Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing plans to potentially double production capacity for AI-powered smart glasses to meet rising demand. The move would strengthen Meta’s push into AI-driven hardware.
ElevenLabs surpassed $330 million in annual recurring revenue, highlighting rapid enterprise adoption of its voice agents and generative audio products. The company continues to expand product offerings and strategic partnerships.
Apple introduced Apple Creator Studio, a subscription bundle combining professional creative apps with new AI-driven features across video, music, imaging, and productivity tools. The offering expands Apple’s push into intelligent software workflows for creators.
Smart Analytics Global forecasts the AI smart glasses market will quadruple in 2026, driven by Ray-Ban Meta and anticipated entries from Apple and Samsung, with revenue hitting $5.6 billion.
AI-native biotech Proxima raised $80 million in an oversubscribed seed round to develop proximity-based therapeutics. The funding supports AI-driven discovery for previously “undruggable” targets across oncology and immunology.
Salesforce introduced a next-generation AI version of Slackbot for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers. The agent can draft emails, schedule meetings, and connect across enterprise apps.
Brazil’s competition authority ordered WhatsApp to suspend its policy banning third-party AI chatbots on its business API. The move follows concerns the policy may favor Meta AI over competitors.
Meta plans to lay off roughly 10% of its Reality Labs team, reflecting a shift in focus from metaverse projects to artificial intelligence. The move coincides with broader AI infrastructure investments.
Anthropic has introduced Cowork, a desktop agent that allows users to delegate file-based tasks directly to Claude. The research preview expands Claude’s reach beyond coding into everyday productivity workflows.
Meta has introduced a new top-level initiative, Meta Compute, to expand its AI infrastructure and energy capacity at large scale. The effort signals a long-term push to support advanced AI development and global data center growth.
OpenAI is expected to air a 60-second commercial during NBC’s Super Bowl LX broadcast, marking another high-profile push into mainstream advertising. AI companies have significantly increased TV and digital marketing spending in 2025.
Anthropic’s Claude now offers healthcare and life sciences AI tools, including HIPAA-compliant connectors and support for clinical trials, regulatory, and research tasks.
NVIDIA and Eli Lilly are creating a $1 billion AI co-innovation lab to accelerate drug discovery. The lab will integrate AI, biomedical data, and robotics to transform medicine development.
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.