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Anthropic · IPO

Anthropic files to go public

Anthropic confidentially filed a draft S-1 with the SEC, after its valuation reached $965 billion.

Osamah Ismail · Jun 1, 2026
Anthropic · Funding

Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1 trillion valuation

Anthropic raised a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation, with run-rate revenue above $47B.

Osamah Ismail · May 28, 2026
Spotify · Music

Spotify and Universal Music strike deal for fan-made AI covers and remixes

Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to create AI covers and remixes of songs, with participating artists getting a revenue share.

Osamah Ismail · May 21, 2026
Anthropic · Business

Anthropic expects its first profitable quarter

Per the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic told investors its Q2 revenue will more than double to about $10.9 billion, with its first operating profit.

Osamah Ismail · May 20, 2026
Cerebras · IPO

Cerebras stock jumps 108% on day one after $5.5B IPO

AI chipmaker Cerebras raised $5.5 billion in the first huge tech IPO of 2026; shares opened at $385, more than double the IPO price.

Osamah Ismail · May 14, 2026
Discord · Xbox

Discord Nitro now includes Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost

Discord launched Nitro Rewards, giving Nitro subscribers the base tier of Xbox Game Pass plus hardware discounts.

Osamah Ismail · May 11, 2026
Anthropic · Amazon

Amazon invests $5 billion in Anthropic, which pledges $100 billion to AWS

Anthropic's run-rate revenue has passed $30 billion. The new deal secures up to 5 gigawatts of compute.

Osamah Ismail · Apr 20, 2026
Apple · Leadership

Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO; John Ternus takes over

From September 1, hardware engineering chief John Ternus becomes Apple's CEO and Tim Cook becomes executive chairman.

Osamah Ismail · Apr 20, 2026
Meta · WhatsApp

WhatsApp is testing a paid "WhatsApp Plus" subscription

A mostly cosmetic subscription: custom icons, themes, ringtones and up to 20 pinned chats.

Osamah Ismail · Apr 20, 2026
Netflix · Apps

Netflix is adding a TikTok-style vertical video feed

Netflix says a vertical video feed arrives this month and it will use AI for recommendations. Revenue grew 16%.

Osamah Ismail · Apr 17, 2026
OpenAI · Funding

OpenAI raises $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation

The largest funding round in tech history. OpenAI says it now makes about $2 billion in revenue a month.

Osamah Ismail · Mar 31, 2026
AMI Labs · AI

Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion for world models

The Paris-based startup is valued at $3.5 billion pre-money, with Nvidia, Samsung and Toyota among its backers.

Osamah Ismail · Mar 9, 2026
Spotify · Music

Spotify hits a record 751 million users

Thanks to Wrapped and new free features, Spotify added 38 million users in one quarter. Paying subscribers reached 290 million.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 10, 2026
Google · Gemini

Gemini app passes 750 million monthly users

Gemini grew from 650 million to 750 million users in one quarter, and Alphabet passed $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 4, 2026
Waymo · Self-driving cars Report

Report: Waymo raising $16 billion at a $110 billion valuation

According to the Financial Times, more than three quarters of the money comes from Alphabet. Waymo says it has completed over 20 million rides.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 31, 2026
Apple · iPhone

iPhone posts its best quarter ever: $85 billion

iPhone revenue rose from $69 billion to $85 billion. Tim Cook says records were set in every region of the world.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 29, 2026
Apps · Report

People spent nearly $156 billion on apps in 2025, even as downloads fell

According to Appfigures, app downloads fell for a fifth straight year while spending jumped 21.6%, driven by subscriptions.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 14, 2026