Reuters: Kimi lab targets about $3B; Bloomberg Friday says raise could reach $5B this year with Bank of America added as coordinator.
The Verge and 9to5Google: US Pro and Ultra subscribers get agent workflows to search, edit, album, and share photos over the next few weeks.
Reuters exclusive: Nightingale report finds 15,000-plus DseWiki edits. OpenAI says it has not reviewed the findings.
Bloomberg: Ascend 950DT cluster aims at inference, not training. Supply may take more than a year.
Bloomberg: Andreessen Horowitz leads the multi-silicon inference round. Arm and Microsoft M12 join as new backers.
The Verge: Hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, Sam Altman apologized for a messy rollout that left paying ChatGPT users waiting.
Bloomberg and TechCrunch: Atreides and Valor Equity co-lead the AI data-center cloud round. Mubadala Capital joins. Jane Street cloud deal cited at about $13B.
Bloomberg: revolving credit expansion led by Morgan Stanley with Goldman, JPMorgan, and Citi clears a hurdle before Anthropic’s public IPO filing.
TechCrunch and Engadget: Gemini voice features for inbox search, hands-free drafting, and spoken notes. Consumer AI tiers first. Workspace business later.
CNBC: GPT-6 Astra starts with Daybreak cyber partners, then ChatGPT paid tiers, the API, and AWS in the coming days. Critical cyber access stays limited.