Anthropic is reportedly exploring custom AI chips, a sign that the generative AI battle is moving deeper into the hardware layer. The effort reflects rising pressure on compute supply, cost, and strategic independence as AI demand keeps accelerating.
OpenAI is reportedly preparing a cybersecurity-focused product for a small group of partners, a sign that frontier AI companies are increasingly restricting access to their most capable tools.
Microsoft has unveiled three new foundational AI models, marking a fresh step in its effort to build more of its artificial intelligence stack internally and compete more directly across the AI market.
OpenAI’s nonprofit arm has pledged $1 billion in grants over the next year, sharpening the company’s public-interest message at a moment when Sam Altman remains under intense scrutiny over OpenAI’s structure and ambitions.
OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the tech-business show, in a move that goes beyond product expansion and into media strategy. The deal suggests Sam Altman’s company wants a more direct hand in shaping the conversation around AI.
Anthropic has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Google for more AI computing power, a move that underscores how central chips and electricity have become to the race to build frontier models.
OpenAI said on March 31, 2026 that it closed a $122 billion funding round, then used the announcement to outline a broader strategy centered on compute, enterprise growth, and a unified AI superapp.
