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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has launched Dazzle, a new AI startup focused on personal assistant technology, after closing her previous venture Sunshine. The company has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green, with participation from several major investors.
Alphabet has agreed to acquire Intersect, a data center and energy infrastructure developer, for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumed debt. The deal will help Google expand data center power generation capacity and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.
NVIDIA, along with researchers from Stanford and Caltech, has introduced NitroGen, an open-source AI model capable of playing more than 1,000 video games. Trained on 40,000 hours of gameplay, the model shows potential for use in robotics and simulation.
Anthropic has introduced Bloom, an open-source tool designed to automate behavioral evaluations of large AI models. The system generates and scores scenarios to measure behaviors like bias and self-preservation across multiple models.
Anthropic has released its Frontier Compliance Framework to meet the requirements of California's Transparency in Frontier AI Act (SB 53), which takes effect on January 1. The document outlines how the company assesses and mitigates catastrophic risks from frontier AI systems.
OpenAI has increased its compute margin to 70% as of October 2025, up from 52% at the end of 2024, reflecting improved cost efficiency in its paid products. The company, still unprofitable, continues to seek ways to manage high computing expenses while pursuing major funding discussions with Amazon.
Cerebras Systems is preparing to file for a U.S. IPO next week, targeting a second-quarter 2026 listing. The move follows the company's clearance from U.S. regulators and the removal of G42 from its investor list after previous delays.
Google has filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, alleging the company bypassed its security systems to scrape copyrighted content from search results and resell it. The suit seeks to halt SerpApi’s scraping operations, which Google claims violate website owners’ rights.
OpenAI has introduced new personalization options in ChatGPT, allowing users to adjust the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use directly through the settings menu.
SoftBank Group is working to finalize a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of the year, using asset sales, loans, and other financing strategies to meet its pledge.
OpenAI is reportedly seeking to raise up to $100 billion in new funding, potentially valuing the company at as much as $830 billion. The round is expected to close as early as the end of the first quarter of next year, though terms may still change.
Yann LeCun, outgoing Chief AI Scientist at Meta, is reportedly seeking to raise €500 million for a new AI venture valued at about €3 billion ahead of its launch, with Alexandre LeBrun set to serve as CEO.
Visa announced that it has successfully completed hundreds of secure AI-initiated transactions with global partners and expects millions of consumers to use AI agents for purchases by late 2026.
Salesforce has agreed to acquire Qualified, a San Francisco-based provider of agentic AI marketing technology, to expand its Agentforce platform and enhance automation in sales and service processes. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027.
Anthropic has released its Agent Skills specification as an open standard, expanding its Claude platform with enterprise management tools and a partner-built skills directory including Atlassian, Figma, Canva, Stripe, and Zapier.
OpenAI has begun accepting app submissions for ChatGPT, allowing developers to publish their creations in a new in-app directory. The Apps SDK, currently in beta, enables the development of chat-native experiences that integrate directly into conversations.
Swedish AI startup Lovable has secured $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation, led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures. The company plans to expand integrations, enterprise features, and infrastructure for its AI-powered software-building platform.
Amazon has appointed longtime executive Peter DeSantis to head a new artificial intelligence organization overseeing AI models, custom chips, and quantum computing. The move follows the departure of Rohit Prasad, who led Alexa and recent AI efforts.
Blue Owl Capital has decided not to provide equity funding for Oracle's planned $10 billion data center in Saline Township, Michigan. Blackstone is now in talks to supply capital, with Bank of America leading a $14 billion debt package to support the project.
Google has integrated its Opal tool for building AI-powered mini apps directly into the Gemini web app, allowing users to create and customize reusable Gems through a visual editor.
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