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Marcus Schuler / implicator - Cloudflare acquired Human Native, a startup that licenses web content to AI developers. A day later, they bought web framework Astro. The deals look unrelated until you see the pipeline: content creation to AI licensing, with Cloudflare taking a cut at ev…
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PYMNTS / pymnts - ClickHouse, a provider of data infrastructure for artificial intelligence systems, raised $400 million in a Series D funding round. The company will use the new capital to expand its offerings in real-time data analytics, data warehousing, observability, …
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Berry Zwets / techzine - Cloudflare has acquired Human Native, an AI data marketplace that connects creators and developers. The acquisition should make it easier for AI companies to find and purchase valuable content, while content creators retain control over their work and rec…
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 18001 / 3 stories in 7 wks
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The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...
Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...
SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to a $40 billion loan to finance its planned stake in OpenAI, an audacious use of leverage to double down on the AI boom. The move would be one of the largest single‑company financing gambits in recent memory, raising questions about balance‑sheet strain versus potential upside. More...
OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...
Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...