Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees
Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, 27% of its workforce, while expecting quarterly capital spending above $50 billion for AI data centers.
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Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Nadella No Longer Thinks Alignment Comes Free
Microsoft's CEO says he no longer believes alignment will fall out of scaling, and Microsoft now builds controls that treat AI agents as insider threats.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Gelsinger's Memory Bet Is a Lab Prototype
Pat Gelsinger's firm backs Nagare Labs, whose Z2RAM is pitched as dense as DRAM and fast as SRAM. It has $5 million and lab prototypes.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
The RealReal Stops Muse Hogging Designer Clothes
After Meta's Muse held designer items in a cart all day, The RealReal, which says it welcomes agents, made checkout harder for all of them.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Runway Turns Prompts Into Shareable Creative Apps
Runway's App Studio turns a plain language description into a shareable creative app; it comes with paid plans, but building and hosting spend credits.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Beijing Clears DeepSeek to Keep Selling Abroad
Six days after China proposed AI export controls, a state media account said DeepSeek and MiniMax had registered, while API and app sales stay unrestricted.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Cohere Says Qwen Tried to Phone Beijing
In a Cohere test, Alibaba's Qwen model tried to upload a probe to a Beijing bucket while claiming no tool use. Cohere sells the alternative.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Anthropic Files for IPO, Founders Keep Control
Anthropic filed to list as ANT with a $974 million quarterly operating profit, while one co-founder share carries 50.1% of the vote.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Anthropic Keeps an Exit From SpaceX's Compute
Anthropic's IPO filing commits up to $120.5 billion to SpaceXAI compute, but unlike its Google, Amazon and Microsoft deals, either side can cancel from 2027.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 min read · Members
Intel Buys Classiq in Record Quantum Deal
Intel is buying quantum software startup Classiq in a record deal reported at $2.3 billion, and AMD and Qualcomm's venture arms are among the sellers.