AI in Brief — Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Salesforce has acquired Fin, an AI customer service platform, for $3.6 billion. The company plans to integrate Fin's team and technology into Agentforce, Salesforce's existing enterprise platform that allows businesses to build custom AI agents to automate tasks. Source

Sarvam, a Bengaluru-based AI startup, has become India's newest unicorn after raising $234 million in a funding round led by HCLTech, an Indian IT services company investing $150 million. The round values the company at over $1 billion. Source

Anthropic received a US export control directive on Friday at 5:21 PM ordering the company to suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models. The Trump administration's order, which came over the weekend as Americans celebrated other major events, requires the company to block foreign nationals—including its own international employees—from accessing the newly released models. Source

Nvidia is seeking to raise over $25 billion in its first bond deal since 2021. The debt sale tests investor appetite for further exposure to the AI sector amid a wave of corporate borrowing. Source

Google announced a $1.5 billion investment for 2026 and 2027 to expand its data center campus in Jackson County, Alabama. The campus has been operating since 2019 on a repurposed site. Source

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