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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improvements in coding, computer use, instruction following, and more; it features a 1M token context window in beta — Claude Sonnet 4.6 is our most capable Sonnet model yet. It's a full upgrade of the model's skills across coding, computer use …
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LinkedIn: Claude, Cal Rueb, Thomas Li, and Artificial Analysis
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me, @pekka, and @mergesort.me
Forums: Hacker News, r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, and MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
Meta commits to buy millions of Nvidia Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a multiyear deal; source: Meta's in-house AI chip strategy has suffered technical challenges — Social media group will purchase millions of chips even as it tries to develop its own AI hardware
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Forums: r/stocks and r/wallstreetbets
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple ramps up work on AI wearables with cameras and Siri, including smart glasses, AirPods, and a pendant that can be worn as a necklace or pinned — Apple Inc. is accelerating development of three new wearable devices as part of a shift toward artificial intelligence-powered hardware …
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Forums: r/apple, r/MVIS, and MacRumors Forums
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google schedules I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 in Mountain View, teasing the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more — Following the puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2026 is taking place May 19-20. — I/O 2026 will feature … | Nathan Bomey / Axios: |
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a legal campaign to defend its regulatory turf on prediction markets …
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| The Information: |
Benchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark — Benchmark on Tuesday said it had hired Jack Altman, the founder of early-stage firm Alt Capital and HR software company Lattice, as its fifth general partner.
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| Danilo Masoni / Reuters: |
Raspberry Pi stock closes up 36% after rising as much as 42% on Tuesday, amid chatter that its products could benefit from low-cost AI projects like OpenClaw — Shares in Raspberry Pi (RPI.L) rose as much as 42% on Tuesday in a record two-day rally after CEO Eben Upton bought stock in the beaten …
More: Telegraph and The Times
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a “mass extinction event”; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B — When Rob Hadick signed the paperwork to join Dragonfly Capital in April 2022, he rented a house in the Hamptons.
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LinkedIn: Omar Kanji, Annica Benning, and Leo Schwartz
| Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: |
Palo Alto Networks reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $2.6B, vs. $2.58B est., and projects Q3 adjusted EPS below estimates; PANW drops 7%+ after hours — The company's jump in quarterly profit was driven by continued demand for cybersecurity services — Palo Alto Networks lifted …
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| Assaf Gilead / Globes: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Palantir moves its HQ from Denver to Miami, as the city's leadership aims to turn it into the next Silicon Valley, with backing of billionaires like Ken Griffin — Palantir Technologies Inc. said it's moved its headquarters to Miami from Denver at a time when tech firms are headed … | Caroline Hyde / Bloomberg: |
Josh Kushner's Thrive raised $10B+ for its tenth and largest fund, lifting its AUM to ~$50B; sources: it distributed 64% of capital raised during the 2021 peak — The backer of OpenAI, Stripe, SpaceX and Skims says it's taking “ride-or-die” approach to investing.
More: Thrive, TechCrunch, and The Information
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LinkedIn: Erin, Jed Feldman, Kelly Sims, Matthew de Jonge, Nworah Ayogu, Kareem Zaki, Ashwin Budhiraja, Phylicia Wilkov, and Krithika S.
| Deirdre Bosa / CNBC: |
Figma and Anthropic partner to launch Code to Canvas, letting users import code generated in Claude Code directly into Figma as editable designs — Figma is partnering with Anthropic and launching a feature called “Code to Canvas” that converts code generated in artificial intelligence tools …
More: Figma. X: @raphaelschaad, @zoink, @dee_bosa, @trq212, @av1dlive, @tomjohndesign, @bcherny, and @figma
| Olivier Acuna / CoinDesk: |
Filing: Gemini says its COO, CFO, and chief legal officer are leaving; Cameron Winklevoss will take on many of the COO's duties; GEMI closes down 12.9% — What to know: … Gemini Space Station Inc. (GEMI) is parting ways with three top executives, including its chief operating officer …
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| Forbes: |
Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B+ valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation — As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.
