David Silver, co-creator of Google DeepMind's groundbreaking AlphaGo system, departs to launch London startup Ineffable Intelligence with the ambitious goal of building 'an endlessly learning superintelligence that self-discovers the foundations of all knowledge' through reinforcement learning methods.
AI startup Decagon secures Series D funding led by Coatue and Index Ventures to revolutionize customer support, targeting automation of 70% of interactions by 2030 while achieving 85% ticket deflection rates and tripling customer satisfaction in a $600 billion market opportunity.
Airtable launches Superagent, its first standalone AI agent product in 13 years, featuring specialized AI agents that work together to research complex business questions and deliver interactive visualizations, even as the company's valuation plummets from $11.7 billion to $4 billion since 2021.
Tiny 30-person startup Arcee AI shocks the tech world by releasing Trinity, a massive 400-billion parameter open source AI model that rivals Meta's Llama 4 and China's top models, spending just $20 million over six months to challenge industry giants.
China pours $3 billion into AI-powered traditional medicine, enabling automated tongue scans and pulse readings at clinics, while establishing 30 overseas centers to export the tech-enhanced ancient healing practices globally despite challenges quantifying abstract concepts like qi and yin-yang.
Google integrates premium Developer Program benefits into AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions, offering subscribers $10-100 monthly cloud credits to streamline app development from prototyping to production deployment.
SoftBank prepares to invest $30 billion in OpenAI as part of a record-breaking $100 billion funding round that would value the AI company at $830 billion, with additional backing from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Amazon pushing the deal toward unprecedented heights.
SoftBank considers a massive $30 billion investment in OpenAI as part of a $100 billion funding round that could catapult the ChatGPT creator's valuation to an astronomical $830 billion, despite the AI company operating at a loss while generating over $20 billion in annualized revenue.
Palladyne AI stock rockets 14% after winning Air Force contract for drone coordination software, while defense giants General Dynamics drops 2.7% despite beating earnings and Textron crashes 8% on disappointing 2026 guidance that falls short of analyst expectations.
Anthropic secures massive $20 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation, doubling its original target as the AI startup rides unprecedented investor demand following previous raises totaling $28 billion from tech giants including Nvidia and Microsoft.