Nick Allyn

Microsoft is executing a significant strategic pivot by integrating AI models from Anthropic, a key rival to its primary partner OpenAI, directly into its flagship Office 365 productivity suite. This development, first reported by TechCrunch citing The Information and since corroborated by multiple outlets, marks a deliberate move by Microsoft to become less reliant on

Microsoft has finalized a landmark agreement with AI infrastructure provider Nebius Group, committing to a multi-billion-dollar deal to secure a massive supply of dedicated GPU computing power. The agreement, valued at a base of $17.4 billion over five years with a potential extension to $19.4 billion, will see Nebius provide Microsoft with capacity from a

In a move that underscores a significant strategic argument for the future of artificial intelligence, Pinecone founder Edo Liberty has transitioned from CEO to the role of Chief Scientist. This leadership change comes just ahead of his pivotal address at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where he is set to argue that the industry’s obsession with building

In a striking display of cognitive dissonance, Chungin “Roy” Lee, the 21-year-old co-founder of the AI cheating tool Cluely, has taken to social media to lament that artificial intelligence is destroying education and creating “hyper-incompetent” students. This public critique comes as his own company, which markets an “undetectable AI that thinks for you,” is experiencing

In a landmark development for the artificial intelligence industry, AI firm Anthropic has agreed to a historic $1.5 billion settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit from authors who alleged the company used pirated books to train its Claude large language model. The agreement, described as the largest public copyright recovery in U.S. history, establishes a

Recall.ai, a startup building foundational data infrastructure for conversational AI, has secured $38 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its valuation to $250 million. The round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with new investments from Salesforce Ventures and HubSpot Ventures, validates the company’s strategic bet that developers will choose to buy, not build,

A collaboration between Google DeepMind and researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) represents a significant Google DeepMind LIGO AI breakthrough, successfully addressing a decades-old engineering challenge that limited the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors. The new AI method, named Deep Loop Shaping, was deployed on the live LIGO system and demonstrated a 30

OpenAI is making a definitive move into hardware, partnering with semiconductor giant Broadcom to co-design a custom artificial intelligence chip. Backed by a reported $10 billion in orders from OpenAI, this development signals a pivotal strategic shift for the AI leader, driven by the need to satisfy an insatiable demand for computing power and reduce

OpenAI is strategically expanding beyond its core conversational AI, confirming the development of the OpenAI Jobs Platform, a new service aimed squarely at the professional recruitment industry. Announced by CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, the platform is scheduled for a mid-2026 launch and is designed to use advanced AI for creating optimal matches between employers

AI startup Sierra, founded by enterprise software veteran Bret Taylor and Google alum Clay Bavor, has secured $350 million in a new funding round, catapulting its valuation to an impressive $10 billion. The financing, announced in early September 2025 and led by existing investor Greenoaks Capital, brings the company’s total capital raised to $635 million

French AI startup Mistral AI is finalizing a new €2 billion investment round that establishes its valuation at a remarkable $14 billion, a development that, according to reports, cements its status as Europe’s leading challenger in the generative AI space. Occurring just two years after its founding, this latest funding round represents significant market validation

Swedish AI startup Lovable has secured a $1.8 billion valuation following a $200 million Series A funding round, a milestone achieved just eight months after launch. This rapid ascent is anchored by the beta release of its new “Agent” technology, a system designed to address the persistent problem of “brittleness” in AI-generated code. The company,