Microsoft launched Scout, an always-on AI agent for Microsoft 365 that operates autonomously across email, calendar, Teams, and OneDrive without waiting for prompts. Enterprise preview begins Q4 2026.
Alphabet completed an $85 billion equity raise, the largest in corporate history, after the offering was massively oversubscribed. Berkshire Hathaway put in $10 billion. All proceeds go toward AI infrastructure.
Google agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for access to 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs through June 2029, totaling roughly $30 billion. Even the world’s largest AI compute owner cannot keep pace with demand.
Anthropic became the first major AI lab to file confidentially with the SEC on June 1st, at a $965 billion valuation after a $65 billion raise. Revenue hit a $47 billion annualized run rate, up from $9 billion at year-end 2025.
OpenAI filed its confidential S-1 with the SEC on June 8th, one week after rival Anthropic. The company is last valued at $852 billion and projecting a $14 billion loss in 2026, with no positive cash flow expected until 2030.
Blackstone-backed AirTrunk committed $30 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in India by 2030, the largest single infrastructure bet on the country’s AI ambitions to date.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is starting a new AI research lab focused on user interaction and design that has no connection to his travel company. He will stay on as Airbnb CEO while funding the venture externally.
Sriram Krishnan, the senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence at the White House, announced Friday he is stepping down at the end of June to start an outside technology policy institution.
OpenAI launched a security feature called Lockdown Mode that cuts off the outbound routes attackers use to steal your data through hidden prompt injection instructions embedded in webpages and documents.
Amazon announced Monday that shoppers can now design custom T-shirts, hoodies, tumblers, and more using Alexa inside the Shopping app. Type a prompt, get a design in seconds, order it, and Amazon handles the printing and ships it Prime.