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Anthropic Prohibits OpenClaw from Using Claude Pro and Max at Fixed Price
As of April 4, 2026, Anthropic has prohibited using Claude Pro and Max through OpenClaw at a fixed price, transitioning autonomous agents to

Mistral leads the list: Europe's major funding rounds for the week of March 30 - April 5
During the week of March 30-April 5, European startups raised funds in AI, quantum computing, biotech, and fintech, with Mistral sending the

Microsoft Sells Copilot as Work AI, but Labels It Entertainment in Terms
Copilot's terms warn Microsoft users not to rely on AI for important matters, yet the company pitches the service as a work assistant and ch

Trump Administration Promotes Anthropic in Banks While Pentagon Sues the Company
U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Advise Major Banks to Test Anthropic's Mythos for Cybersecurity, Despite Pentagon's Earlier Supply Chain R

OpenAI Acquires Fintech Startup Hiro Finance, Raises Bet on AI for Personal Finance
OpenAI acquires Hiro Finance, shuts down its product, and absorbs the startup's team to strengthen its financial planning tools and money-sc

Helical raised $10M to turn biological foundation models into pharma systems
London-based startup Helical, founded by Luxembourg expats, raised $10M and is already deploying AI systems at several companies from the gl

Synera raises $40M to embed agentic AI into NASA and BMW engineering processes
German Synera received $40M for a platform where AI agent teams handle engineering tasks across 75+ tools for clients including NASA, BMW, A

Anthropic and the Pentagon: Why the AI Conflict Became a Warning for Europe
After Anthropic refused to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, the Pentagon branded the company a national securi

Meta and Broadcom extend AI chip contract through 2029, prepare 2-nm MTIA
Meta has extended its agreement with Broadcom on proprietary AI chips MTIA through 2029: the project launches with capacity exceeding 1 GW a

FluidStack discusses $1 billion round at $18 billion valuation following Anthropic deal
AI infrastructure startup FluidStack is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $18 billion valuation following sharp revenue growth and major par

Adobe Unveiled Firefly AI Assistant — Unified Chat Interface for Creative Cloud
Adobe unified Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, and Illustrator in Firefly AI Assistant: the new agent understands natural language, maintains

Norwegian Stendr raises $5.4M for AI systems protecting Europe from drones
Norwegian startup Stendr, founded by Sky Mavis co-founder, raised $5.4M for developing AI systems that detect and track drones for European

Wayve raises $60M from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm for full self-driving stack
London-based Wayve received an additional $60M from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm, strengthening its self-driving platform's compatibility with near

Anthropic, Google and Microsoft Quietly Closed AI Agent Bugs Without CVE and Warnings
A researcher demonstrated that AI agents from Anthropic, Google and Microsoft can be forced to publish keys and tokens through prompt inject

US Court Ruled That Defendant's Correspondence with Anthropic's Claude Is Not Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege
A US court ruled that conversations between a fraud defendant and Claude do not fall under attorney-client privilege: AI is not a lawyer, an

Athena launches FabOrchestrator for MES automation in chip and electronics factories
Athena launched FabOrchestrator — an agentic AI layer for MES that automates reports, support tickets, modeling, and code generation in chip

Accenture invests in General Robotics to unite AI for factory robots
Accenture invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform unites over 40 industrial robots of different brands under a single AI layer for

Accel raised $5B for AI startups and intensified the race for late-stage deals
Accel has raised $5B for major investments in AI companies at late stages, targeting deals around $200M and heating up the capital race for

Anthropic Receives $800 Billion Valuation Offers Amid $30 Billion Revenue Run Rate
Investors are willing to value Anthropic at approximately $800 billion—more than double the valuation from just two months ago—following a s

Sygaldry raised $139M for quantum-classical servers to accelerate AI
U.S. startup Sygaldry, backed by quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti, raised $139M for hybrid servers to accelerate AI workloads.

Cadence and Nvidia Expand Partnership for Training Robots on More Accurate Simulations
Cadence and Nvidia combine physically accurate simulations, Isaac tools, and Cosmos models to help robots transition faster from virtual tra

Elon Musk Accelerates Terafab: Chip Equipment Suppliers Urged to Speed Up
Musk's teams are requesting prices and delivery schedules from key equipment suppliers for Terafab — an AI-chip factory project where supply

Apple Threatened to Remove Grok from App Store Over Nude Deepfake Complaints
A letter from Apple to senators revealed that the company rejected Grok's first update in January and warned xAI: without restrictions on se

Bank of England convenes British banks for briefing on cyber risks of Anthropic's Mythos model
The Bank of England, FCA and UK cybersecurity services have escalated Claude Mythos Preview to major banks: the Anthropic model, per their a

Spektr raises $20M for AI agents for KYC and KYB in financial compliance
Danish fintech Spektr has closed a $20M Series A round and is developing an AI platform that automates KYC and KYB checks, reducing hours of

Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.7 with Best Results in Coding and Agentic Tasks
Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 4.7 — a flagship model with SWE-bench Pro leadership, stronger agentic reasoning, fewer tool errors, and 3x

Google Adds Image Generation to Gemini Based on Emails, Photos, and Calendar
Google integrated personalized image generation into Gemini using Nano Banana: the AI draws on data from Gmail, Photos, Calendar, and Drive,

Solidroad raised $25M to shift customer support quality control to AI
Dublin and San Francisco-based Solidroad raised $25M for an AI quality control platform that audits 100% of support interactions instead of

Roblox turned its built-in AI assistant into an agent that plans, assembles, and tests games itself
Roblox added planning mode, 3D object generation, and self-checking to its built-in AI assistant so it could not only advise but also almost

OpenAI Introduced GPT-Rosalind for Drug Discovery and Biomedical Research
OpenAI launched GPT-Rosalind — the first specialized model line for biochemistry, genomics, and drug development, with access limited to ver