LinkedIn: Iain Martin
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins conditional approval from the US OCC to form a national trust bank, which would allow it to issue and manage stablecoins — What to know: … Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure firm owned by Stripe, said Tuesday it has received conditional approval … | Macarena Munoz Montijano / Bloomberg: |
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says he asked the country's prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok, and Meta over the alleged “creation and dissemination” of CSAM — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is using special public-interest powers to ask the country's prosecutor office …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing — Social network Snapchat announced today it's launching creator subscriptions in alpha with select people in the U.S. starting on February 23.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands — WordPress.com, the website hosting platform from Automattic, will now include a built-in WordPress AI assistant, the company announced on Tuesday.
More: WordPress.com News, TechEBlog, and Tech in Asia
X: @wordpressdotcom, @jameswlepage, and @rafaltomal
Bluesky: @davelee.me and @lauridonahue
| Mackenzie Tatananni / Barron's Online: |
Quantum computing company Infleqtion closed at $15.59 in its trading debut, up ~9% from its opening price of $14.25, after merging with a Michael Klein-led SPAC — A new contender among quantum computing stocks has entered the ring. — Infleqtion went public on Tuesday through a merger …
More: Denver Business Journal, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and Sherwood News
| Lauren Rosenthal / Bloomberg: |
Google signs a power purchase agreement with Ormat to supply up to 150 MW of geothermal energy to its Nevada data centers through NV Energy starting in 2028 — Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to draw on geothermal power from renewable energy company Ormat Technologies to help fuel its fleet of data centers in Nevada.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon shares close up 1.2%, snapping a nine-day slide that wiped out $450B+ in market valuation over concerns about Amazon's plan to spend $200B in 2026 capex — Amazon shares closed up more than 1% on Tuesday, snapping a nine-day slide that shaved billions off of its market cap.
More: The Register, Crypto Briefing, and Tech in Asia
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/technology, r/EatTheRich, and r/amazonemployees
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Nvidia unloaded 1.1M Arm shares, worth about $140M based on Arm's closing price on Tuesday, sometime in Q4, bringing Nvidia's stake to zero — Nvidia Corp. sold off the last of its stake in Arm Holdings Plc, a chip technology company that it tried and failed to acquire five years ago.| TechCrunch: |
Emergent, which offers an AI-powered software development service, says it is generating annual run-rate revenue of $100M+, just eight months after launch — Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it's generating annual run-rate revenue …
More: Business Wire and The Economic Times
X: @mukundjha, @mukundjha, @dchaplot, @dessaigne, @minimax_ai, @vkhosla, @vkhosla, @mukundjha, @mohapatrahemant, @rjvir, and @mukundjha
| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
Over 100 researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, and more call for guardrails on some infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses — - The White House's Genesis Mission — announced in late 2025 — aims to build AI systems trained on massive scientific datasets to speed research breakthroughs.| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Mesh, founded by ex-SpaceX staff to mass produce optical transceivers that convert optical signals to electrical signals, raised a $50M Series A led by Thrive — Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup working on hardware used to move data at high speeds within data centers …
More: SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg Technology on YouTube, and Yahoo Finance
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised an $80M Series B led by Iconiq at an $800M post-money valuation — Braintrust, a startup building AI observability and evaluation tools, raised an $80 million Series B led by Iconiq …
More: Braintrust and SiliconANGLE
X: @shreyanj98, @ankrgyl, @alanaagoyal, @a16z, @mikeknoop, @rrhoover, @braintrust, @iconiqcapital, @eladgil, @saammotamedi, @davidtsong, @sarahzengy, and @laurynmotamedi. LinkedIn: Danielle Norton
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Night Media, a talent agency that represents influencers like Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, raised $70M led by StepStone to expand into gaming, sports, and music — Night Media Inc., the talent management firm that represents social media celebrities such as popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat … | Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Western Digital plans to raise $3.09B by selling a Sandisk stake at $535-$555/share, a 9.4% discount to Tuesday's close; the offering is oversubscribed — Western Digital Corp. is seeking to raise $3.09 billion from the sale of a stake in Sandisk Corp., after the digital storage company spun off …
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