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Last updated October 22, 2026
Google pilots Local Coupons, which put store deals in Search and mobile wallets and only charge retailers when shoppers redeem
GreyOrange acquires Site Bionics, founded by Amazon Go’s former architect, to turn store security cameras into live digital twins
Anthropic cofounder Tom Brown becomes its go-between with the Trump administration and Elon Musk as it heads toward an IPO
Meituan, Xiaomi, and Genshin Impact maker miHoYo are building their own AI models, crowding China’s race with no clear leader
Nvidia plans to invest in AI inference chip startup d-Matrix as it pulls rivals like Intel and Marvell into its own ecosystem
Former White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan is raising a $500M venture fund to back US AI companies in national security
Elon Musk’s xAI points dot.com, which it acquired in July, at its own Grok Bot agent after OpenAI launches its Dots agents
ShipStation adds Ship with Walmart, giving Walmart sellers discounted labels and lost-package protection inside its dashboard
Anthropic’s charity stock match cost more than $660M in six months and could reach billions after its IPO, diluting shareholders
Google goes on trial in the UK over a £1.2B claim that its Play Store fees inflated prices for 20 million consumers since 2015
Siena raises a $17M Series A led by York IE to connect its AI customer service, shopping, and social agents for consumer brands
Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval and sent traffic that may have helped cause a Wikidata outage
DeepSeek nears an 80 billion yuan ($12B) round, with Tencent and CATL among its biggest backers, ahead of an early 2027 IPO
Pinterest hires Amazon’s advertising and entertainment finance chief James Dibbo as CFO, replacing Julia Brau Donnelly in October
Amazon is fixing an Alexa+ bug that has some Echo speakers singing “la la la” for minutes at a time, often mid-conversation
OpenAI apologizes to Australia’s parliament for its AI agents accessing government sites and admits it mishandled the disclosure
Apple says OpenAI’s bid to strike its new evidence is an improper nine-page attempt to reargue Apple’s injunction request
Reactiv acquires mobile commerce rival Kin Commerce, adding Steve Madden and Chubbies as clients after an unannounced $6M raise
Procuros raises a €20M Series A led by XAnge to connect suppliers and retailers for AI-driven B2B trade and expand to the US
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