Meta named Dina Powell McCormick as its president and vice chairman. She will join the management team to guide strategy and operations, bringing experience in finance and government.
Alphabet reached a $4 trillion market valuation after a 65% stock gain in 2025, fueled by AI investments including Gemini 3 and custom AI chips for enterprise and consumer products.
Apple will rely on Google’s Gemini models and cloud infrastructure to power future artificial intelligence features, including Siri. The multi-year partnership supports Apple’s next generation of foundation models.
French defense technology startup Harmattan AI raised a $200 million Series B led by Dassault Aviation, lifting its valuation to $1.4 billion. The funding deepens a partnership focused on embedded AI for military aircraft and drones.
PlusAI will begin Southern Europe’s first heavy-duty autonomous truck testing program with Iveco in Spain. The project supports the company’s expansion in Europe ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing.
Indonesia and Malaysia have imposed temporary bans on xAI’s Grok chatbot following a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery on X, intensifying global regulatory pressure on generative AI platforms.
Walmart and Google are launching a new shopping experience inside Gemini, combining Google’s AI with Walmart and Sam’s Club’s vast assortment, fast delivery, and personalized commerce powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol.
Google introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard for agentic commerce, enabling AI-driven shopping, checkout, and branded agent interactions across retailers and platforms.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to release its next-generation V4 model in mid-February, featuring enhanced coding capabilities and support for long-form programming tasks.
China-based AI startup MiniMax raised $620 million in its Hong Kong IPO, with shares doubling on the first day. The company develops large language models and AI applications for global users.
Meta signed 20-year agreements to purchase nuclear power from three Vistra plants and develop small modular reactors with Oklo and TerraPower, aiming to meet growing AI-related electricity demand.
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI posted a $1.46 billion net loss for Q3 2025, up from $1 billion in the prior quarter, while revenue nearly doubled to $107 million.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15 billion across five new funds, including $1.7 billion for AI infrastructure and $6.75 billion for scaling startups, amid surging investor interest in tech.
X restricted Grok’s AI image-generation feature to paying subscribers following global criticism over non-consensual sexualized images of women and children. The move does not affect the standalone Grok app.
Anthropic has partnered with Allianz to deploy its Claude AI models and custom agents across the insurer, emphasizing responsible, transparent AI for multi-step workflows and regulatory compliance.