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OpenAI Loosens Microsoft Exclusivity as GPT-Image-2 Drives Creative Applications
OpenAI updated its Microsoft partnership to allow distribution across all clouds while GPT-Image-2 continues demonstrating multimodal AI's path toward general intelligence through creative applications.
Redpine Raises €6.8m Seed Round to Pipe Non-Public Data to AI Agents
Stockholm-based Redpine has raised a €6.8m seed round led by NordicNinja to build an API that gives AI agents licensed access to premium, non-public datasets.
Google Signs Classified AI Deal With Pentagon Amid Employee Opposition
Google has agreed to let the US Department of Defense use its AI models for classified work, covering any lawful government purpose, despite internal staff resistance.
OpenAI Missed Its Internal Revenue Target in the First Quarter of 2026
OpenAI fell short of an internal revenue goal in Q1 2026, amid rising competition from Google's Gemini and strong sales at rival AI labs.
Jury Seated for Musk vs Altman Breach of Trust Trial in San Francisco
A nine-member jury has been impanelled in Elon Musk's breach of charitable trust lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, with the trial now under way.
Musk seeks $134 billion from OpenAI in trial starting this week
Elon Musk and Sam Altman head to trial in Northern California over OpenAI's transformation from nonprofit to for-profit, with Musk seeking $134 billion in damages and Altman's removal.
OpenAI Ends Azure Exclusivity in Amended Microsoft Partnership
OpenAI and Microsoft restructured their partnership to let OpenAI distribute models through rival cloud providers while Microsoft retains a non-exclusive license through 2032.
Databricks Executive Says Fragmented Data Is Blocking Enterprise AI Adoption
A sponsored MIT Technology Review podcast featuring Databricks and Infosys argues that poor data infrastructure, not model capability, is the primary barrier to enterprise AI deployment.
Sereact Raises $110m Series B to Bring Robotics AI to the US
Stuttgart-based robotics firm Sereact has closed a $110m Series B led by Headline to develop its next-generation vision-language-action model and open a Boston office.
DeepSeek V4 Matches Closed-Source Rivals and Runs on Huawei Chips
DeepSeek released a preview of V4, an open-source model matching Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google on benchmarks whilst running on Huawei's Ascend processors.
Meta signs 1-gigawatt capacity deal with space solar startup Overview Energy
Meta has agreed to reserve up to 1 gigawatt of power from Overview Energy, which plans to beam infrared light from satellites to terrestrial solar farms from 2030.
DeepSeek V4 Launches as Open-Source Rival to GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus
DeepSeek released V4, an open-source model in two variants that the company says matches leading closed-source rivals at a fraction of the cost.
Anthropic Pours $5 Billion Into Anthropic as AI Tops Weekly Funding Charts
Anthropic invested $5 billion in Anthropic with up to $20 billion more pledged, leading a week where only half of the ten largest U.S. venture rounds crossed $100 million.
Cohere and Aleph Alpha Merge in $20bn Transatlantic AI Deal
Canadian AI firm Cohere will absorb Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal valued at roughly $20 billion, backed by $600 million from Schwarz Digits.
Verda Raises €100m to Build a European AI Cloud Rival to US Hyperscalers
Finnish cloud provider Verda, formerly Datacrunch, raised €100m in debt and equity to expand its AI infrastructure across Europe, the US, and Asia.
xAI Held Talks With Mistral and Cursor in Three-Way Partnership Push
Elon Musk's xAI reportedly explored a three-way partnership with European model developer Mistral AI and code-editing startup Cursor as part of efforts to close the gap on OpenAI and Anthropic.