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Anthropic PBC’s revenue and losses grew significantly last year, while its cloud spending is on track to top $500 billion over the next decade. The newly published financial information comes from the company’s confidential S-1 filing. The document, which outlines Anthropic’s plans …
AMD acquires world model developer World Labs for $8.2B
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced plans to buy World Labs Inc. for $8.2 billion in stock. The move comes seven months after AMD backed a $1 billion funding round for the startup at a $5 billion valuation. The deal also included …
Nvidia boosts share buyback program by record $150B
Nvidia Corp. today announced plans to spend an additional $150 billion on share buybacks through January 2028. The move represents the largest-ever expansion of a stock repurchase program. Furthermore, Nvidia plans to boost its current dividend of 25 cent per share. The company …
Meta hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to lead new enterprise AI business
Meta Platforms Inc. is launching a new business unit that will provide artificial intelligence services to enterprises. The Meta Enterprise Platform, as it’s called, will be led by longtime technology executive CJ Desai. The company stated in a launch announcement today that …
AI data center builder Nscale raises $3.36B ahead of IPO
Nscale Ltd. today announced that it has secured $3.36 billion in funding to support its data center construction push. The capital will arrive in two tranches. Nscale expects to receive $2.26 billion in the near future from a consortium that includes Third …
Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s Claude ban
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Claude. The decision comes a month after another federal court ruled that the ban is illegal. The diverging decisions stem from the fact that the matter is governed …
Microsoft overhauls Copilot with new coding, document editing features
Microsoft Corp. today launched a new version of Copilot, the artificial intelligence assistant included in its Microsoft 365 productivity suite. The biggest addition to the tool is an interface section called Code. It enables nontechnical workers to create simple apps using prompts. …
Enterprise browser developer Island raises $400M at $6.4B valuation
Island Inc., a startup with a browser optimized for the enterprise market, today announced that it has raised $400 million in late-stage funding. Evolution Equity Partners led the Series F round. It was joined by J.P. Morgan, Sequoia Capital, Georgian and other …
Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to enhance its AI capabilities
Databricks Inc. today announced that it has bought Row Zero Inc., a startup with a spreadsheet editor optimized for large datasets. The acquisition price was not disclosed. Seattle-based Row Zero raised $13 million prior to the deal. Its backers included local startup …
Researchers link more cyberattacks to OpenAI agent swarm
A research group has linked three more hacking campaigns to rogue artificial intelligence agents. Transluce, a nonprofit AI safety organization, detailed its findings on Wednesday. Its researchers determined that the agents targeted three services: a university’s digital library, a data visualization tool …