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.
Anthropic secures up to $15 billion in funding at a staggering $350 billion valuation, with Coatue and Singapore's GIC leading the oversubscribed round as Microsoft and Nvidia consider additional investments in the Claude AI developer.
Cloudflare stock rockets 10% to $193.68 as investors pile into the cybersecurity giant amid explosive social media buzz around AI agents, with CEO revealing 80% of top AI companies already depend on their network infrastructure.
Tech giants announce massive global AI expansion plans at Davos while startups with no actual products raise billions in funding, as Tesla removes human safety monitors from Robotaxis in deregulated Texas markets.
Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton makes its first-ever venture capital investment, committing $400 million to Andreessen Horowitz's latest funds in a significant strategic move that bridges traditional defense contracting with Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem.
AI workplace adoption surges to 26% with executives leading the charge at 69% usage rates, while nearly half of American workers remain completely disconnected from the technology revolution transforming offices across tech, finance, and education sectors.
A new five-level scale ranks AI labs by commercial ambitions, placing OpenAI and Anthropic at the most profitable Level 5, while Thinking Machines Lab experiences executive exodus amid internal disputes over company direction and newer startups like Humans& and World Labs occupy middle tiers with varying market clarity.
Leading AI models achieve only 24% accuracy on real white-collar tasks in new benchmark testing, with Gemini 3 Flash and GPT-5.2 struggling most when tracking information across multiple workplace tools like Slack and Google Drive in consulting, banking, and legal scenarios.