AI business strategy, funding, pricing and market moves.

Business8 Jul 2026 · 1 min

GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing, adds $100 Max plan

The shift away from flat-rate pricing began June 1, alongside a new premium tier aimed at heavy agentic users.

Business8 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Report: 88% of organizations hit an AI agent security incident this year

Nearly half of surveyed organizations now expect agentic AI to be the top attack vector by the end of 2026.

Business8 Jul 2026 · 1 min

AMD stock jumps as MI450 demand beats expectations

Goldman Sachs raised its price target to $640 as CEO Lisa Su said customer forecasts for the Helios platform are exceeding initial estimates.

Business7 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Mistral in talks to raise €3B at a €20B valuation

Most of the new funding is earmarked for data centers, as the Paris-based lab targets 1 gigawatt of compute capacity by 2030.

Business7 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Perplexity hits $18B valuation after $100M raise

The AI search company is also partnering with T-Mobile's parent on an 'AI Phone' launch, extending its reach beyond the browser.

Business7 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Report: Altman weighs giving the US government a 5% OpenAI stake

At OpenAI's current valuation, the proposed stake would work out to roughly $320 per American household, according to reporting on internal discussions.

Business7 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Cohere raises $450M from Nvidia, Salesforce and Cisco

The enterprise AI company is targeting a second-half 2026 IPO after securing backing from three of the industry's biggest strategic investors.

Business6 Jul 2026 · 1 min

Meta admits its AI agents stalled for four months

Mark Zuckerberg's admission at a July town hall came minutes before Meta's AI chief claimed an unreleased model, Watermelon, already matches GPT-5.5.

Business6 Jul 2026 · 1 min

OpenAI shuts down Sora after burning $15M a day

The video generator's web and app experiences ended April 26, with the API following in September, after lifetime revenue reached just $2.1 million.

Business6 Jul 2026 · 1 min

ChatGPT Business adds admin controls for workspace plugins

Workspace admins can now manage plugin discovery, policies, roles and the plugin catalog from one panel, tightening governance for company-wide ChatGPT deployments.

Business6 Jul 2026 · 1 min

EU AI Act reaches full applicability on August 2

The remaining provisions of Europe's landmark AI law take effect this summer, two years after it first entered into force.

Business6 Jul 2026 · 1 min

n8n becomes default infrastructure for small AI-automation teams

By mid-2026, operators increasingly reach for n8n over bloated SaaS stacks, favoring speed and control as workflow automation shifts from chatting to doing.