AIOct 28, 2026TechCrunch
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
Google is taking ads inside AI answers worldwide for the first time, and the timing tells you why: the search money machine is decelerating and investors noticed.
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AIOct 28, 2026TechCrunch
Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI
Ten billion dollars in one quarter shows Microsoft and OpenAI are rivals on paper and still financially welded together, and that concentration cuts both ways.
AIOct 28, 2026TechCrunch
Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record-breaking revenue in a row
Whatever the AI bubble debate says, Microsoft's books say the money is real for now, and the bill for building it keeps setting records too.
AIOct 28, 2026MIT Technology Review
Creating AI value with enterprise context
A sponsored survey says most companies still aren't getting transformative value from AI, and the pitch for fixing it is a 'context layer' that, conveniently, vendors sell.
AIOct 27, 2026OpenAI
Retell uses OpenAI models to help power 100M monthly calls
Retell's growth from 30 million to 100 million monthly calls is a real signal that voice agents are leaving the demo stage, but the numbers come from a vendor showcase.
AIOct 27, 2026TechCrunch
Why Nvidia is investing in Simplismart, a startup that helps customers use fewer GPUs
Bengaluru’s Simplismart raised a $14 million Series B, with Nvidia participating, for software that tunes AI inference to get more from existing GPUs. Backing efficiency makes sense for Nvidia if cheaper inference creates more AI demand.
AIOct 26, 2026OpenAI
How Check Point accelerates vulnerability research with Daybreak
Check Point cutting vulnerability research from hours to minutes is the defensive case for frontier cyber models, and it raises the bar for keeping humans in charge.
AIOct 26, 2026TechCrunch
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked
Anthropic's S-1 shows a familiar playbook: land with the API, expand into apps, and make leaving harder, which is good business and a growing dependency question for buyers.
AIOct 26, 2026The Verge
Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?
AI models are getting better at translating COBOL, but experts say rewriting code isn't replacing a system, and the gap between the two is where critical infrastructure could break.
AIOct 22, 2026TechCrunch
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
1Password is trying to end the worst habit of the agent era, pasting your password into a chatbot, and the timing lines up with banks saying they can't tell bots from customers.
AIOct 21, 2026TechCrunch
Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock
Meta is creating non-voting stock to fund its AI spending, which gives it more money to work with and leaves shareholders with no more say than before.
AIOct 21, 2026The Verge
Walmart is inviting AI agents to shop for you
Walmart is opening its store to AI shoppers on its own terms, and the split with Amazon is turning into the defining retail fight of the agent era.