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Anthropic

Anthropic $183B Series F

ICONIQ‑led $13B raise; run‑rate $1B→$5B Jan–Aug 2025

34 sources

Claude Sonnet 4 Outperforms GPT in Office

Microsoft 365 Copilot adds Anthropic’s Claude, excelling in Excel and PowerPoint.

4 sources

Anthropic CEO: AI Adoption Barriers

Dario Amodei stresses safety, trust, and organizational hurdles amid rapid growth in 2025.

3 sources

Anthropic’s $1.5B Copyright Settlement

Landmark deal over pirated books sets precedent for AI training data.

3 sources

OpenAI

OpenAI’s ‘Critterz’ Disrupts Animation

AI-powered film aims for 2026 release, slashing costs and timelines.

1 source

OpenAI Expands in Korea: Strategic Moves

OpenAI launches Korean branch, partners with Seoul National University, and deepens B2B and academic ties in 2025.

1 source

OpenAI Targets LinkedIn with AI Jobs

AI jobs platform and certification to launch by 2026, challenging Microsoft’s LinkedIn.

4 sources

OpenAI’s $1.1B Statsig Acquisition

Statsig’s experimentation platform to accelerate ChatGPT development. CEO Vijaye Raji joins as CTO of Applications.

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OpenAI Rethinks Hallucination Metrics

Accuracy-based benchmarks drive guessing; OpenAI proposes metric reforms to reduce hallucinations.

1 source

OpenAI’s Titan Chip: Strategic Shift

OpenAI partners with Broadcom for $10B Titan chip, launching 2026, to reduce Nvidia reliance.

5 sources

OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Branching

Branch Conversations enable multi-threaded chat for parallel idea development.

1 source

OpenAI, Microsoft, Oracle: AI Realignment

OpenAI restructures with Microsoft, inks $300B Oracle deal, shifts to multi-cloud AI.

5 sources

OpenAI-Microsoft MOU: Multi-Cloud Shift

OpenAI gains cloud flexibility; Microsoft retains preferred access after 2025 MOU.

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OpenAI Expands Stargate to India

India data center boosts OpenAI’s Asian AI infrastructure in 2025 expansion.

1 source

OpenAI’s Security Partnerships: Key Insights

OpenAI, CAISI, and UK AISI fix vulnerabilities in ChatGPT Agent and GPT-5.

1 source

Tech CEOs Back Trump’s AI Plan

Leaders praise U.S. AI action plan and innovation support at White House dinner, September 2025.

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OpenAI’s $13B Revenue Surge

700M weekly users, 4M enterprise customers, and global expansion drive growth in 2025.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Safety Overhaul

Expert council and global physician network drive new mental health safeguards.

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OpenAI Reroutes Sensitive Chats to GPT-5

Parental controls, expert partnerships, and new safety features follow tragic ChatGPT misuse cases.

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OpenAI Publishes Model Spec

Defines AI behavior, safety, and risk mitigation hierarchy for 2025.

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Google

Google’s Antitrust Ruling: Limited Impact?

Judge Mehta allows Chrome, mandates restricted data sharing, bars exclusives.

1 source

VaultGemma: Private AI at Scale?

Google and DeepMind release 1B parameter DP LLM, set new privacy benchmark.

1 source

Google AI Mode: Default Search Shift

AI Mode boosts conversion 4.4x, but publisher traffic drops 55% since 2022.

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Hassabis: DeepMind’s AI Science Push

Genie 3, Gemini, and robotics drive breakthroughs; AGI still 5-10 years away.

1 source

Gemini Empowers Scientific Software Breakthroughs

Google’s AI system automates expert code, outperforms state-of-the-art in genomics, public health, and more.

1 source

Google’s Genkit Go 1.0 Launch

Open-source AI framework for Go supports multi-provider, tool calling, and type safety.

1 source

Google Cloud’s $106B AI Backlog

CEO Kurian details billions in AI revenue, 28% new customer growth, and Meta win.

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Google Cloud’s Gemini AI Powers Retail

Albertsons adopts conversational agent for personalized shopping, 85% conversions start with open-ended queries.

1 source

Google Cloud’s $58B AI Revenue Surge

Nine of ten top AI labs now Google Cloud customers; $58B backlog to convert by 2027.

1 source

Microsoft

Microsoft unifies Copilot pricing, launches Agent 365

Copilot add-ons bundled, AI teams merged, Agent 365 platform for enterprise management to debut at Ignite.

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Microsoft unveils AI Shopping Agent

Azure OpenAI powers personalized retail chat; Ralph Lauren pilots "Ask Ralph".

1 source

Microsoft’s $19B Nebius AI Deal

Microsoft outsources GPU cloud build to Nebius, boosting Nvidia’s dominance and accelerating AI infrastructure growth from late 2025.

