ElevenLabs Doubles Valuation to $22 Billion on Voice Agents
October 1, 2026 · Funding ElevenLabs said it completed a $300 million employee tender offer valuing the voice-generation company at $22 billion — roughly double…
OpenAI Unveils Always-On Dots Agents and Cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol
30 September 2026 · Product Launch At DevDay 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced Dots, described as “remarkably capable, always-on” agents that can keep working…
OpenAI Unveils Always-On Dots Agents and Cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol
30 September 2026 · Product Launch At DevDay 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced Dots, described as “remarkably capable, always-on” agents that can keep working…
Anthropic Releases Claude Sonnet 5.5: Same Price, 30% Faster Workhorse
September 29, 2026 · Model Release Anthropic on Monday released Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in its Claude 5.5 family and a mid-tier workhorse…
Lab Leaders Warn That Automating AI R&D Could Trigger an Intelligence Explosion
September 29, 2026 · Research & Policy A group of senior AI researchers and lab leaders published a warning that automating AI research and development…
Meta Launches an Enterprise AI Platform and Hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai
September 29, 2026 · Product & Talent Meta announced the Meta Enterprise Platform, packaging its Muse agent, APIs, and code tools for corporate customers. To…
Nvidia Authorizes a Record $150 Billion Buyback as AI Chip Competition Heats Up
September 29, 2026 · Markets Nvidia’s board increased the company’s share-repurchase authorization by $150 billion, a step larger than Apple’s $110 billion approval in 2024…
Open-Weight Models Hit 56% of Vercel Tokens as Earnings-Call Mentions Jump Sixfold
September 28, 2026 · Industry Open-weight models processed 56 percent of tokens on Vercel’s AI Gateway in August, up from 7 percent in December, according…
Goldman Sachs Sees $1.2 Trillion in Big Tech AI Infrastructure Spend in 2027
September 28, 2026 · Infrastructure Goldman Sachs now projects that Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Oracle, and Meta will spend a combined $1.2 trillion on AI infrastructure…
NYC Council Unveils AI Bills With Kill Switches and Whistleblower Bounties
New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin introduced a package of AI bills on Friday that would require third-party validation of systems sold in the…