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OpenAI adds Instant Checkout shopping feature to ChatGPT
OpenAI today launched a new ChatGPT feature that enables users to make online purchases directly in the chatbot’s interface. Instant Checkout, as the feature is called, is initially available in the U.S. to users with free, Plus and Pro accounts. It can be used to place single-item orders with Etsy Inc. merchants. Down the line, ...
Anthropic sets AI coding record with new flagship Claude Sonnet 4.5 model
Anthropic PBC today debuted its newest large language model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and a toolkit for building artificial intelligence agents. The company describes the LLM as the world’s best coding model. Additionally, it says that Sonnet 4.5 has set a record on a benchmark designed to evaluate neural networks’ tool use capabilities. Sonnet 4.5 is ...
Video game maker Electronic Arts to go private in record $55B deal
Electronic Arts Inc., one of the world’s largest video game developers, today agreed to go private in a deal that is set to value it at $55 billion. The consortium that is buying the company includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake Partners and Affinity Partners, an investment firm led by Jared Kushner. Electronic ...
Crypto exchange operator Kraken reportedly raising up to $300M in new funding
Kraken is reportedly in talks to raise between $200 million and $300 million in funding at a $20 billion valuation. Bloomberg today cited a source as saying that the capital would be provided by a single “strategic investor.” The report comes a day after Fortune revealed that Kraken had raised $500 million earlier this year. ...
Anthropic to triple international headcount, add offices following latest funding round
Anthropic PBC will triple its headcount outside the U.S. to support its international growth efforts, CNBC reported today. The hiring push comes a few weeks after the artificial intelligence developer closed its most recent funding round. Anthropic raised $13 billion from ICONIQ, Fidelity Management, Lightspeed and other backers at a $183 billion valuation. It was ...
CISA instructs federal agencies to patch new flaws in Cisco firewall devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has instructed federal agencies to patch two zero-day or unpatched vulnerabilities that affect certain Cisco Systems Inc. devices. CISA officials issued the directive on Thursday. The zero-day vulnerabilities in question, CVE-2025-20362 and CVE-2025-20333, affect some systems in Cisco’s ASA 5500-X Series family of firewall appliances. The company provides ...
Apple calls on EU lawmakers to repeal DMA tech regulation
Apple Inc. has called on European Union lawmakers to scrap a piece of tech industry legislation known as the Digital Markets Act. “The DMA should be repealed while a more appropriate fit for purpose legislative instrument is put in place,” Apple stated in a filing submitted late Wednesday to the European Commission. The DMA is ...
AI data center builder Nscale raises $1.1B round backed by Nvidia
Data center startup Nscale Global Holdings Ltd. today announced that it has raised $1.1 billion in funding to grow its infrastructure footprint. Norwegian investment firm Aker ASA led the Series B round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Dell Technologies Inc., Nokia Corp. and several other backers. “This allows Nscale to provide our customers access ...
Glean introduces Enterprise Graph, new personalization features for AI assistant
Glean Technologies Inc. today introduced a new version of Glean Assistant that is better at automating multistep tasks and offers more customization options. Palo Alto, California-based Glean received a $7.2 billion valuation in June. It offers three artificial intelligence services designed to make business users more productive. One of those services is Glean Assistant, which ...
Flox raises $25M to make software development environments more efficient
Flox, a startup that helps software teams create software development environments, has raised $25 million in funding to finance growth initiatives. Addition led the Series B round. Flox said in its announcement of the deal today that NEA, Hetz, Illuminate Financial and D. E. Shaw participated as well. The startup spun out of D. E. ...