AI startup Hark launches 'Handoff,' an autonomous web agent claiming a record 97.7 benchmark score and pricing at one-tenth of competitors' costs, backed by a staggering $6 billion valuation — but transparency concerns over its base model, benchmark methodology, and enterprise security leave critical questions unanswered.
SpaceX shares fall after the company reveals a staggering $28.5 billion in AI capital expenditures in the first half of 2026, more than four times last year's spending, alarming investors despite strong inaugural earnings that beat Wall Street expectations.
Google shakes up its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps back from day-to-day operations at DeepMind to focus on AGI strategy, Koray Kavukcuoglu takes the reins overseeing Gemini's 950 million users, and legendary engineer Jeff Dean departs after 27 years to co-found a new AI-focused public benefit corporation with Google …
Anthropic signs a massive $10 billion, six-year cloud compute deal with AI startup Volta to build a 133-megawatt data center in Norway powered by Nvidia's cutting-edge Vera Rubin chips, as the AI company aggressively expands its infrastructure amid fierce industry competition.
Apple seeks a preliminary injunction against OpenAI over alleged stolen trade secrets involving two former employees, but OpenAI fights back by releasing text messages and emails it claims prove its innocence, as the high-stakes legal battle threatens to delay OpenAI's AI hardware launch and shake investor confidence ahead of its …
HappyRobot reaches unicorn status with a $1.2 billion valuation after raising $150 million in Series C funding, fueled by 5x revenue growth and major enterprise clients like DHL and Uber expanding contracts up to 10x, as the AI call agent startup pushes beyond logistics into telecom, energy, and financial services.
Anthropic signs a massive $10 billion computing deal with Nvidia-backed startup Volta Infra Holdings to secure critical data center capacity as demand for its Claude AI surges.
AI competition heats up as Alibaba launches a model rivaling Anthropic's Claude, Amazon finalizes a landmark $50 billion OpenAI investment, and a federal judge upholds Minnesota's ban on 'nudify' apps despite xAI's legal challenge.
Intelligence raises $7.9M in seed funding led by Index Ventures to scale Design Arena, a human-feedback platform where 5.3 million users compare AI-generated visuals, already generating $60M ARR by selling crowdsourced evaluation data to frontier AI labs.
Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo launches ChronicleBio, an AI-powered startup using home blood draws and 153 terabytes of biological data to identify chronic disease sub-groups and improve clinical drug trial success rates.