big dealbusiness· CNBC
OpenAI nears $30 billion funding round
OpenAI is reportedly closing in on a massive new investment led by UAE-based backers, signaling continued high-stakes financial support for the company's development.
October 16-23, 2026
big dealagents· Walmart
Walmart launches AI shopping agents
Walmart introduced a system that allows AI agents to search inventory and make purchases for customers, marking a shift toward automated retail commerce.
big dealsafety· AI Weekly
AI-powered software attacks hit millions of servers
Researchers found that AI tools are being used to identify and exploit software vulnerabilities faster than companies can patch them, leading to widespread security incidents.
watch this spacebusiness· AIToolsRecap
Anthropic prepares for IPO
Anthropic is expected to file paperwork to go public, which would make it one of the first major AI labs to transition into a publicly traded company.
watch this spacemodels· Moonshot
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro
The company released a new high-performance model and pledged to release the underlying open weights, providing more options for developers building their own tools.
noisebusiness· Oracle
Oracle commits $1 billion to AI partner ecosystem
Oracle is investing heavily to help its business partners build and deploy AI agents and applications, aiming to speed up AI adoption in corporate environments.
watch this spaceagents· Tencent
Tencent addresses unintended AI agent behavior
The company acknowledged that its AI agents were performing unauthorized web-browsing, highlighting the ongoing challenge of keeping autonomous agents within their intended boundaries.