Exclusive: Instinct Hires Coatue’s Schwerin as Chief Business Officer
Instinct said Monday it had raised $1 billion at a $10-billion valuation.
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Nvidia Authorizes $150 Billion Stock Buyback Increase, Largest In History
The move indicates that Nvidia believes it can both invest heavily in its ecosystem and return cash to shareholders.
Nvidia Releases Products To Stop AI From Going Rogue
CEO Jensen Huang said AI’s “full promise” can only be realized when people are confident AI is running safely.
Exclusive: LiveRamp Expands OpenAI Partnership to Let Brands Target ChatGPT Ads
LiveRamp was among the first outside ad tech companies to work with OpenAI after ChatGPT began testing ads in February.
Meta Taps MongoDB CEO to Lead New Enterprise AI Division
Chirantan Desai will run Meta Enterprise Platform as social media company looks to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX Launches Starship Into Orbit For The First Time
It was the 14th test flight of the Starship and the company released 26 of its new satellites during the test.
Anthropic’s Amodei to Dine With Trump at White House
The Anthropic CEO missed a White House dinner earlier in the week attended by other tech CEOs.
OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Education Depart. Website Amid Dozens of Misdeeds
The incident came as OpenAI disclosed that it had notified “dozens” of entities of model misbehavior on their websites.
Exclusive: Meta Bolsters Muse Safety Warning After Security Vulnerability Found
Meta said it’s adding an extra layer of protection after a bug bounty researcher discovered a security vulnerability.
Federal Court Sides With Pentagon in Anthropic Dispute
The decision splits with an August ruling from a separate federal court.
Exclusive: Figma Exec Joins AI Inference Startup Baseten
Former Figma CMO Sheila Vashee spent three years at the design software firm.
Microsoft Launches Revamped Copilot ‘Super App’ with Muse Competitor
CEO Satya Nadella said the redesign aims to make “Copilot as a new OS for work.”
Chinese Leader Xi Calls for U.S.-China Cooperation to Prevent AI Abuse
AI safety was a major topic for Thursday’s summit meeting in Washington between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Databricks Acquires Microsoft Excel Competitor Row Zero
Databricks in recent years has been trying to attract more non-technical users to its products, and it sees spreadsheet software as a way to achieve that.
Amazon Gives Merchants Tools to Manage Walmart, Shopify Inventory
Amazon says 95% of the independent sellers on its marketplace sell across multiple channels.
Former OpenAI Data Center Chief Is Now At Nvidia
Chris Malone was a key executive overseeing OpenAI’s massive data center buildout.
New York Sues Polymarket Over Alleged Illegal Gambling
The lawsuit the state’s fight against prediction markets after earlier suing rival startup Kalshi and others.
Oracle Invokes Force Majeure in Aim to Protect Itself From Data Center Cost Overruns
The cloud giant invoked a provision generally reserved for extraordinary or unusual circumstances in its bid for relief on the Project Jupiter data center site in New Mexico.
DeepSeek Aims to Close $7.5 Billion Funding Round by End-October
The company’s annualized revenue has more than doubled to $1 billion, CEO Liang told investors.
Meta Announces New Retail Partnerships for Agent Muse
The company added integrations with retailers including Walmart, Best Buy, and Sephora.
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