October 2026

Blacksmith, a platform for building and testing AI code, reached unicorn status after securing a $66 million Series C round led by Sequoia Capital that values the company at $1 billion. Source Meta said during third-quarter earnings that Muse, its AI application, has attracted over 10 million users, with shopping and personal productivity among the

SpaceX achieved profitability in the third quarter with net income of $4.4 billion, driven substantially by its artificial intelligence business. The company's AI revenue more than doubled from Starlink, its satellite internet service, signalling a significant diversification beyond its core aerospace operations. Source Otter.ai, a meeting transcription platform, raised $320 million from General Catalyst's growth

Nscale and Anthropic are in talks for a $45 billion compute deal, according to reports, marking the latest in a string of giant infrastructure agreements the AI lab has struck over the past year. Source A hacker deployed an army of AI agents to breach more than 100 websites, with targets including John Deere, SharkNinja,

Anthropic said it will commit 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund. The announcement comes as the AI safety company prepares for a stock market listing, signalling an effort to embed public-interest commitments into its corporate structure ahead of going public. Source Disney has agreed to hire the vast majority of Character.AI's workforce

Replit, a coding platform, has made OpenAI its default model provider, replacing Anthropic. Amjad Masad, Replit's chief executive, clarified over the weekend that OpenAI would assume the default position, though Claude will remain available to customers on the platform. Source Meta has removed language from its terms of service that raised concerns about web scraping