Intel joins Musk’s Terafab as foundry partner in $25B chip megaproject
Intel joins Musk’s Terafab as foundry partner in $25B chip megaproject

In short: Intel has signed on as the primary foundry partner for Elon Musk’s Terafab, a $25 billion joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI targeting a terawatt of AI compute per year, handing the struggling chip giant the marquee customer it has …

Anthropic signs biggest compute deal yet with Google and Broadcom as revenue run rate hits $30bn
Anthropic signs biggest compute deal yet with Google and Broadcom as revenue run rate hits $30bn

In short: Anthropic has agreed to access approximately 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute capacity via Broadcom from 2027, its largest infrastructure commitment to date — while simultaneously disclosing that its revenue run rate has su…

Netflix launches Playground, a standalone games app for children aged eight and under
Netflix launches Playground, a standalone games app for children aged eight and under

In short: Netflix has launched Netflix Playground, a dedicated standalone gaming app for children aged eight and under, bundled into existing memberships with no ads or in-app purchases and full offline support, positioning it squarely against Apple Ar…

Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft’s
Salesforce gives Slackbot 30 new AI powers, and a strategy that looks a lot like Microsoft’s

In short: Salesforce unveiled more than 30 new AI capabilities for Slackbot on 31 March 2026, the most sweeping overhaul of the platform since its $27.7 billion acquisition in 2021. The update transforms Slackbot from a conversational assistant into an…

Meta freezes AI data work after breach puts training secrets at risk
Meta freezes AI data work after breach puts training secrets at risk

In short: Meta has suspended its collaboration with Mercor, a $10 billion AI data startup, after a supply chain attack exposed what may be the AI industry’s most closely guarded secrets: not just personal data, but the training methodologies that power…

Nvidia’s $2 billion Marvell bet is not an investment. It is a toll booth.
Nvidia’s $2 billion Marvell bet is not an investment. It is a toll booth.

Nvidia has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology and folded the chipmaker into its NVLink Fusion ecosystem, creating a partnership that covers custom AI accelerators, silicon photonics, and 5G/6G infrastructure. The deal ensures that every custom c…

Musk wants a million data centre satellites. Bezos wants 51,600. Scientists want to know why.
Musk wants a million data centre satellites. Bezos wants 51,600. Scientists want to know why.

The pitch is seductive in its simplicity: AI needs more power than terrestrial grids can supply, so move the data centres into orbit, where the sun never sets and the electricity is free. SpaceX, Blue Origin, and a growing constellation of startups are…

Anthropic just paid $400 million for a startup with fewer than 10 people
Anthropic just paid $400 million for a startup with fewer than 10 people

Anthropic has acquired Coefficient Bio, a stealth biotech AI startup founded barely eight months ago, in an all-stock deal worth just over $400 million. The acquisition brings a team of fewer than 10 people, nearly all former Genentech computational bi…

OpenAI is hiring ad-tech firms to make ChatGPT ads talk back to you
OpenAI is hiring ad-tech firms to make ChatGPT ads talk back to you

Six weeks was all it took. On 9 February, OpenAI switched on advertisements inside ChatGPT for free-tier users in the United States. By late March, the company disclosed that the pilot had crossed $100 million in annualised revenue, drawn more than 600…

Judge throws out Musk’s advertising boycott lawsuit against X’s former sponsors
Judge throws out Musk’s advertising boycott lawsuit against X’s former sponsors

A US federal judge has dismissed Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit against advertisers who pulled their spending from X, ruling that the company failed to state a valid legal claim and barring it from ever refiling the case. US District Judge Jane Boyle, p…