Mercor's $2B revenue leap in 4 months exposes AI's unprecedented growth
Mercor and Anthropic report record revenue growth, with Mercor hitting $2B in 4 months and Anthropic reaching $47B in run-rate revenue.
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Speechify's Simba 3.2 tops AI voice leaderboard, undercuts rivals on price
Speechify's Simba 3.2 AI voice model beats OpenAI and ElevenLabs in blind tests, offers lower pricing.
Anthropic's rumored $999B model could outperform GPT-5.6 Sol, reshaping AI competition
Anthropic may launch a new AI model next week that outperforms OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in intelligence and cost, per social media claims.
Anthropic's Claude Code checks for China access, sparking backdoor claims
Anthropic defends Claude Code's checks for China access, countering claims of a security backdoor.
Anthropic's Claude Cowork now automates morning briefs, pulling from email, calendar, and docs
Anthropic's Claude Cowork adds a morning brief feature that compiles daily updates from email, calendar, and documents, enhancing productivity.
NSA uses Anthropic's Mythos Preview despite Pentagon supply-chain risk label
The NSA is running Anthropic's restricted Mythos Preview model for cybersecurity, despite the Pentagon's supply-chain risk concerns.
Microsoft replaces OpenAI models with its own smaller, cheaper MAI tools
Microsoft is shifting from OpenAI's large models to its own smaller, domain-specific MAI models for cost efficiency and better performance.
OpenAI's safety chief departs amid leadership shakeup, Mia Glaese takes expanded role
OpenAI's head of safety systems exits, with Mia Glaese overseeing research and safety teams, marking a significant leadership change.
Anthropic reveals Alibaba-linked operators used 25,000 fake accounts to extract 28.8M Claude interactions
Anthropic reports Alibaba-linked operators used 25,000 fake accounts to generate 28.8M Claude interactions in a large-scale distillation campaign.
Sea Fund's Agam Gupta leads India's top 100 AI/cybersecurity VCs, per Indian Startup Times
Sea Fund's Agam Gupta is among the top 100 VCs in India's AI and cybersecurity sectors, driving innovation and investment.
OpenAI targets families with new product manager role for ChatGPT
OpenAI hires a product manager to build family-focused experiences for ChatGPT, reflecting a shift towards household adoption.
Elevate Education leads $70.4M funding week for 18 Indian AI and tech startups
Elevate Education raised $17.7M in a $70.4M funding week for 18 Indian startups, including AI and e-commerce ventures.
Mistral's Leanstral 1.5 achieves 90% on PutnamBench with 1/7th of Claude's compute
Mistral AI open-sources Leanstral 1.5, a model that verifies code and mathematical proofs, achieving 90% on PutnamBench.
Türkiye's gaming startups secure $111.4M in H1 2026, 65% of total funding
Türkiye's gaming startups dominated H1 2026 funding, securing $111.4M of $172M total investment across 87 rounds.
Fable 5 builds a Shopify tool in 3 hours with one prompt
Fable 5, an advanced AI system, created a fully operational Shopify tool, Counterbrief, in just 3 hours using a single prompt.
Mistral Vibe's $14.99 Pro Plan Offers Unmatched Privacy and Agentic Features
Mistral Vibe's Pro plan at $14.99/month includes Work and Code modes, No Telemetry Mode, and competitive API pricing, making it a strong contender for profes...
OpenAI and Mistral AI lead hiring surge at ICML 2026 with record 20,456 attendees
OpenAI, Mistral AI, and other tech giants actively recruit at ICML 2026, which drew a record 20,456 attendees.
SambaNova's $1B Series F at $11B valuation leads AI infrastructure funding surge
SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, topping this week's AI infrastructure funding rounds.
Tencent eyes 20% stake in Manus, becoming its largest external shareholder
Tencent is in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Manus, becoming its largest external shareholder.
Air Force demands contractors drop Anthropic by Sept. 1, ahead of Pentagon deadline
The Air Force Research Laboratory is pushing contractors to remove all Anthropic products by Sept. 1, a month earlier than the Pentagon's deadline.
