OpenAI Ships GPT-Realtime-2 Voice API as AI Moves Into Apps
OpenAI launched GPT-Realtime-2 plus voice translation and transcription. Same week, AI moved inside Excel, Word, and Acrobat. The tools are reshaping us.
Full Archive
Tag
Funding
5 wires tagged Funding.
ChatGPT Goes Ad-Supported: The Free Ride Has a New Price Tag
OpenAI took ChatGPT ads to five new countries and opened a self-serve manager with CPC bidding. The free AI tool is now an ad-supported consumer product.
Anthropic and OpenAI Launch Rival Wall Street JVs on the Same Morning
Anthropic closes a $1.5B enterprise JV with Blackstone and Goldman Sachs; OpenAI finalizes a $10B vehicle backed by 19 investors, same day. Two labs, one playbook, zero coincidence.
Cerebras Sets $3.5B IPO at $26.6B Valuation: The First AI Chip Listing Has Arrived
Cerebras prices 28M shares at $115-$125, targeting a $26.6B valuation on $510M revenue. Pentagon AI contracts freeze out Anthropic. Microsoft Agent 365 goes GA.
Anthropic's $900B Pre-IPO Round: The Lab Leapfrogs OpenAI
Anthropic is closing a $50B round at a ~$900B valuation in two weeks, leapfrogging OpenAI's $852B. The frontier labs are now pricing each other.