Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.

OpenAI is losing its second executive this week
OpenAI is losing its second executive this week

Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the “coming weeks” to “pursue other opportunities,” she said in a team note posted to LinkedIn. Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will be taking over the […]

OpenAI introduces ‘Ultrafast,’ a new mode that makes GPT 5.6 Sol work at 14x the speed

OpenAI is launching a preview of a sped up version of its latest, most powerful model, in an effort to court enterprise users.

IBM partners with OpenAI to bolster enterprise AI push

IBM plans to train and certify tens and thousands of consultants on OpenAI’s technologies as part of this deal.

Gemini 3.5 Pro Delay Continues

Repeated Gemini 3.5 Pro delays fuel concerns about performance, competition, researcher departures, and Google’s AI strategy.

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.

It’s On: The 2026 ARC-AGI Prize Is Part Of Vanguard AI Research

ARC-AGI tests fluid intelligence using human cognitive foundations, emphasizing novel reasoning over accumulated knowledge and culture.

OpenAI hires new CRO as executive shake-up continues

Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI’s top salesperson.

Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool
Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support. Suno says that MIDI was its most requested feature, and it’s basically a prerequisite for any modern DAW. Unfortunately, […]

Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.