OpenAI's safety lead Johannes Heidecke exits after restructuring
OpenAI's head of safety Johannes Heidecke departs following an internal reorganization.
Anthropic's $65K job offer sparks San Francisco affordability debate
Anthropic's $65K job offer highlights San Francisco's housing crisis as AI wealth surges.
Actian acquires Jaspersoft, unifying analytics and AI in $500M deal
Actian acquires Jaspersoft for $500M, integrating analytics and AI into a single data management platform.
Auger secures $50M to automate 85% of Fanatics' supply chain decisions
Auger raises $50M Series B to expand its AI-driven supply chain platform, now handling 85% of Fanatics' decisions.
Anthropic's Hard Questions Portal Aims to Rebuild Trust with Public Submissions
Anthropic launches Hard Questions portal, inviting public to submit AI queries and commit to transparent reasoning.
NVIDIA's Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion achieves 4x throughput in self-speculation mode on GB200 GPUs
NVIDIA's new tri-mode model, Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion, eliminates the need for a separate draft model in speculative decoding, boosting throughput.
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft, naming top executives and a $6.4B acquisition
Apple has sued OpenAI in federal court, alleging trade secret theft and naming top executives and a $6.4B acquisition as part of the scheme.
Reverse.fashion lands €7M to automate textile recycling with AI
Reverse.fashion secures €7M from High-Tech Gründerfonds to scale AI-powered textile sorting solutions.
Six AI coding assistants expose users to SSH access attacks via GhostApproval flaw
Six AI coding tools, including Claude Code and Amazon Q Developer, vulnerable to GhostApproval attack enabling SSH access without user awareness.
Anthropic's Claude ad probes 120,000 users on AI's role in society
Anthropic's new Claude ad campaign explores global perspectives on AI, based on surveys of 120,000 users and the public.
Anthropic leads AI Safety Index with a C+ grade, but all major firms fall short
Anthropic tops the AI Safety Index with a C+, but the report reveals weakened safety commitments across major AI developers.
MiniMax AI targets $2.05B funding round to fuel global AI expansion
MiniMax AI seeks $2.05B in funding to accelerate AI development and global expansion, despite investor concerns over dilution.
Globant deepens Anthropic partnership to scale AI services in Latin America
Globant joins the Anthropic Partner Program to expand AI services and technical expertise in Latin America.
Radical Numerics lands $50M to build AI for DNA, biosecurity
San Francisco-based Radical Numerics raises $50M to develop AI models for biology and biosecurity, aiming to accelerate drug discovery and defend against AI...
Robostral Navigate: 8B model achieves 76.6% on R2R-CE with single RGB camera
Robostral Navigate, an 8B model, achieves 76.6% on R2R-CE using only a single RGB camera, outperforming multi-sensor approaches.
Velocity's $27M round leads $107M AI-focused funding surge in Africa and Middle East
Velocity's $27M round leads $107M in AI-focused funding across Africa and the Middle East, with Israeli startups dominating.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work automates workflows with GPT-5.6, targeting enterprise cost efficiency
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, combining GPT-5.6, ChatGPT, and Codex to automate enterprise tasks with lower operating costs.
Giant Swarm's AI agent platform cuts costs 2.8x with open-source Kubernetes
Giant Swarm launches Kubernetes-native AI agent platform, reducing costs 2.8x and eliminating SaaS dependency for enterprises.
Eurogroup adds AI cyber risk to finance ministers' agenda for July meeting
Eurogroup finance ministers to discuss AI and cybersecurity implications for financial stability, with Mistral AI CEO invited to contribute.
Jordan's ISSF and STV launch Google-backed AI Fund access for Jordanian startups
Jordan's ISSF partners with STV to bring Google-backed AI Fund to local founders, boosting regional AI investment.
Avelin AI secures $3.7M pre-seed for sovereign AI platform, targeting regulated sectors
Avelin AI raises $3.7M pre-seed to expand sovereign AI platform for governments and regulated industries.