Salesforce is set to significantly ramp up its investment in generative AI, with CEO Marc Benioff revealing on the All-In podcast that the company expects to spend nearly $300 million on Anthropic tokens in 2026. A substantial portion of th<!--autointro-->
Google and Blackstone to Launch $5 Billion AI Cloud Venture in Strategic PartnershipGoogle and the US alternative asset manager Blackstone are set to announce a major joint venture on May 18 to establish a new artificial intelligence cloud company in<!--autointro-->
OpenHuman: The Open-Source Personal AI Superintelligence That is Private, Simple, and PowerfulOpenHuman, a groundbreaking new open-source project developed by tinyhumansai, has recently surged to the top of the GitHub Trending charts. Designed as a &<!--autointro-->
Santa Clara-based artificial intelligence chip startup, Tenstorrent, has reportedly entered into early-stage discussions regarding a potential sale with tech giants Intel and Qualcomm. Alongside these acquisition talks, the company is also actively e<!--autointro-->
Kin Health Secures $9 Million in Seed Funding Led by Maveron to Revolutionize AI-Powered Healthcare DocumentationKin Health, an innovative startup developing an AI-driven application designed to assist patients in recording and summarizing medical co<!--autointro-->
CLI-Anything: HKUDS Open-Source Project Empowering All Software with Agent-Native CapabilitiesThe Data Science Laboratory at the University of Hong Kong (HKUDS) has officially released CLI-Anything, an innovative open-source project on GitHub. T<!--autointro-->
On May 18, Anthropic officially announced the acquisition of Stainless, a New York-based startup specializing in automated software development kit (SDK) generation and maintenance tools. Founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray, Stainl<!--autointro-->
Anthropic announced on Monday that it has acquired Stainless, a developer tools startup founded by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray. Stainless is widely known for its software used by competing AI labs, including OpenAI and Google.Financial terms <!--autointro-->
New York Life Ventures has officially announced an investment in Vapi, a rapidly growing artificial intelligence startup specializing in voice technology. This strategic funding round also saw participation from prominent investors, including Microso<!--autointro-->
Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has agreed to deliver a specialized briefing to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) regarding its advanced AI model, Mythos. According to two sources familiar with the matter, the session was initiated at the re<!--autointro-->
Amid intensifying competition in the digital-first economy, PayPal is aggressively advancing a strategic initiative focused on cost efficiency and the integration of artificial intelligence. The company plans to reduce its global workforce by approxi<!--autointro-->
May 18 — AI edge inference chip startup SiMa.ai is currently negotiating a new round of funding, with a post-money valuation of approximately $1.4 billion. SiMa.ai specializes in AI inference chips designed for the edge, with its products primarily t<!--autointro-->
On May 19, X announced the launch of Creator Connect, a new AI-powered tool designed to intelligently match brands with creators. Leveraging xAI technology, the platform analyzes brand marketing objectives, audience interests, and real-time trends to<!--autointro-->
Microsoft’s Multi-Agent System Dethrones Mythos as the Top “Hacker AI”—Using Competitors’ ModelsThe strongest “hacker” large language model is no longer Anthropic’s Mythos. Microsoft has claimed the number-one spot on CyberGym, the leading benchmark <!--autointro-->
Hanmi Semiconductor Plans U.S. Subsidiary to Strengthen AI Chip Market PresenceSouth Korea’s Hanmi Semiconductor announced on May 15 that it will establish a U.S. subsidiary, Hanmi USA, in San Jose by the end of 2026. The move aims to expand its foot<!--autointro-->
Following OpenClaw’s lead, Nous Research has introduced a new Codex application server runtime for its open-source AI assistant, Hermes Agent. When enabled, all terminal commands, file edits, sandbox operations, and MCP tool calls originally routed t<!--autointro-->
Zyphra has released ZAYA1-8B-Diffusion-Preview, a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) diffusion language model converted from an autoregressive LLM. While the company markets it as the “first” to achieve this architectural transformation, the same approach was <!--autointro-->
AI and Oil Drive Global Market Divergence as Chip Supply Chain Emerges as Primary BeneficiaryMay 15, 2026 — A column published by The New York Times highlights that artificial intelligence and energy prices have become the two core variable<!--autointro-->
