February 23, 2026

The U.S. Department of Defense has called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon for discussions regarding the military deployment of the company’s Claude artificial

Microsoft announced a leadership overhaul of its gaming division, with long-time executive Phil Spencer departing alongside Xbox President Sarah Bond. The company has appointed former

Duckbill, a cloud cost consulting firm co-founded by Corey Quinn and CEO Mike Julian, has secured $7.75 million in funding to accelerate its transition into

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Selector, a leader in AI-driven observability and network intelligence, announced a $32 million funding round, doubling the company’s valuation to

Origen, a technology company specializing in applied artificial intelligence for commercial and public-sector operations, has received a $50 million strategic investment from Bluefive Capital. The

Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence company valued at $13.8 billion, has agreed to acquire Paris-based startup Koyeb, marking its first acquisition as it expands

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hexagon AB’s Design and Engineering (“D&E”)

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Virtuals Protocol’s embodied AI division, Virtuals Robotics, today announced the launch of Eastworld Labs, a new kind of AI accelerator that aims

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