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Anthropic seeks $50B at $900B valuation with 48-hour investor deadline
Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations within 48 hours for a $50 billion round at roughly $900 billion valuation, with the round expected to close within two weeks.
Apple Mac Revenue Hits $8.4 Billion as AI Workloads Drive Surprise Demand
Apple reported $8.4 billion in Mac revenue for Q2 2026, beating Wall Street estimates by roughly $400 million as demand for local AI workloads drove unexpected sales of Mac mini, Studio, and MacBook Neo.
Legora raises $50M extension at $5.6B valuation as legal AI rivalry with Harvey intensifies
Swedish legal AI startup Legora secured $50 million from Nvidia's NVentures and Atlassian, reaching $5.6 billion valuation and $100 million ARR as competition with $11 billion rival Harvey heats up.
OpenAI restricts Cyber access after criticizing Anthropic's Mythos gatekeeping
OpenAI will limit its GPT-5.5 Cyber cybersecurity tool to verified defenders only, mirroring Anthropic's restricted Mythos release that CEO Sam Altman previously criticized as fear-based marketing.
Elon Musk admits xAI trained Grok using OpenAI models
Musk testified in federal court that xAI used distillation techniques on OpenAI models to train Grok, calling it a general practice among AI companies.
Legora Raises $50M Extension From Nvidia, Bringing Series D to $600M
Swedish AI legal platform Legora secured a $50 million Series D extension led by Nvidia's venture arm, bringing the round total to $600 million at a $5.5 billion valuation.
Qualcomm Stock Jumps 16% on Hyperscaler Chip Deal and China Recovery Call
Qualcomm shares surged 16% after CEO Cristiano Amon said the company will ship data center chips to a major hyperscaler this year and called a bottom in China smartphone sales.
AI Startups Claim Half of New Unicorns Since 2024
An estimated 207 AI-focused companies have joined the unicorn board since 2024, representing roughly half of all new billion-dollar valuations during this period.
Google's Gemini Privacy Controls Buried Behind Dark Patterns and Forced Trade-offs
An Ars Technica investigation finds Google makes opting out of Gemini AI training unnecessarily difficult, forcing users to sacrifice chat history and navigate hidden settings to protect their data.
Big Tech Consolidates AI Infrastructure Control as Earnings Show Accelerating Capex
Major technology companies are emerging as the dominant 'landowners of AI' through massive capital expenditures and cloud infrastructure investments, creating unprecedented centralization in artificial intelligence development.
Legora Extends Series D to $600m With Nvidia and Atlassian Backing
Stockholm-based legal AI startup Legora added $50m to its Series D, bringing the round to $600m at a $5.6bn valuation, with Nvidia's NVentures and Atlassian joining.
Simple Prompts Beat Multi-Agent AI Debate in Stance Detection Study
New research comparing five LLM methods across 14 tasks finds prompt-based approaches outperform multi-agent debate systems while requiring 7-12x fewer API calls.
Gemini Now Generates Downloadable Files Directly Inside Chat
Google's Gemini chatbot can now create and export files in over a dozen formats, from PDFs to Google Slides, without leaving the conversation.
Intel CEO Highlights CPU Demand Surge as AI Inference Workloads Reshape Computing
Intel's Q1 earnings call revealed rising CPU demand driven by AI inference workloads, as industry leaders signal a fundamental shift from training to production compute needs.
Microsoft's AI Business Hits $37 Billion Run Rate as Nadella Defends Revised OpenAI Deal
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told analysts the company plans to fully exploit royalty-free access to OpenAI models through 2032, as its AI revenue run rate reached $37 billion.
Mistral AI Ships Medium 3.5, a 128B Open-Weight Flagship Model
Mistral AI released Medium 3.5, a 128B dense model with 256k context and open weights, scoring 77.6% on SWE-Bench Verified.