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 from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, reaching a $730B pre-money valuation and expanding AWS distribution and Nvidia infrastructure capacity.
Google released Nano Banana 2, also called Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, expanding AI image generation with real-time web search grounding and structured visual outputs.
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.
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.
IBM released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index on Feb. 25, 2026, reporting North America at 29% of cases, a 44% rise in app-exploit entry, and 109 extortion groups in 2025.
Anthropic broadened its Enterprise AI Agents push with new Claude integrations across Slack, DocuSign, FactSet, and Gmail, prompting a rebound in software stocks.
ProducerAI joins Google Labs as Google expands Lyria 3 music creation in Gemini, starting with 30-second tracks and SynthID watermarking.
Meta and AMD formalize a 60 billion dollar AI chip partnership tied to a 6 gigawatt GPU rollout and expanded multivendor compute strategy.
