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Sereact Raises $110M for Robots That Predict Their Own Actions
German robotics company Sereact lands $110M Series B led by Headline. Cortex 2.0 pairs a vision-language-action model with a world model for warehouse work.
xAI's Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0 Tops τ-Voice Bench, Powers Starlink
xAI's new flagship voice model hits 67.3% on τ-voice Bench — nearly 2x Gemini and GPT Realtime — and is already running Starlink's phone support.
Anthropic Launches Claude Design, Taking Aim at Figma and Canva
Anthropic's new Claude Design tool turns prompts into interactive prototypes, decks, and one-pagers — powered by Opus 4.7 and aimed squarely at Figma.
Claude Opus 4.7 Hits 87.6% on SWE-bench, Tops Five Major AI Benchmarks
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 leads five frontier benchmarks, jumping 11 points on SWE-bench Pro while keeping the same $5/$25 per million token pricing.
Cursor Targets $50B Valuation in $2B Round After Hitting $2B ARR
AI coding startup Cursor is in talks to raise $2 billion at a $50B valuation, nearly doubling its worth in five months as enterprise revenue surges.
Perplexity Launches Computer for Enterprise to Rival Microsoft
Perplexity's Computer agent now ships to enterprises with Slack, Snowflake, and Salesforce connectors, taking aim at Microsoft Copilot.
Anthropic Probes Unauthorized Access to Claude Mythos Cyber Model
Anthropic's elite cybersecurity model, locked behind a 50-company firewall, was reportedly accessed by unauthorized users on day one.
Google to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic in Cash and Compute
Alphabet will commit up to $40B to AI rival Anthropic — making the search giant Anthropic's biggest financial backer and a primary compute supplier.
Meta Opens AI Business Assistant to All Advertisers Globally
Meta's AI assistant is now live for every advertiser across APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and the US — driving 12% lower cost per result in early use.
Microsoft Pours A$25 Billion Into Australia's AI Build-Out
Microsoft's largest-ever Australia investment expands Azure AI capacity 140%, trains 3 million workers, and ties into national cyber defense.
OpenAI Launches Workspace Agents in ChatGPT for Enterprise Teams
OpenAI's new Workspace Agents replace custom GPTs with shared, always-on agents that run across Slack, Salesforce, Notion, and Google Drive.
Sony's Project Ace Robot Beats Elite Humans at Table Tennis in Nature
Sony AI's autonomous table tennis system reacts in 20ms — ten times faster than elite humans — and just beat three pros in published Nature research.
Tesla Triples Capex to $25B for AI, Optimus, and Robotaxi in 2026
Tesla raised its 2026 capital spending plan to over $25B — nearly 3x last year — to fund Optimus production, an Austin chip fab, and AI compute.
xAI's Grok Build Coding Agent Nears Launch With Arena Mode
Elon Musk says Grok Build ships next week with parallel agents and a CLI, putting xAI directly against Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex.
Adobe Bets the Brand on Agentic AI With CX Enterprise Coworker
Adobe rebranded Experience Cloud as CX Enterprise and unveiled an AI agent layer that plans, executes, and tracks marketing campaigns end to end.
Anthropic Lands NEC as First Japan Global Partner for Claude
Anthropic and NEC are deploying Claude to 30,000 employees and building industry-specific AI for Japanese banks, factories, and local government.
DeepSeek V4 Preview Drops: 1M Context, 1.6T MoE, Fully Open-Source
DeepSeek's V4 preview lands with a 1M-token context window, a 1.6T mixture-of-experts model, and an open-source license — a direct shot at OpenAI and Anthropic.
Huawei's Ascend 950 'Supernode' Powers DeepSeek V4 Without Nvidia
Huawei trained DeepSeek V4 on Ascend 950 clusters linked by its Supernode fabric — the clearest sign yet China can train frontier models without Nvidia.
Meta's MTIA 400 Nears Deployment as Custom Inference Silicon Ramps
Meta's MTIA 400 inference chip is finishing testing for data center rollout — the second of four custom chips aimed at cutting its Nvidia dependency.
OpenAI Ships GPT-5.5 With 1M Context and Doubled API Pricing
GPT-5.5 brings sharper coding, a 1M-token context, and a price tag twice as high as GPT-5.4 — OpenAI is betting intelligence gains outrun the cost.
Siemens and NVIDIA Turn Erlangen Into the AI Factory Blueprint
Hannover Messe demos showed a Siemens factory cutting ventilation energy 70% with AI-driven digital twins — the template for fully autonomous manufacturing.
Musk's xAI Held Talks With Mistral and Cursor on Three-Way Tie-Up
Business Insider says xAI explored a partnership with Mistral and Cursor to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI in AI coding — Musk's most direct move yet.
Anthropic Locks In 3.5 Gigawatts of Google TPUs from Broadcom for 2027
Anthropic's expanded TPU deal with Google and Broadcom brings 3.5GW of compute online in 2027 as the Claude maker hits a $30B revenue run rate.
Anthropic Admits Claude Got Worse: Three Bugs, One Ugly Post-Mortem
Anthropic published a rare post-mortem Thursday confirming Claude Code quality dropped for six weeks. Here's what broke and what they fixed.