategy of OpenAI and Anthropic.
Company X launched an MCP server for directly connecting AI applications to the API
X has made a hosted MCP server available to developers — a standard interface for integrating AI agents, chatbots, and analytics tools with the platform's API.
Anthropic launched Claude Science — a unified environment for scientists instead of a scattered set of tools
Anthropic released Claude Science — a workbench for computational research that brings databases, pipelines, and tools together in one environment without constant switching between services.
Startup Acti built AI agents into the smartphone keyboard for iOS and Android
Startup Acti introduced an AI keyboard for iOS and Android that works across all apps and lets users create custom AI shortcuts using plain text.
Indian entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia invested $30 million in an AI alternative to Microsoft Office
The Indian serial entrepreneur launched Neo — a startup building an AI-native alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace with his own $30 million.
Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion in commitments
Microsoft has created a separate entity for enterprise AI implementation with $2.5 billion in funding, mirroring the strategy of Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Sam Altman proposed giving a 5% stake in OpenAI to a US sovereign wealth fund
The OpenAI chief proposed transferring a 5% stake in the company to a US sovereign wealth fund, reviving debate over how ordinary Americans could get a share of the profits from the AI boom.
Zuckerberg admits to Meta employees: AI agents are developing more slowly than expected
At an internal meeting with Meta staff, Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the development of AI agents is moving significantly more slowly than he had expected, despite the company's massive investments. *Meta is recogn
Meta launched Pocket — an app for creating mini-games via text prompts
Meta quietly released the experimental Pocket: users create interactive mini-games via text prompts and share them — without a single line of code. *Meta is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia.
Nvidia AI-chip rival Etched reaches $5B valuation and $1B in contracts
Etched, a startup developing AI inference chips in competition with Nvidia, has reached a $5 billion valuation and has already signed $1 billion in contracts for delivering inference systems based on its chip.
Google Updates Nano Banana 2 Lite — Faster and Cheaper Image Generator
Google introduces Nano Banana 2 Lite, an updated image generator with improved speed and lower pricing, aimed at AI content creators.
Free Open-Source AI Agent OpenClaw Finally Launches on Android and iOS
OpenClaw, a free agent software with open-source code, has become available on Android and iOS, breaking out of desktop and server environments for the first time.
Venice AI becomes a unicorn: $65M Series A and $70M in annual revenue while profitable
Venice AI closed a $65 million Series A round and became a unicorn with a valuation above $1 billion — notably, the company is already profitable, with annual revenue exceeding $70 million.
Cloudflare Orders AI Companies to Separate Crawlers by September 15 or Be Blocked
Cloudflare has given AI companies until September 15, 2026 to separate crawlers for search and model training, or publisher websites will block them by default.
SpaceX showed investors an AI gadget prototype in a smartphone form factor
SpaceX demonstrated a prototype of an AI device resembling a phone to potential investors — a possible signal that Musk's company plans to enter the wireless gadget market.
Alphabet to raise $80 billion to expand AI infrastructure
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to expand AI infrastructure — the company has officially acknowledged that demand for its AI solutions exceeds its current capacity.
Claude Haiku, Gemini Flash, and GPT-4o mini are changing the economics of AI — flagship models no longer have a monopoly
If cheaper models can handle the same tasks as flagship models, the economics of AI changes fundamentally. Businesses are starting to see this and run the numbers.
Decart Launches Oasis 3: Photorealistic Driving Simulator Generating Hours of Content via API
Decart has opened API access to Oasis 3 — a generative world model that synthesizes hours of photorealistic road scenes for training and testing autonomous vehicles.
Cursor releases a mobile app to manage an AI agent on the go
Cursor has launched a mobile app — developers can now monitor a coding AI agent, approve changes, and steer it directly from a smartphone without returning to a PC.
Google opens personalized image generation in Gemini to free users
Google has expanded personalized image generation in Gemini to free users in the US: the chatbot now takes data from Google Photos, Gmail, and other apps into account.
Proception Settles Tesla Trade Secret Lawsuit and Raises $11 Million
Startup Proception, which produces technologies for robotic arms, settled Tesla's trade secret lawsuit and announced raising $11 million in funding.
Ford brings back "greybeard" engineers: AI failed to replace seasoned experts
Ford admitted that relying exclusively on AI in manufacturing was a mistake and is bringing back veteran employees it had laid off in favor of automation.
OpenAI limited the release of GPT-5.6 at the request of the authorities and called it an undesirable precedent
OpenAI scaled back the full release of GPT-5.6 at the government's request, but warned that systematic state control over the release of AI models is unacceptable.
Trump administration authorized 100+ US companies and agencies to use Anthropic Mythos 5
The Trump administration has officially authorized more than 100 US companies and government agencies to use the Anthropic Mythos 5 AI system, including foreign employees of those organizations.