Sources: Anthropic's revenue run rate hit $9B+ at the end of 2025, up from $4B in July 2025; Iconiq, Lightspeed, and Menlo are set to join its new funding round — Iconiq, Lightspeed and Menlo Ventures are set to join the startup's new funding round at a $350 billion valuation.
ElevenLabs launches an album of original tracks made by artists like Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel in “collaboration” with its Eleven Music AI model — Several well-known music artists have turned to ElevenLabs' AI as a virtual muse — and record producer.
Greg Yang, one of the co-founders of xAI, is stepping down from the company after being diagnosed with Lyme disease — Greg Yang, one of the co-founders of Elon Musk's startup xAI, is stepping down from the company after being diagnosed with Lyme disease. — Yang will be an informal adviser …
OpenAI and ServiceNow sign a three-year deal to integrate OpenAI's models into ServiceNow's business software, including embedding OpenAI's AI agents — The AI model maker and business-software provider signed a three-year pact that underscores how AI agents are increasingly being embedded in corporate software
Q&A with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan on the use of AI in game development, the gaming community's pushback against AI, partnering with Grok, and more — We're back to start the year off with a very special live interview with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, which we taped in front of a terrific audience …
Anthropic's Claude Cowork launch has revived fears about disruption that weighed on SaaS stocks in 2025; Morgan Stanley SaaS index is down 15% so far in 2026 — The new year was supposed to bring opportunities for beaten-down software stocks. Instead, the group is off to its worst start in years.
The UK government will take a £25M stake in Octopus Energy's tech spin-off Kraken, last valued at $8.65B, in an effort to encourage Kraken to list in London — Investment aims to persuade tech business to list in London as it gears up for IPO — The UK government will take a £25mn stake …