Anthropic’s valuation triples to $61.5bn in bumper AI funding round
Start-up raises $3.5bn from Silicon Valley venture firms in race against OpenAI and DeepSeek
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Time for ESG investors and defence stocks to call a truce
Governments are pledging to spend more on defence and want to make it easier for private investors to join in
TSMC to unveil $100bn investment in advanced manufacturing in the US
Latest corporate overture to Trump administration marks effort to ward off possible tariffs on chips from Taiwan
Chief of Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai steps down
FT previously reported that Sachin Dev Duggal had been named in criminal probe and faced complaints about company culture
Peter Thiel-backed fintech Ramp nearly doubles valuation to $13bn
US payments start-up completes share sale as business rebounds after period of low customer spending
Banking’s critical functions are vanishing into the cloud
It’s 9pm — do you know where your data is? *
Guggenheim and Legendary billionaires create $40bn pot to make AI bets
Mark Walter and Thomas Tull want to use artificial intelligence to spur innovation in their finance, sport and media holdings
Singapore probes suspected fraud in sales of US-controlled Nvidia chips
Arrests made in city-state after raids on 22 locations
UK AI start-up Wayve accelerates global expansion plans
London-based group is testing its self-driving cars in Germany and the US and hopes to ‘soon’ agree deals with automakers
Could AI make you a better gardener?
Big horticultural organisations such as the RHS are taking artificial intelligence seriously as an innovative tool for preserving precious resources
AI companies race to use ‘distillation’ to produce cheaper models
DeepSeek used technique to create smaller powerful models based on the technology of competitors such as Meta
Time to deploy AI robots to rethink annual reports
Large language models will be able to unspin financial numbers and open up a different way of understanding accounts
Trump likens UK order against Apple to Chinese surveillance
US president lashes out at demand for tech group to grant access to secure cloud data
Microsoft to shut down video-calling pioneer Skype
Tech giant to retire service it acquired for $8.5bn after being overtaken by upstarts such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom
Will the police really try to find your stolen iPhone?
Even with the resources to chase after all our stolen handsets, let’s not kid ourselves it would solve the problem
Microsoft criticises CMA over ‘fundamental mistake’ in UK cloud probe
Tech group says antitrust regulator has ignored how AI is reshaping the tech industry
What is an AppLovin?
They advertise mobile games on mobile gaming apps, simple as
Musk’s risqué Grok AI chatbot offers challenge to risk-averse rivals
Billionaire’s xAI start-up creates model with fewer ‘guardrails’ on adult content, seeking to differentiate itself from OpenAI
Quantum computing is struggling to reach its silicon moment
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines
Business school teaching case study: can benefit corporations solve AI governance challenges?
Sam Altman’s OpenAI provides a test of non-profit legal structures
