Anthropic’s Trust Names Former Fed Chair Bernanke as New Member
Bernanke's naming fills a key opening on the trust, which still has one of five seats vacant.
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Meta Courts Developers With New Muse Spark 1.1 Model
Company launches new Meta Model API for developers after pivoting away from open source AI.
Anthropic Responds to China’s ‘Backdoor’ Warning
While Beijing warned about a security backdoor in Claude Code, Anthropic noted that its usage policy doesn’t permit access to Claude in China.
Exclusive: Grubhub Owner Offers Investors Sweeteners in $9 Billion-Valuation Raise
Founder and CEO Marc Lore has indicated he’ll write a $200 million check into the round, according to a person briefed on the fundraise.
SpaceXAI and Cursor Launch Grok 4.5, Tout Lower Costs Than Rivals
Grok 4.5 is the first joint AI model that SpaceXAI and Cursor have developed through their partnership.
Blue Origin to Raise $10 Billion at $130 Billion Valuation
The round, the first outside funding in its history, will be led by Coatue.
Exclusive: China’s MiniMax Plans to Launch 2.7-Trillion Parameter Model
The new model could help accelerate the expansion of Chinese open-source AI models around the world.
OpenAI To Publicly Launch GPT-5.6 Family of Models on Thursday
The announcement comes after the Trump Administration initially asked OpenAI to release the new models in a limited fashion over cybersecurity concerns.
Nvidia and D-Matrix Announce Joint AI Chip System
Nvidia is embracing the idea that multiple types of chips can power the same AI tasks.
Former AWS Government Sales Chief Joins Anthropic
Anthropic hires an AWS sales leader who played a key role in landing one of the most important agreements in cloud computing's history.
Exclusive: SpaceXAI Plans to Launch New Model with Cursor as Soon as Wednesday
Elon Musk said last month that SpaceX and Tesla staff were testing the jointly developed model.
SpaceX stock slides Nearly 7% as it joins Nasdaq 100
The decline comes even as index-tracking funds are expected to increase demand for shares of the rocket ship company.
Amazon Looks to Raise $25 Billion in US Bonds
The company has already raised around $79 billion in debt in the past year
Beijing Considers Restricting Overseas Access to Top Chinese AI Models
The discussions come amid an intense AI rivalry between the U.S. and China.
TeraWulf Shares Soar on $19 Billion Anthropic Data Center Deal
The deal furthers the company's move away from bitcoin mining.
SpaceX President Shotwell to Donate SpaceX Stock to Trump Accounts
As of SpaceX’s IPO last month, Gwynne Shotwell owned about 12.8 million shares of the rocket ship company, filings show.
Exclusive: Mercor Hit Over $2 Billion in Gross Annualized Revenue
The growth comes from increased demand from AI app developers and Fortune 500 customers looking to build their own or fine-tune existing AI models.
Microsoft to Cut 4,800 Jobs in Sales, Xbox; Sell Several Xbox Game Studios
Microsoft told staff that the cuts were due to shifting its business to focus more on AI products, but that “the roles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI.”
Broadcom and Apple Extend Tech Collaboration Through 2031
The new deal involves the development and supply of custom chips for various Apple products.
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