1 source

Microsoft–OpenAI Restructure: IPO Path Opens

OpenAI gains IPO flexibility, Microsoft retains access, exclusivity ends. $100B nonprofit stake, Oracle deal, regulatory scrutiny.

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Microsoft’s $80B AI Cluster Pivot

2025 investment targets self-sufficiency, rivals Google, Meta, OpenAI

4 sources

Microsoft’s Copilot AI Powers U.S. Agencies

Copilot integration to save $3B, modernize federal workflows in 2025.

1 source

Perplexity

Perplexity’s $1.5B Surge: 30M Users, $200M ARR

AI search startup hits $20B valuation, 780M monthly queries, rapid global expansion.

4 sources

Perplexity’s Commerce Ads: Adoption Hurdles

Slow advertiser uptake, leadership exits, and privacy concerns challenge Perplexity’s commerce ad push.

1 source

Perplexity CEO: Curiosity Over Hype

Aravind Srinivas champions accuracy, sustainable growth, and curiosity-driven AI.

3 sources

Perplexity AI Faces Publisher Lawsuits

Britannica, Merriam-Webster, News Corp allege copyright, trademark violations in 2025.

8 sources

Perplexity Targets Secure Federal AI

Launches zero-data AI search for U.S. agencies, eyes GSA procurement.

4 sources

Perplexity, PayPal, and Agentic Commerce

Comet browser and Perplexity Pro free for PayPal users; privacy, adoption, and fintech impact in focus.

6 sources

Mistral

Mistral AI’s $2B Raise Doubles Valuation

ASML leads $2B round, Mistral now valued at $14B, challenging U.S. AI dominance.

9 sources

Apple Eyes Mistral AI for Siri Leap

Apple reportedly considers acquiring Mistral to boost Siri and AI, as Mistral’s open-source models and $14B valuation attract global attention.

6 sources

Mistral AI Disrupts Enterprise AI

Le Chat offers free advanced features, 20+ integrations, GDPR focus, and Apple interest.

1 source

Apple

Apple Intelligence: Privacy-First AI Rollout

AI suite debuts on iPhone 15 Pro, sets new privacy standards

1 source

Apple’s AI Search Ambitions Unveiled

World Knowledge Answers to power Siri, Safari, Spotlight with LLMs in 2024.

2 sources

Apple’s Asa AI Empowers Retail Staff

Internal chatbot Asa boosts iPhone 17 sales readiness, not customer-facing.

1 source

Apple-Google Gemini AI Partnership

Apple to integrate Google Gemini AI into Siri, boosting advanced capabilities.

1 source

Apple Glass: No AR, Strategic Launch

Apple Glass to debut late 2026, focusing on video, audio, and iPhone integration.

1 source

Apple AI Faces Leadership Crisis

Walker’s exit, Meta poaching, and Siri delays deepen Apple’s AI challenges in 2025.

8 sources

xAI

xAI’s Grok 4 Fast: Speed vs. Depth

Early access model offers 10x faster coding, but divides community over trade-offs and ethics.

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xAI Shifts to Specialist AI Tutors

xAI lays off 500 annotators, pivots to domain experts for Grok chatbot.

8 sources

xAI Secures Restraining Order

xAI blocks ex-engineer from OpenAI generative AI work amid trade secret dispute.

1 source

xAI Scales Grok Training to 550K+ GPUs

Elon Musk reviews Colossus 2, targeting 1M GPUs for Grok AI.

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Agentic AI & Infrastructure

Ericsson’s Agentic AI Transforms 5G Ops

NetCloud gains multi-agent AI for autonomous troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and analytics in 2025.

1 source

NVIDIA SMART AI Infra: MVLink 72 & Spectrum X

NVIDIA unveils hyperscale GPU networking, new formats, and Reuben CPX GPU for advanced inference workloads.

1 source

Antonio Gulli’s Agentic AI Blueprint

Google’s 400-page guide details 21 agentic AI patterns, practical code, and safety frameworks.

1 source

Agentic AI: Maturity and Adoption Hurdles

Zillow, Experian, Okta, Salesforce discuss trust, security, and maturity models in enterprise agentic AI.

1 source

LangChain & LangGraph 1.0 Alpha

Production-ready agentic AI orchestration with multi-cloud, multi-model support.

1 source

Agentic AI: $650B Revenue Engine?

McKinsey projects agentic AI to drive $450B–$650B revenue and 30–50% cost savings by 2030 in advanced industries.

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GenAI news

Scale AI sues Mercor over data theft

Lawsuit alleges trade secret misuse as Mercor rises in LLM training.

1 source

Salesforce’s AI-driven support overhaul

4,000 support roles redeployed as AI agents handle 50% of conversations

1 source

ChatGPT Alters Everyday English

FSU study finds AI buzzwords like “delve” and “garner” now common in speech since 2022.

