Apple strikes a deal with Google to power Siri's next-generation upgrade using a custom Gemini AI model launching spring 2026, choosing Google over Anthropic's $1.5 billion annual price tag while maintaining privacy through Apple's private cloud servers for complex tasks.
Shopify's AI traffic explodes 7x and AI-driven purchases surge 11x since January as the e-commerce giant partners with OpenAI and Microsoft, driving Q3 revenue up 32% to $2.84 billion despite stock decline from missing profit targets by $3 million.
Cognition unveils Windsurf Codemaps, an AI-powered tool that transforms engineer onboarding from a 3-9 month process to minutes by creating structured, annotated maps of codebases that help developers quickly understand complex code before making changes.
Google unveils Project Suncatcher, an ambitious space-based AI computing initiative that will deploy solar-powered satellites equipped with TPU chips to create a massive orbital computing network, with prototype launches planned for early 2027 in partnership with Planet.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian spins off Mind Robotics, securing $115 million in seed funding to develop AI-powered robotic solutions for manufacturing operations using Rivian's operational data.
OpenAI unveils Aardvark, a revolutionary GPT-5 powered security agent that autonomously scans code repositories, identifies vulnerabilities, and automatically generates patches while embedding directly into development pipelines to continuously protect software projects.
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria steps down after 11 transformative years that saw the company go public and achieve a fifteenfold stock increase to nearly $30 billion market cap, with Cloudflare executive CJ Desai taking the helm to drive revenue beyond $5 billion.
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service reaches 250,000 weekly driverless rides, matching Waymo's performance while operating across Chinese cities and expanding internationally to Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Switzerland with 140 million accident-free autonomous rides completed.
Hippocratic AI secures $126 million Series C funding at $3.5 billion valuation after successfully processing 115 million patient interactions across 50+ health systems including Cleveland Clinic, deploying AI agents for patient intake and care management with zero safety incidents reported.
IREN lands massive $9.7 billion five-year Microsoft GPU cloud services contract and $5.8 billion Dell partnership to deploy NVIDIA GB300 GPUs at its 750MW Texas AI campus through 2026, positioning the company as a major AI cloud provider with access to global hyperscaler customers.