The Verge's Hayden Field reports that OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman has become the company's de facto day-to-day operational leader, now overseeing consumer and enterprise products including ChatGPT and Codex, as well as infrastructure buildout. This shift comes as multiple senior OpenAI executives have departed in quick succession over recent months, leaving Sam Altman as the public-facing CEO while Brockman's influence grows internally.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-27
The Information reports, citing a source familiar with the matter, that Nvidia has agreed to purchase Hugging Face, the widely used open-source AI model hub, in a deal valuing the company above $13 billion. Business Insider says the agreement has not yet been finalized and could still fall apart, and neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has commented on the reports.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-27
Anthropic has agreed to a six-year, roughly $45 billion deal with British infrastructure firm Nscale to secure AI compute capacity, according to a source familiar with the matter. The capacity will run on Nvidia's new Vera Rubin chip system and come from Nscale's data center in West Virginia, with power expected online in late 2027.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
Salesforce's fiscal second-quarter results topped Wall Street estimates, with revenue up 11% to $11.35 billion and net income jumping 87% to $3.53 billion, partly fueled by a $2.6 billion gain on its investment in Anthropic. The company also raised its full-year revenue outlook to $46.1-$46.4 billion and unveiled Claudeforce, a Claude-powered plugin that automates sales tasks like email drafting and record updates.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-26
CrowdStrike beat Wall Street expectations for its fiscal second quarter, posting adjusted earnings of 31 cents per share and revenue of $1.47 billion, up 26% year over year. Annual recurring revenue climbed 25% to $5.84 billion, and the company swung to net income of $5.3 million from a loss a year earlier. Shares rose more than 11% in after-hours trading following the results and raised guidance.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-26
Salesforce and Anthropic expanded their partnership by unveiling Claudeforce, a plugin embedding 37 pre-built sales skills directly into Anthropic's Claude chatbot, letting users draft emails, update records and perform other CRM tasks. It's the first time Salesforce has attached its 'force' branding to another company's product, with more integrations across Claude, Salesforce and Slack planned. The news came alongside Salesforce's fiscal second-quarter earnings, which beat Wall Street estimates.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-26
Salesforce and Anthropic unveiled an expanded partnership called Claudeforce, centered on a new plugin, Salesforce in Claude, that lets sales teams query and update live CRM records directly from Claude's CoWork interface. The tool ships with 37 built-in sales skills for tasks like meeting prep and pipeline reviews, is rolling out to pilot customers now, and will reach open beta in September with more business-function skills arriving later in the year.
venturebeat.com
· 2026-08-26
OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, left the company last week after joining in March 2024, part of a wave of over a dozen executive departures since the start of the year. OpenAI attributes Malone's exit to a reorganization of its infrastructure team, now led by VP Sachin Katti reporting to president Greg Brockman. Other departures cited include the COO, chief revenue officer, chief marketing officer, and Altman's top deputy.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
Anthropic has agreed to a roughly $45 billion cloud computing arrangement with Nscale, a UK-based AI infrastructure firm, to lease about 460 megawatts of capacity at a planned West Virginia data center. The facility, expected to go live by late 2027, will run on Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin chips and adds to a string of recent infrastructure agreements Anthropic has struck with AMD, SpaceX, Google and Broadcom.
cnbc.com
· 2026-08-26
OpenAI expanded its free ChatGPT for Teachers initiative to 55 more school systems across 20 states, adding over 100,000 educators and staff. The company now partners with more than 100 K-12 organizations in 30 states, offering free access and training to over 300,000 educators through June 2028. OpenAI also introduced a 16-state data privacy agreement giving districts a shared framework to assess the tool against student data protection standards.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-08-26
In a lengthy essay on Gates Notes, Bill Gates outlined ideas to cushion AI's disruption of the labor market, including taxing companies that replace workers with automation and formally designating certain jobs as off-limits to AI. He also voiced qualified support for the 'Pacing The Frontier' open letter calling for a slowdown in AI development, while doubting such restraint could hold long-term.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
Runable, a Bengaluru startup founded in 2025, has raised $21 million in a Series A round co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, valuing it at $65 million post-money. The company started as an AI browser-scraping infrastructure tool but pivoted after users asked its agent to build slide decks and websites, and now aims to help small businesses find customers, run ad campaigns, and market themselves across search, social media, and chatbots.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
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