1 source

Latest AI Funding & Emerging Startups

Brain Co. Raises $30M for Enterprise AI

Kushner, Gil, and Videgaray target large-scale AI integration with OpenAI partnerships and Serene AI acquisition.

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AI Startups Secure Major Funding

Tidal Cyber, Recall.ai, and Dispatch raise $10M, $38M, and $18M for AI-driven cybersecurity and finance platforms in 2025.

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Vouched Raises $17M for AI Agent Verification

KYA platform targets AI agent security in e-commerce, marketplaces, and regulated sectors.

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DataCrunch’s €55M AI Hyperscaler Ambition

Nordic startup targets US cloud giants with green, sovereign AI infrastructure and rapid product innovation.

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CEE AI Startups Secure Funding

Vocal Image and MeetGeek raise $3.6M and €1.6M for AI tools expansion.

1 source

CoreWeave’s $1.5B IPO Spurs VC Arm

CoreWeave launches venture arm for early-stage AI startups, boosting innovation post-IPO.

1 source

ProRata.ai’s $40M Series B

Gist Answers AI tool launches for publishers, enabling ethical revenue sharing.

1 source

Sophont’s $9.22M Seed for Medical AI

Startup develops multimodal foundation models for holistic patient analysis.

1 source

CuspAI’s $100M Series A: AI for Materials

Startup accelerates material discovery; Hyundai, Nvidia, Hinton, LeCun involved.

1 source

Higgsfield’s $50M Series A: AI Video Surge

11M users in 5 months; platform targets global content creators with instant AI video tools.

1 source

Micro1’s $35M Series A Funding

Micro1 grows ARR to $50M, recruits domain experts for AI data labeling.

1 source

Local & European News

Albania’s AI Minister Diella

First AI-powered minister targets corruption in public procurement, raising global interest.

1 source

JUPITER: Europe’s Exascale Leap

Europe launches JUPITER, a renewable-powered exascale supercomputer for AI and science.

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Podcasts

A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education

Hard Fork podcast details Alpha’s personalized, AI-powered lessons and new incentive systems.

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The ultimate guide to AEO: How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product

Ethan Smith details tactics for ranking in AI-driven answer engines, stressing originality and high-ROI help-center content.

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How AI is reshaping the product role

Oji and Ezinne Udezue: PMs must upskill, embrace chaos, and leverage AI-native tools.

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The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

Amjad Masad predicts AI agents will autonomously generate software, transforming company structures by 2025.

1 source

OpenAI Is Spending A Fortune To Get To AGI. Will They Make It?

Deal signals massive AI infrastructure growth, but remains unfunded and speculative.

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AI Safety, The China Problem, LLMs & Job Displacement

AI excels at reasoning, challenges originality, and advances via compute scaling.

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Building Cursor At 23, Taking On GitHub Copilot & Advice To Engineering Students

Michael Truell’s Cursor scales rapidly, challenging GitHub Copilot in AI coding.

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Inside OpenAI Enterprise: Forward Deployed Engineering, GPT-5, and More

T-Mobile, Amgen, Los Alamos leverage GPT-5 for secure, scalable AI.

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$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear

Horowitz shares startup, AI, and CEO insights from Andreessen Horowitz’s $46B experience.

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AI Safety Challenges, Ethical Guidelines, and Anthropic's Financial Insights

Anthropic Podcast covers agentic misalignment, ethical AI, and Anthropic's fundraising.

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The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew

Bob McGrew’s FDE model enables rapid iteration and deep product-market fit in AI startups.

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Vibe coding

Supabase’s $5B Surge: AI Vibe Coding

Supabase’s valuation soars as AI-driven vibe coding fuels rapid backend adoption.

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Replit’s $250M Bet on AI Coding

Vibe coding, Agent 3, and 40M users drive $3B valuation in 2025.

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Dazl’s $10M bet on vibe coding

Dazl raises $10M to launch AI app builder improving context and reliability in vibe coding, led by Wix and TikTok veterans.

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Neural Coding: Beyond Vibe Coding?

Forbes outlines BCIs and AI as next step after vibe coding, with a 20-year roadmap for neural intent-driven programming.

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Empromptu’s AI Platform Hits 98% Accuracy

Empromptu launches platform for production-ready, high-accuracy AI apps, targeting business users.

1 source

ServiceNow’s Vibe Coding Revolutionizes App Dev

Zurich release enables English-to-app workflow creation in minutes, integrating security and process mining.

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Vibe Coding Security Risks

Lawfare details vulnerabilities in AI-generated code, including slopsquatting and compliance gaps.

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Lightpost One’s €1M Vibe Coding Bet

Startup repurposes code, targets $70.6B market, secures PSV Tech backing.

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Senior Devs as AI Babysitters

Vibe coding shifts senior engineers to error and security management roles.

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