AI
Anthropic releases new flagship Claude Opus 4.5 model
Anthropic PBC today launched Claude Opus 4.5, its new flagship large language model. The company says Opus 4.5 is its safest and most capable LLM yet. The model is rolling out a few weeks…
Security
Gainsight breach compromises major tech firms’ Salesforce instances
A breach at software provider Gainsight Inc. may have compromised the data of more than 200 Salesforce Inc. customers, including several large tech firms. The cyberattack was disclosed by Salesforce late Wednesday. Today, a…
AI
Archetype raises $35M to automate sensor data analysis with AI
Archetype AI Inc., a startup that provides artificial intelligence agents optimized to process sensor data, has raised $35 million in early-stage funding. IAG Capital Partners and Hitachi Ventures led the Series A investment. Archetype…
AI
Genspark raises $275M in funding for its AI productivity suite
Genspark, a startup with a suite of artificial intelligence automation tools for knowledge workers, today announced that it has raised $275 million in funding. The Series C round gives the company a post-money valuation…
AI
Google launches Nano Banana Pro image generation model with reasoning features
Three months after releasing its Nano Banana image generator, Google LLC today introduced an improved version that is better at generating complex content such as infographics. The new model is called Nano Banana Pro.…
Policy
Report: Trump could sign executive order to preempt state AI laws
U.S. President Donald Trump could reportedly sign an executive order that would limit states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump may sign the order as soon as Friday, sources told Politico today. In recent…
AI
Nvidia backs $250M funding round for AI music startup Suno
Suno Inc., a startup with a popular music generation service, today announced that it has closed a $250 million Series C investment. Menlo Ventures led the funding round. It was joined by Hallwood Media,…
AI
Multimodal AI developer Luma AI raises $900M in funding
Luma AI Inc., a developer of image and video generation models, today announced that it has closed a $900 million funding round. Saudi artificial intelligence company HUMAIN led the Series C investment. AMD Ventures,…
Policy
EU to revise GDPR, AI Act as part of regulatory simplification push
The European Union has proposed a set of regulatory changes designed to make it easier for companies to comply with the bloc’s AI Act and GDPR privacy law. The European Commission, the EU’s executive…
AI
Nvidia, Microsoft to invest up to $15B in Anthropic as part of new cloud partnership
Anthropic PBC will raise up to $15 billion in funding from Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. as part of a partnership the companies announced today. Nvidia is set to provide up to two-thirds of…