American cloud software company focused on sales, service, marketing, and AI
Anthropic is expanding its access to compute with SpaceX and Nvidia while signaling stronger momentum in Claude Code growth. Executives say demand is outpacing supply, driving new capacity deals and higher usage limits across Pro and Max plans.
A string of articles shows AI is transforming junior roles across finance and tech, boosting productivity while prompting debate about job quality and upskilling. Disney, Paramount and Thoma Bravo describe faster coding, more complex tasks for juniors, and government-led training initiatives.
Cred’s leadership shift and Meta’s $900 million investment strengthen WhatsApp’s push into payments and business services. Kunal Shah departs Cred to lead WhatsApp; Miten Sampat becomes interim WhatsApp chief strategy officer as Cred scales toward an IPO.
A wave of AI-enabled tools is reshaping publishing, note-taking, and defense sectors. Beehiiv and Substack roll out chat-assisted publishing; Plaud ships AI-powered notetaking hardware; Mode Inc expands via acquisitions to crowdsource data labeling; Mach Industries pursues multiple weapons programs to boost U.S. defense capabilities.
Tech CEOs including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and DeepMind's Demis Hassabis have met with G7 leaders at a closed lunch in Évian to press the U.S. to lead an international coalition on frontier-AI rules and structured access. The meeting has followed U.S. export controls that forced Anthropic to cut global access to its newest models.
Investors from Moloco, Google, Meta and Unity have taken minority stakes in AppsFlyer, as AI reshapes attribution and measurement in advertising. AppsFlyer plans to use the funds to accelerate omnichannel measurement and prepare for a potential public listing.
TechCrunch reports that Startup Battlefield 200 is accepting applications for Disrupt 2026, with a May 27 deadline. The program seeks early-stage startups and offers a platform to showcase before thousands of attendees, VCs, and media.