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Last updated June 9, 2026
Thinking Machines lands an Nvidia investment and a 1-gigawatt Vera Rubin chip deal
AMI Labs raises $1.03B at a $3.5B valuation to build AI world models
OpenAI acquires $86M AI security startup Promptfoo to protect its enterprise agents
Eridu emerges from stealth with a $200M Series A to build AI data center networking chips
Pentagon rules out Anthropic AI deal revival after the startup sues over a U.S. supply chain label
Meta closes its 900-person Tel Aviv office and offers hotel stays following missile attacks
Tencent builds a top-secret AI agent for its 1.4 billion-user WeChat app to rival Alibaba and ByteDance
Nearly 40 Google and OpenAI employees defend Anthropic against a Pentagon supply chain risk label
Amazon kicks off an 11-part bond offering with tranches up to 50 years to fund AI infrastructure
Meta shifts European digital tax costs to advertisers with new July 1 location fees
Apple may host Siri on Google servers instead of its own
Google lowers its 30% Android app store fee in the US, UK, and EU, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney loves it!
Google issued a patent for creating AI-generated product landing pages
Anthropic is launching a marketplace for AI software
OpenAI looks to third-party ad tech firms to sell ChatGPT ads
Amazon is exploring technology to sell ads within third-party AI chatbots
Meta tests a shopping research and discovery feature inside of its AI chatbot
OpenAI scales back its integrated commerce plans
Samsung confirms camera-equipped AI smart glasses launching in 2026 to rival Meta
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