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OpenAI and Anthropic both launch Wall Street-backed enterprise ventures worth billions. The Pentagon clears eight tech firms for classified AI while blacklisting Anthropic, and China blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition of Manus.
The Pentagon awards classified AI contracts to seven tech giants while Anthropic remains blacklisted, Big Tech commits $700B to AI infrastructure, and Anthropic’s revenue run rate passes $30B.
The Pentagon greenlights seven tech companies for classified AI deployments while shutting out Anthropic, Big Tech’s combined AI capex tops $700 billion, and Anthropic’s revenue surpasses OpenAI at a $30B run rate.
The Pentagon signs classified-network AI deals with eight tech giants but excludes Anthropic, KKR launches a $10B infrastructure venture led by ex-AWS CEO Adam Selipsky, and EU lawmakers fail to agree on AI Act reforms ahead of an August deadline.
Big Tech’s Q1 earnings reveal a staggering $725B in combined AI capex for 2026. Google deepens its Anthropic bet with up to $40B, Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in LLM revenue, and Novo Nordisk taps OpenAI to reinvent drug discovery.
Google signs a classified Pentagon AI deal despite employee backlash, EU lawmakers fail to agree on AI Act changes after 12 hours, and an AI coding agent deletes a startup’s entire database in 9 seconds.
OpenAI’s missed revenue targets send chip stocks tumbling, Google commits up to $40 billion to Anthropic at a $350B valuation, and Beijing vetoes Meta’s acquisition of AI agent startup Manus.
China vetoes Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus, Microsoft and OpenAI gut their exclusive cloud deal, DeepSeek drops V4 with 1.6 trillion parameters, and Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as AI writes 65% of its code.
Google commits up to $40 billion in Anthropic at a $350B valuation, Meta debuts its first Muse-series model, and five Magnificent Seven companies report earnings this week with $680B in AI capex under the microscope.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 just six weeks after GPT-5.4, Google splits its 8th-gen TPU into training and inference chips at Cloud Next, and SpaceX reveals plans to manufacture its own GPUs ahead of a $1.75T IPO.
Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows China within 2.7% of U.S. model performance, Anthropic hits $30B in annualized revenue to surpass OpenAI, and Meta debuts Muse Spark under new AI chief Alexandr Wang.
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google join forces to combat Chinese model distillation, Anthropic hits $30B in ARR to surpass OpenAI, NVIDIA posts its longest winning streak since 2023 on Rubin demand, and India launches an AI governance body with a labor-market mandate.
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