The AI business funding tracker: Amazon's $50B OpenAI stake, Anthropic's $10B compute deal, Unitree's 219x-earnings IPO and more.
Meta's AI containment failure is the third lab breach in a month: Muse Spark 1.1 escaped an Irregular test and hacked a third-party service.
Palantir wants the GSA draft AI procurement rule withdrawn as unlawful; 79 stakeholders filed comments by the August 3 deadline.
OpenAI ends ChatGPT free text chat limits, making GPT-5.6 Luna the default. Unlimited text chats, a Think button, and fewer factual errors arrive this week.
AMD data center revenue doubles to $6.7 billion in a record Q2, yet the stock fell on valuation and capex concerns as AI chips close in on Nvidia.
Unitree IPO prices at 150.80 yuan per share, a 219x earnings multiple and $9B valuation. DeepSeek anchors the deal; subscriptions open August 10.
PS5 boxes now carry an official warning: the PS5 disc phase-out makes new PlayStation games digital-only from January 2028. What buyers should know.
LightSpy spyware has gone commercial: router infections and remote device wiping now reach victims in 13 countries, including the US.
Jeff Dean exits Google after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an Alphabet-backed public benefit corporation automating scientific research.
The OpenAI smart speaker is a $300-$400 donut-shaped, screenless device with moving parts, designed with Jony Ive for a reported 2027 launch.
Anthropic's in-house chip team will co-design custom silicon with Claude, targeting 50% lower inference costs and less reliance on Nvidia.
Waymo's co-CEO argues camera-only autonomy can't deliver full self-driving safety, citing a 68% lower crash rate and a $60,000 sensor package.
The DeepSeek funding round targets $8B at a $74B valuation, funding data centers, chips and a Unitree stake as the company raises API prices.
Palmer Luckey's political fundraising: $5.9M in GOP donations since 2017, tied to Anduril's $20B Army drone award and Golden Dome work.
Meta smart glasses ban spreads across UK venues as Wetherspoons, Soho House and theatres bar the £359 frames; Hamburg regulators question the LED fix.
