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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com Inc. over its practices in the online advertising market. The e-commerce giant pushed back against the complaint in a lengthy statement. Amazon entered the online advertising market in 2008 …
Nvidia invests $3.5B in MediaTek as part of expanded AI chip partnership
Nvidia Corp. has bought $3.5 billion worth of MediaTek Inc. convertible bonds as part of an expanded partnership that the companies announced today. A convertible bond is a debt instrument that the buyer can turn into shares later on. Nvidia regularly buys …
Owner raises $240M for its restaurant management platform
Owner.com Inc., a startup with a platform that helps restaurant operators coordinate their day-to-day business operations, has raised $240 million in funding. Goldman Sachs led the Series D round. Owner said in today’s funding announcement that the bank was joined by Meritech, Redpoint, …
Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.1B AI infrastructure fund for chips, robots and more
Andreessen Horowitz today announced that it has raised a $1.1 billion fund to back artificial intelligence infrastructure startups. The Machine Age Fund will invest in companies that make data center equipment such as chips, memory and networking gear. Andreessen Horowitz also plans …
Court rules Pentagon can’t ban Anthropic’s AI models
A federal court has overturned the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence models. Judge Rita Lin wrote in a late Thursday ruling that the Pentagon’s move was “illegal and baseless.” The saga began in fall 2025, when the Defense …
Anthropic previews MHS standard for AI agents that operate machines
Anthropic PBC today previewed a standard that makes it easier for artificial intelligence agents to control machines such as microscopes. The Model Hardware Standard, or MHS, is the fruit of a collaboration between the Claude developer and medical research institute HHMI. Anthropic …
Consumer-focused AI assistant startup Instinct reportedly raising $250M
Instinct, the developer of an artificial intelligence assistant popular among Silicon Valley tech workers, is reportedly raising $250 million in funding. The company told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that the round is being co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark. It’s …
Nvidia reportedly acquires AI project hosting platform Hugging Face for $12.9B
Nvidia Corp. has reportedly bought Hugging Face Inc., a startup with a popular platform for hosting open-source artificial intelligence projects. Reports that an acquisition was in the cards first leaked on Monday. Business Insider broke the news that Hugging Face had received …
Z.ai open-sources ‘Ox Alpha’ model as GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai Co. today released the code for GLM-5.3-Flash, a large language model that’s 10 times more cost-efficient than its predecessor. The algorithm made its original debut last week under the codename Ox Alpha. LLM marketplace operator OpenRouter Inc. launched a free hosted …
Deep Cogito raises $43M to develop self-improving AI models
Artificial intelligence startup Deep Cogito Inc. today announced that it has raised $43 million in funding. TQ Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Benchmark, Nexus Venture Partners, Atreides Management, South Park Commons and Zscaler Inc., a publicly traded …