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Anthropic and OpenAI launch joint ventures for enterprise AI

Anthropic launched a $1.5 billion enterprise AI venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs, with $300 million commitments…

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Acorn launches creator-controlled alternative as X shuts down Communities

Acorn is a new initiative from Blacksky that enables creators and organizations to build their own online communities using the…

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Google partially resolves Search Console’s year-long data glitch

Google has fixed a data logging issue in Search Console that corrupted impression tracking from May 13, 2025 to April…

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Marketing Leaders’ Success Strategies in the AI Era

Many marketing leaders are still evaluated on campaign execution rather than strategic transformation, despite 82% of business leaders acknowledging the…

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Trentino AI firm Smartness raises €47M to scale

Smartness, a Trentino-based vertical SaaS company for hospitality, raised €47 million in Series B funding, the largest ever for an…

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OpenAI Shuts Down $10bn Enterprise AI Unit for Private Equity

OpenAI closed a $10bn enterprise AI deal, The Deployment Company, anchored by TPG and 19 investors, guaranteeing them a 17.5%…

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Blackstone targets $1.75bn for first AI-era data-centre REIT

Blackstone launched the Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC), an IPO aiming to raise up to $1.75 billion at $20 per…

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Ouster’s color lidar aims to replace cameras

Ouster has launched its Rev8 sensor lineup featuring "native color lidar," which merges full-color imagery and 3D depth data into…

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Performance Max for Ecommerce 2026: Why Hybrid Beats Pure AI

Performance Max requires active management and a hybrid strategy alongside Standard Shopping to deliver consistent results, as it underperforms when…

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UCB buys Candid Therapeutics for $2.2B, boosting T-cell engagers in autoimmune disease

UCB has agreed to acquire Candid Therapeutics for up to $2.2 billion ($2 billion upfront plus $200 million in milestones),…

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Why AI agents need decision-making power

90.3% of companies report using AI agents, but only 23.3% have them in production and just 6.3% have fully integrated…

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SaaS shifts focus from features to outcomes

SaaS companies are facing a structural shift as AI reveals customers pay for outcomes, not features, leading to pricing pressure,…

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Anthropic and Wall Street build $1.5bn private equity pipeline

Anthropic is finalizing a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic to deploy…

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The Great American Satellite Age Has Begun

Basalt Space, a San Francisco startup with five young engineers, assembled its first satellite in March under grueling conditions, living…

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OpenAI’s President Dodges Questions, Does ‘All the Things’

Greg Brockman's evasive testimony, marked by semantic nitpicking and defensive responses, damaged his credibility during cross-examination by Elon Musk's legal…

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US Government Warns of Severe Linux CopyFail Bug

A critical Linux vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431, nicknamed "CopyFail") affects kernel versions 7.0 and earlier, allowing attackers with limited user access to…

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Cerebras, OpenAI’s close partner, eyes blockbuster IPO

Cerebras Systems plans to go public by offering 28 million shares priced between $115 and $125 each, potentially raising $3.5…

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Nicolas Sauvage bets on AI’s boring but crucial side

Nicolas Sauvage, founder of TDK Ventures, invests based on the thesis that the best bets take about four years to…

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China’s robot-hand unicorn Linkerbot targets $6bn valuation

Linkerbot, a Beijing-based startup founded in 2023, has achieved 80% of the global market for high-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands and is…

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OpenAI says Musk sent ominous texts after settlement request

Elon Musk sent a threatening text to OpenAI president Greg Brockman two days before trial, warning “By the end of…

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