Quill raises $6.5M in seed funding and launches Quilliam, an AI 'Chief of Staff' that transforms meeting action items into real tasks, drafts follow-up communications, and queries full meeting histories — all while keeping humans in control with privacy-first, fully offline operation.
AI accounting startup Basis rockets to unicorn status after securing $100 million in funding at a $1.15 billion valuation, backed by Accel, GV, and former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, signaling surging investor confidence in AI-driven financial services.
Google, Anthropic, and India are reshaping the AI landscape as Gemini 3.1 Pro shatters reasoning benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 brings million-token context windows to free users, and India commits $200 billion toward AI infrastructure in a massive push to become a global tech powerhouse.
Anthropic launches a massive employee share sale valued at $350 billion, with between $5 billion and $6 billion lined up for eligible current and former employees to cash out.
Trump's $500B Stargate AI initiative is stalling as OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank clash over data center ownership, forcing a compromise where SoftBank owns a Texas facility while OpenAI controls its design — leaving the ambitious project far short of its original vision.
General Catalyst commits a massive $5 billion to India over five years, shifting focus from AI model development to real-world AI deployment, betting on the country's digital infrastructure, vast market, and tech talent as the foundation for transformative growth.
Perplexity abandons its advertising strategy and pivots to subscriptions and enterprise deals, betting that ad-free AI search will build consumer trust — but the startup faces fierce competition from Google, ChatGPT, and Anthropic as it fights for a foothold in an increasingly crowded market.
OpenAI slashes its infrastructure spending target to $600B by 2030—down from $1.4T—while finalizing a massive $100B+ funding round at a $730B valuation, with Nvidia potentially investing $30B alongside SoftBank and Amazon, as the AI giant projects $280B in revenue by 2030.
OpenAI is closing in on a record-breaking $100 billion+ funding round that could push its valuation beyond $850 billion, cementing its status as one of the most valuable AI companies in history.
Gen Z founder Kiara Nirghin launches Emanate, an AI startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, and Alexis Ohanian, deploying autonomous revenue agents to modernize the $5 trillion industrial materials sector and promising customer revenue boosts of up to 80%.