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doubleAI Raises $200 Million for Maxwell Code Optimization Model

The Series A round values doubleAI at more than $1 billion and will fund additional computing capacity for its Maxwell model.

October 19, 2026

Eric Schmidt Reportedly Owns 1% of Anthropic

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about 1% of Anthropic after investing tens of millions of dollars in its Series A round.

October 19, 2026

S&P Global Warns of Hidden AI Debt at Major Tech Companies

S&P Global says major technology companies may have more liabilities tied to AI infrastructure than public disclosures show, but it does not currently plan to change their credit ratings.

October 19, 2026

Germany Drops Direct MQ-28 Ghost Bat Purchase Plan

Germany will not proceed with a direct purchase of the larger Block 3 MQ-28 Ghost Bat, shifting its collaborative combat aircraft program toward a broader competition.

October 19, 2026

Microsoft expands Project Perception to monitor risky AI agents

Microsoft is extending Project Perception to identify, monitor and contain AI agents that can access sensitive company data and systems.

October 19, 2026

NVIDIA and Germany Plan Industrial AI Initiative

NVIDIA and Germany agreed to develop an initiative focused on physical AI models and wider industrial AI adoption. NVIDIA also plans investments in four German startups.

October 19, 2026

Apple Bans Hidden AI Nudify Features From App Store

Apple revised its App Store guidelines to ban apps that hide AI nudification features during review or fail to moderate offensive content.

October 19, 2026

Wabi opens personal AI messenger to all users

Wabi has opened its personal AI messenger to all users, with shared conversations, task focused threads and automatically generated apps.

October 19, 2026

Firmable launches Tech Intelligence for B2B sales teams

Firmable's new product identifies the technologies used by prospective customers and connects those findings with verified company and contact data.

October 19, 2026

Nova Scotia Opposition Seeks Emergency Debate on Anthropic Data Centre

Nova Scotia opposition parties want an emergency legislative sitting to examine consultation, regulation and power costs for EverWind Fuels' planned Anthropic data centre.

October 19, 2026

doubleAI Unveils Maxwell Code Execution Model

Maxwell modifies code execution at the hardware and middleware layers while software runs, with the goal of reducing token use and computing costs.

October 19, 2026

Apple Agrees to Acquire Samplab Assets and Hire Staff

Apple agreed to acquire certain assets from Swiss audio editing startup Samplab and hire some of its employees. Samplab built tools that let musicians separate and modify parts of recorded audio.

October 19, 2026

Exa Labs Releases Exa 3.0 Search Engine for AI Agents

Exa Labs released Exa 3.0 with updated web retrieval, a lower cost API tier and Dynamic Highlights for reducing token use.

October 19, 2026

Cruise Planners Adds AI Tools for Travel Advisors

Cruise Planners introduced five tools for vacation research, sales recommendations, digital marketing, itinerary management and resource sharing at its CP World 2026 conference.

October 19, 2026

Australia Arms Ghost Shark Submarines With Drones and Sea Mines

Australia approved three payloads for its autonomous Ghost Shark submarine, including aerial drones, sea mines and equipment for special forces.

October 19, 2026

Fal.ai Releases FLUX 3 Max Video Model

FLUX 3 Max generates videos lasting 10 seconds in 10.95 seconds, according to Fal.ai's benchmarks. The model is available through the company's API.

October 19, 2026

Emory University Offers Claude for Education to Campus Community

Emory University now offers Claude for Education to students, faculty, and staff. Standard licenses are free, while departments can fund premium access for $50 per license each month.

October 19, 2026

US Bans DeepSeek From Civilian Government Systems

DHS barred civilian federal agencies from using or buying DeepSeek AI and tools built with its models, citing risks of data transfer to China and malware.

October 19, 2026

Tolan Raises $30 Million for AI Companion App

Tolan raised $30 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Homebrew. The company says its app has more than 250,000 active users and annual recurring revenue in the double digit millions.

October 19, 2026

Zillow Adds Home Listings and Affordability Tools to Claude

A new Zillow connector lets Claude users search homes for sale or rent, view maps and estimates, and explore tours, agents and financing.

October 19, 2026