Abu Dhabi's MGX Closes $49B AI Fund at Record Size
MGX closes its first AI fund at $49B, beating a $45B target, after co-leading the biggest funding rounds for OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI over the past six months.
Articles Tagged "OpenAI"
OpenAI Jalapeño - Custom LLM Inference ASIC
OpenAI's first custom AI chip, co-designed with Broadcom on TSMC 3nm, targeting 50% lower inference cost than GPU alternatives.
Chatbot Arena Elo Rankings: Who Wins the Human Vote?
Updated July 2026 Chatbot Arena Elo rankings from Arena.ai: 7M+ votes across 368 models, Claude Opus 4.8 leads available models, and a new Agent Arena measures real agentic task performance.
GPT-5.6
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family - Sol, Terra, and Luna - sets a new Terminal-Bench 2.1 record at 91.9% with subagent Ultra mode, but remains locked to ~20 government-vetted partners as of launch.
Embedding Models Pricing - June 2026
Embedding API cost comparison: voyage-4-lite, OpenAI 3-small, Jina v3, and Amazon Titan V2 tie at $0.02/MTok. Gemini Embedding 2 now GA, Cohere Embed 4 dimensions corrected to 1,536 default.
Apple's Vision Pro Chief Joins OpenAI Hardware Unit
Paul Meade, Apple's VP for the Vision Pro and smart glasses, is joining OpenAI's io hardware division - the most senior hardware engineering defection yet in a two-year talent war that is reshaping who builds the next computing platform.
OpenAI Delays IPO to 2027 as Altman Holds Out for $1T
Sam Altman has rejected any sub-trillion IPO valuation as a nonstarter, pushing the listing to 2027 while SoftBank takes a 13% hit and SpaceX's stumbling debut makes the wait look smarter.
Five Eyes Warn: Frontier AI Will Break Defenses in Months
The intelligence agencies of five allied nations issued a joint statement warning that frontier AI will fundamentally transform offensive cybersecurity within months, not years - and that most organizations are not ready.
White House Forces GPT-5.6 Into a Staged Rollout
The Trump administration is requiring OpenAI to vet every GPT-5.6 customer individually before granting access, citing cybersecurity capabilities that rival Anthropic's restricted Mythos model.
Google Loses Four AI Stars to Rivals in Six Days
Noam Shazeer, John Jumper, and two more Gemini engineers left Google DeepMind for OpenAI and Anthropic in a single week, sending Alphabet stock tumbling nearly 10% from its May peak.
Cerebras Grew 92% - Investors Saw the Margins and Sold
Cerebras beat Q1 revenue estimates with 92% growth but a dramatic margin guidance cut sent shares down 20%, erasing nearly all gains since its landmark semiconductor IPO.
Sora 2
OpenAI's Sora 2 generates physics-accurate video with synchronized audio from text or images, available API-only until its September 24, 2026 sunset.
