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04 May 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI launch rival joint ventures to deploy AI models at scale for businesses

Anthropic announced a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Hellman & Friedman to deploy enterprise AI services across mid-sized companies. Hours earlier, OpenAI revealed plans for a similar venture called The Development Company, raising $4 billion at a $10 billion valuation. Both AI labs are racing to solve the bottleneck in enterprise AI adoption by embedding engineers directly into businesses.

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03 May 2026

Ask Jeeves shuts down after 30 years as AI search reshapes how we find information online

Ask Jeeves, the pioneering 90s search engine that allowed users to ask questions in natural language, has officially closed after 30 years. Parent company IAC shuttered Ask.com on May 1, 2026, marking the end of a platform that foreshadowed today's AI-driven search landscape. The closure reflects a broader shift in internet usage toward AI assistants and chatbots that deliver direct answers rather than traditional search results.

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02 May 2026

AI chipmaker Cerebras targets $3.5 billion in IPO backed by massive OpenAI partnership

Cerebras Systems is preparing to sell 28 million shares at $115 to $125 each, targeting a $26.6 billion market cap in what could be 2026's largest tech IPO. The AI chipmaker's wafer-scale chips compete directly with Nvidia, and its $20 billion OpenAI deal anchors investor confidence despite customer concentration risks.

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OpenAI CFO says vertical wall of demand drives growth, not revenue target misses

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar pushed back against reports of missed internal targets, stating the company is beating its core plan and experiencing a vertical wall of demand. The real constraint isn't sales growth but data center capacity, as the company projects revenues to surge from $30 billion this year to $284 billion by 2030.

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01 May 2026

Japanese toilet maker Toto sees 18% stock surge as AI semiconductor components drive record profits

Toto's shares jumped 18% to a five-year high after announcing plans to invest $190 million in semiconductor component production. The company's advanced ceramics business, which produces electrostatic chucks for Nand memory chips, now accounts for over half its operating profit as the AI boom transforms the toilet manufacturer into an unexpected AI play.

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Nebius acquires 20-person Eigen AI for $643 million to dominate AI inference optimization

Cloud provider Nebius agreed to buy Eigen AI, a California startup that optimizes AI chip performance, for $643 million in stock and cash. The 20-person team from MIT specializes in maximizing tokens generated per Nvidia GPU, a critical capability as inference costs dominate AI operations. The acquisition strengthens Nebius Token Factory against competitors.

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Apple warns memory costs will rise sharply as global chip shortage hits iPhone and MacBook Neo

Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that significantly higher memory costs will impact the company's business beyond June 2026, as the global memory shortage intensifies. While Apple weathered Q2 with existing inventory, the tech giant now faces the same supply constraints affecting Microsoft and Meta, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure.

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Reddit shares surge 16% as AI-driven ad growth delivers 69% revenue jump to $663 million

Reddit rallied in premarket trading after reporting a strong revenue forecast powered by artificial intelligence advertising tools. The social media company's AI-optimized ad platform helped deliver 69% revenue growth while daily active users climbed 17% to 126.8 million. CEO Steve Huffman positioned Reddit as essential fuel for AI development through its vast user-generated content library.

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Huawei expects AI chip revenue to surge 60% to $12 billion on strong domestic demand

Huawei anticipates its AI chip revenue will jump at least 60% this year to reach approximately $12 billion, up from $7.5 billion in 2025. The surge is driven by robust demand from Chinese companies for domestic AI chip offerings, particularly the Ascend processor 950PR which entered mass production in March.

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Apple warns Mac shortage could last months as AI demand outpaces manufacturing capacity

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages may persist for several months as AI-driven demand for Macs surges beyond expectations. The company faces supply constraints as developers rush to purchase these desktops for running local AI models and agentic AI tasks, while also grappling with industry-wide memory shortages and limited chip manufacturing capacity.

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Anthropic asks investors for allocations as $900B+ valuation round nears close within two weeks

Anthropic has given investors just 48 hours to submit allocations for its latest fundraise, expected to be roughly $50 billion and close within two weeks. The AI company Anthropic is targeting a potential $900B+ valuation that could surpass OpenAI's $852 billion mark, driven by soaring revenue and demand for its Mythos AI model.

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