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Last updated October 29, 2026
Pie raises $19.5M Series A led by Lightspeed to bring AI customer-acquisition and AEO tools to small businesses, launching a 24/7 call-answering agent
Higgsfield AI in talks to raise up to $500M at a $5B valuation, quadrupling its January mark as the AI video startup hits a $500M revenue run rate
Anthropic renegotiates Amazon pricing to token-based billing that could raise costs, pushing Amazon to weigh OpenAI and its own Nova models
Nebex raises $30M seed led by Google Ventures to build payment and market infrastructure connecting space companies with sovereign government buyers
Comcast spins off NBCUniversal including Peacock and Universal studios as it abandons the pipes-plus-content model and refocuses on broadband
Alphabet replaces Verizon in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after 22 years, lifting mega-cap tech to six of the index’s 30 components
Google argues AI training is fair use in a policy paper urging copyright be policed on outputs not inputs, as it fights music-industry suits over the same question
Meta unveils non-invasive Brain2Qwerty v2 that decodes brain activity into text at 61% word accuracy without surgery, releasing the code openly
Anthropic and California Gov. Newsom strike first-of-its-kind deal giving state and local agencies Claude at half price as AI costs squeeze budgets
Google warns EU plans to force search-data sharing and open Android AI could spike fraud and expose users, as the bloc moves to curb its monopoly
France adopts ultra-fast fashion law hitting Shein and Temu with per-item fines up to €10 by 2030 and an ad ban including influencer promotions
Google tests an open-in-new-window icon on search ads, adding a small symbol at the end of the URL on sponsored results
Google starts testing Gmail Live, a Gemini-powered voice tool that lets users ask their inbox questions aloud and hear spoken answers
OpenAI teases a Codex hardware device built with macro-pad maker Work Louder, with shortcut buttons for its coding tool set to launch July 15
TikTok lets brands build and promote branded microdramas through its Growth Max ad solution, tapping a format that drove $1.3B in U.S. viewer spending in 2025
Google adds Shorts Ad Actions to budget optimization and rolls out Attributed Branded Searches globally for YouTube Video campaign reporting
Anthropic wins Commerce Department clearance to restore Mythos 5 for about 100 vetted cyber-defense partners after a two-week export-control shutdown
UK CMA moves to break Apple and Google’s mobile duopoly by letting developers steer users to outside payments, bypassing app-store fees up to 30%
OpenAI Codex head Andrew Ambrosino says AI still struggles with creative design because taste is harder to grade than whether code compiles
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