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Anthropic ran a weeklong experiment called Project Deal where AI agents represented employees as buyers and sellers in a marketplace, completing 186 real transactions worth over $4,000.
Meta will lay off about 8,000 employees and close 6,000 open roles as it increases investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and research.
Cognition AI is negotiating a new funding round that could value the company at $25 billion, more than doubling its previous valuation of $10.2 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Cohere has announced plans to acquire German AI company Aleph Alpha in a deal valued at approximately 20 billion dollars, expanding its presence in Europe and strengthening its focus on sovereign AI solutions.
Anthropic and NEC have formed a strategic partnership to develop secure AI solutions for Japan and train 30,000 engineers in the NEC Group, using Anthropic’s Claude models within NEC’s BluStellar Scenario framework.
Google will invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, starting with $10 billion in cash at a $350 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. The deal includes expanded cloud capacity over the next five years through Google Cloud.
Anthropic has reached an estimated $1 trillion valuation on private trading platform Forge Global, overtaking OpenAI’s $880 billion valuation as investor demand for its shares intensifies.
Strider Technologies has launched Strider OS, an agentic operating system that unifies the company’s intelligence products to deliver structured, decision-ready insights from complex global data.
Jetstream Venture Fund has established an interest in defense technology company Shield AI, which develops autonomous aircraft powered by its Hivemind AI pilot software. The move strengthens Jetstream’s focus on technologies enabling autonomy across air and space sectors.
BT and Nscale announced plans to build sovereign AI data centres across the UK powered by NVIDIA infrastructure, expanding the country's AI compute capacity and supporting government goals for digital sovereignty.
Mercedes-Benz has announced a multi-year partnership with Liquid AI to integrate embedded, on-device intelligence into vehicles equipped with third- and fourth-generation MBUX systems in North America. The collaboration aims to enhance in-car speech and language capabilities with production deployment expected in the second half of 2026.
Nexar has appointed Jen Vescio, former Uber Chief Business Development Officer, to its Board of Directors as it scales its physical AI platform across commercial mobility operations.
Munters has received a 2 billion SEK order from a US colocation data center provider for a modular cooling platform designed for AI infrastructure. Deliveries will begin in early 2027 and continue through the first quarter of 2028.
Neurava has received a $4 million NIH Blueprint MedTech Optimizer award to create a quantitative algorithm for assessing and forecasting SUDEP risk in epilepsy patients.
Aokah has announced the general availability of Explorer and Builder, two AI-based products designed to help enterprises plan and execute Global Capability Centers more effectively. The platforms aim to shorten location analysis and improve governance during implementation.
Cox Automotive has signed an agreement to acquire Fullpath, an AI-powered customer data and marketing automation company, to enhance data connectivity and marketing automation across its dealer network.
Astor, an SEC-registered AI investment advisory platform, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Monashees with participation from Y Combinator and other investors. The company plans to expand its product, engineering, and growth teams with the new capital.
Visier introduced updates to its Workforce AI platform, including a new integration with Glean and expanded workforce planning capabilities, at its Outsmart 2026 conference.
Oxford Royale Academy has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer AI literacy education to international summer school students in Oxford in 2026. The collaboration introduces the MIT RAISE FutureBuilders pathway for teenagers aged 13 to 18, providing an official MIT RAISE certificate upon completion.
Matt O'Brien, CEO of Snow Crash Labs, said in a podcast interview that the U.S. is falling behind China in power capacity needed for AI infrastructure and that enterprises are deploying models without adequate quality control, creating major safety and compliance risks.
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