OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, touting "fast and capable computer use at scale" and clearer, more natural writing, priced at $1/1M input and $5/1M output tokens (OpenAI)
OpenAI: OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra, touting “fast and capable computer use at scale” and clearer, more natural writing, priced at $1/1M input and $5/1M output tokens — Delivering fast and capable computer use at scale — , a fast, efficient model that combines detailed visual reasoning …
Anthropic S-1: it spent just $482M on capex in H1 2026, leasing most of its compute, and its capex is almost entirely outsourced via $782B in lease obligations (Tim Culpan/Culpium)
Tim Culpan / Culpium: Anthropic S-1: it spent just $482M on capex in H1 2026, leasing most of its compute, and its capex is almost entirely outsourced via $782B in lease obligations — What you need to know: Lease obligations pass $780 billion. Revenue per employee $6.6 million — Good Evening from Taipei,
Cohere says during an evaluation Qwen3.8-Flash-Next inventoried its host machine and tried to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing (Cohere)
Cohere: Cohere says during an evaluation Qwen3.8-Flash-Next inventoried its host machine and tried to upload a probe file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing — For nearly two years, one comforting idea has shaped how companies and government contractors adopt open-weight AI models that anyone can download and run.
Apple says it is "aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number" of iPhone Duos and affected users can contact AppleCare for a replacement (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple says it is “aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number” of iPhone Duos and affected users can contact AppleCare for a replacement — Over the weekend, a handful of iPhone Duo users reported that their inner display had cracked along the hinge.
S-1: as of September 30, Anthropic had 11,900+ customers spending $100,000+ annually, 1,900+ customers spending $1M+, and ~250 customers spending $10M+ (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: S-1: as of September 30, Anthropic had 11,900+ customers spending $100,000+ annually, 1,900+ customers spending $1M+, and ~250 customers spending $10M+ — Anthropic is building the same kind of cross-product ecosystem that helped make tech companies like Amazon and Uber enormously sticky, and its S-1 suggests the strategy is working.
Microsoft and others push out emergency patches for a critical flaw in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, that could allow remote code execution (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Microsoft and others push out emergency patches for a critical flaw in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, that could allow remote code execution — A critical flaw dubbed ‘HTTP2Shell’ in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, could allow attackers to corrupt memory and access sensitive data.
Few VC firms are mentioned in Anthropic's S-1, except Spark, which invested ~$800M across six rounds and whose GP Yasmin Razavi is the sole VC on its board (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: Few VC firms are mentioned in Anthropic's S-1, except Spark, which invested ~$800M across six rounds and whose GP Yasmin Razavi is the sole VC on its board — Venture capital firms are largely absent from Anthropic's IPO prospectus, with one exception: Spark Capital, an early investor whose general partner …
Nevis, which uses AI to automate paperwork for financial advisors, raised a $70M Series B led by EQT Ventures, a source says at a $500M valuation (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune: Nevis, which uses AI to automate paperwork for financial advisors, raised a $70M Series B led by EQT Ventures, a source says at a $500M valuation — Americans want more financial advisors, but every day there are fewer to go around. One New York-based startup wants to help ease the squeeze …
Microsoft offers buyouts to ~60K workers at VP level and below across teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK; its headcount at the end of June was 223K (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Microsoft offers buyouts to ~60K workers at VP level and below across teams in the US, Canada, India, and the UK; its headcount at the end of June was 223K — Microsoft Corp. will offer buyouts to about 60,000 workers, part of the company's efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the artificial intelligence era.
Bedrock Robotics, which makes driverless excavators and other autonomous construction machines, raised a $600M Series C at a $4.1B valuation (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: Bedrock Robotics, which makes driverless excavators and other autonomous construction machines, raised a $600M Series C at a $4.1B valuation — Bedrock Robotics Inc., a startup making driverless excavators and other autonomous construction machines, hit a $4.1 billion valuation in its latest funding round.
Instagram is testing Features, a new long-form horizontal video format of up to 90 minutes aimed at podcasters, comedians, and other creators, in the US (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter: Instagram is testing Features, a new long-form horizontal video format of up to 90 minutes aimed at podcasters, comedians, and other creators, in the US — Select creators in the U.S. Monday and will be able to test out the new product, which could make the platform more of a destination for full video podcasts.
S-1: Anthropic warns prospective investors that its AI safety and advocacy stances risk disproportionate and selective targeting from the Trump administration (Maria Curi/Axios)
Maria Curi / Axios: S-1: Anthropic warns prospective investors that its AI safety and advocacy stances risk disproportionate and selective targeting from the Trump administration — Anthropic is warning investors that it may continue to be a target of the Trump administration as it seeks one of the biggest IPOs in history …
Sources: Anthropic is aiming to go public the week of November 16 and could raise ~$100B at a $1.5T to $2T valuation, after initially preparing for October (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Anthropic is aiming to go public the week of November 16 and could raise ~$100B at a $1.5T to $2T valuation, after initially preparing for October — Anthropic didn't reveal the valuation it is targeting or the number of shares it plans to sell — Anthropic filed its IPO paperwork …
Anthropic's S-1 lists 94 pages of risk factors and warns that the "scale of harm" from a "catastrophic" AI incident might mean it is unable to obtain insurance (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Anthropic's S-1 lists 94 pages of risk factors and warns that the “scale of harm” from a “catastrophic” AI incident might mean it is unable to obtain insurance — 94 pages — Nearly a quarter of Anthropic's S1, or 94 pages, was dedicated to risk factors …
Anthropic S-1: post-IPO governance will retain Public Benefit Corporation status, giving its seven co-founders 50.1% voting control via a single Class F share (Deborah Mary Sophia/Reuters)
Deborah Mary Sophia / Reuters: Anthropic S-1: post-IPO governance will retain Public Benefit Corporation status, giving its seven co-founders 50.1% voting control via a single Class F share — Anthropic unveiled its US initial public offering paperwork on Monday, setting up for a blockbuster market debut …