OpenAI Signs Pentagon AI Deal as Anthropic Faces Federal Ban
28 February 2026
OpenAI signs Pentagon AI deal for classified, cloud-only AI deployment with three redlines, as federal agencies move to phase out Anthropic over six months.
OpenAI Raises $110B in Funding Round Backed by Amazon and Nvidia
27 February 2026
OpenAI raises $110B from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, reaching a $730B pre-money valuation and expanding AWS distribution and Nvidia infrastructure capacity.
Block Cuts 40 Percent of Staff as Jack Dorsey Cites AI Automation
26 February 2026
Block is cutting more than 4,000 employees (about 40% of staff) as CEO Jack Dorsey says AI tools now enable smaller, more efficient teams.
Self-driving Startup Wayve Raises $1.2B From Nvidia, Uber, and Automakers
25 February 2026
Wayve secured 1.2B dollars in Series D funding at an 8.6B valuation, with Uber able to invest up to 300M more, targeting London public robotaxi trials in 2026.
Meta and AMD Sign 60 Billion Dollar AI Infrastructure Deal
24 February 2026
Meta and AMD formalize a 60 billion dollar AI chip partnership tied to a 6 gigawatt GPU rollout and expanded multivendor compute strategy.
OpenAI Launches OpenAI for India With 100MW Tata Infrastructure Deal
18 February 2026
OpenAI launches OpenAI for India and partners with Tata Group to deploy 100MW of AI-ready data center capacity, with plans to scale to 1GW and expand enterprise and youth AI programs.
Saudi Arabia’s Humain Invests $3B in Musk’s xAI Before SpaceX Merger
18 February 2026
Humain invests $3 billion in xAI Series E before SpaceX acquisition, converting the stake into SpaceX shares in the $1.25T merged company.
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Secures $1 Billion for Physical AI Vision
18 February 2026
World Labs raised $1 billion, including $200 million from Autodesk, to scale AI world models that generate and reason about 3D environments.
OpenAI Hires OpenClaw Creator as Agent Race Intensifies
17 February 2026
OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger. OpenClaw will move to a foundation-backed open-source structure as companies debate security risks.
