OpenAI Appoints Aleph as Exclusive ChatGPT Ads Reseller in 44 Markets
OpenAI has appointed Aleph as the exclusive reseller of ChatGPT Ads in 44 markets, giving brands and agencies a local channel for contracting, invoicing, payments and support, Aleph said in an announcement on November 12, 2026. The agreement changes the…
Rox Draws Sequoia and Databricks Ventures Backing in $100 Million Series B at $1.3 Billion Valuation
Rox announced a $100 million Series B financing on November 11, 2026, at a $1.3 billion valuation. The San Francisco-based company develops an AI revenue agent for large enterprises and will use the capital for AI research, custom models and…
New York Opens RAISE Act Registration for Large Frontier AI Developers
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the registration opening on November 10, 2026 for large frontier artificial intelligence developers covered by the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act. Filings are due by January 1, 2027, when the law takes effect.…
Cognizant Launches 25,000-Plus Claude Group and Managed Services
Cognizant announced on November 10, 2026 that it is forming a dedicated global Claude Frontier Capability Group with more than 25,000 professionals and introducing a managed-services model under which it operates Anthropic’s Claude-powered systems in production for clients. Together, the…
Mercor Lands $750 Million In Series D Capital With Employee Tender
AI training company Mercor announced on November 10, 2026, a US$750 million Series D financing valuing it at US$20 billion. The round included an employee tender, with Benchmark, General Catalyst, NVIDIA, Salesforce and Zoom among the participating investors. The new…
Anthropic IPO Range Implies Up to $1.405 Trillion Fully Diluted Value
Anthropic, PBC on November 10, 2026 launched the roadshow for an 825 million-share initial public offering of Class A common stock at an expected $70 to $78 per share, and set out the terms in an amended registration statement. The…
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 at Lower API Prices
Anthropic on November 9, 2026, launched Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, making Fable available across its platforms and setting standard API prices in U.S. dollars at $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. OpenAI’s…
OpenAI Adds AWS Procurement and Billing for ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI announced on November 9, 2026, that ChatGPT Enterprise is available through AWS Marketplace, giving organizations a new way to buy and manage the software through existing AWS purchasing and billing relationships. Eligible spending can also count toward customers’ AWS…
Franklin Templeton Develops AI Research Workflows With OpenAI
Franklin Templeton is developing artificial-intelligence workflows for equity research using OpenAI’s Codex and other tools, OpenAI said in a customer story published November 5, 2026. The initial objective is to help portfolio managers compare research perspectives and examine the risks…
Anon Acquisition Adds Browser Automation to Sierra’s AI Agents
Sierra announced on November 5, 2026 that it had acquired Anon, whose technology enables AI agents to sign in to websites, navigate pages and fill out forms when a service has no API. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition…
Conductor Joins Meta and Winds Down Cloud Coding Service
Conductor, a developer tool for running teams of AI coding agents, announced on November 4, 2026 that it is joining Meta. Charlie Holtz said the team will work with Nat Friedman and Alexandr Wang at MSL, adding, “We have some…
OpenAI Agrees to Acquire Pierre and Expand Codex Developer Tools
OpenAI announced on November 4, 2026 that it will acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc., the developer of Code Storage and a suite of open-source tools for navigating and reviewing code. The announcement did not disclose a purchase price or other…
AI SRE Startup Traversal Lands $120M Series B at $1B Valuation
AI site-reliability engineering company Traversal announced the Series B financing on November 3, 2026, disclosing $120 million in new funding at a $1 billion valuation. Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, with significant participation from Sequoia…
Canva Restructuring Affects 1,271 People as Growth Slows
Canva announced on November 3, 2026 that a companywide restructuring will affect 1,271 people, or 22% of its workforce, after its growth slowed for the first time in a decade. The affected group is broader than a layoff count. It…
Anthropic Reports $895.4 Billion in Compute and Infrastructure Commitments
Anthropic, PBC said on November 2, 2026 that its purchase commitments and lease agreements represent approximately $895.4 billion of committed spend as of and subsequent to September 30, 2026, substantially all related to compute and infrastructure. The disclosure appears in…
