Today 2
- TechCrunch AIFunding / business
WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data↗
WindBorne, a Silicon Valley startup using weather balloons and AI for forecasting, secured a nearly $50 million US military contract.
#contract#defense#weather-forecasting - TechCrunch AIFunding / business
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background↗
A former Plaud executive has raised $26 million for an AI app that passively listens to users in the background to gather context.
#funding#startup#ai-app
This week 7
- TechCrunch AIFunding / business
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe↗
Apple disclosed a deal to hire the team and license technology from Huxe, a startup making personalized AI podcasts.
#apple#huxe#acquisition - TechCrunch AIFunding / business
The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch↗
TypeSafe, maker of the non-text AI model Jev, has reportedly reached a $7.5B valuation weeks after the model's launch, drawing interest from users and large companies.
#funding#valuation#non-text-ai - TechCrunch AIFunding / business
Danu Robotics’ fight to build a better recycling robot↗
Danu Robotics founder Amy Ma has spent six years developing an improved robotic system for sorting recyclable waste.
#robotics#recycling#startups - OpenAIFunding / business
Asana cuts model costs 76x in browser tests with GPT-6.1 Sol↗
Asana reported that, in internal browser-agent tests, switching to an OpenAI model in Codex cut costs 76 times and sped up the agent five times.
#asana#openai#codex - OpenAIFunding / business
Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI↗
Pollo AI is using OpenAI models, including GPT-Image-2.5, to help creators produce detailed images and cinematic video ads from creative concepts.
#pollo-ai#openai#partnership - OpenAIFunding / business
Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership to turn enterprise knowledge into action↗
Atlassian and OpenAI are broadening their partnership to link frontier AI models with enterprise knowledge, aiming to help teams plan, build, and deliver work.
#atlassian#openai#partnership - OpenAIFunding / business
How Jump Trading is scaling quant research with ChatGPT↗
Jump Trading is using OpenAI's ChatGPT to expand its quantitative research, pairing longer-running AI workflows with multiple data sources and human review.
#openai#jump-trading#chatgpt
Earlier 10
- OpenAIFunding / business
Chatham scales its capital markets expertise with OpenAI↗
Chatham Financial is using OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.6 to build internal technology and redesign workflows, reducing trade validation time from 30 minutes to under 4.
#openai#chatham-financial#codex - AnthropicFunding / business
Anthropic invests $100 million to train 10,000 engineers and tackle the enterprise AI talent gap↗
Anthropic is committing $100 million to train 10,000 engineers, aiming to close the enterprise AI skills shortage.
#anthropic#training#enterprise - OpenAIFunding / business
How Albertsons Companies is reimagining retail from the inside out↗
Albertsons Companies is deploying ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to speed up internal work and improve grocery shopping for its customers.
#enterprise#retail#chatgpt-enterprise - AnthropicFunding / business
Barclays scales Claude to upgrade operations and improve client experience↗
Barclays is expanding its use of Anthropic's Claude to streamline internal operations and improve the client experience across the bank.
#anthropic#claude#barclays - OpenAIFunding / business
Helping small businesses put AI to work↗
OpenAI is partnering with America's SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, and released a report on small-team AI use.
#openai#small-business#partnership - Microsoft ResearchFunding / business
One year in: How Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore is advancing research, partnership and talent for real-world impact↗
Microsoft Research Asia's Singapore lab marks its first anniversary, highlighting progress in frontier AI research, partnerships with government, academia and industry, and talent development.
#microsoft-research#singapore#research-lab - Hugging FaceFunding / business
Jun Kim, oMLX creator and maintainer, joins Hugging Face to support the MLX community↗
Jun Kim, creator and maintainer of oMLX, has joined Hugging Face to support the MLX community.
#hugging-face#mlx#hiring - Google AI (Keyword)Funding / business
New experts join Google’s AI & Economy team↗
Google is expanding its AI and Economy research team with new academic advisors, fellows, and internal researchers.
#google#ai-economy#hiring - AnthropicFunding / business
Partnering with Accenture on embedded evaluation↗
Anthropic announces a partnership with Accenture focused on embedding evaluation practices into enterprise AI deployments.
#anthropic#accenture#partnership - AnthropicFunding / business
Expanding our support for scientists↗
Anthropic announces an expansion of its support for scientists, though the item provides few details beyond the headline.
#anthropic#science#research-support