New enterprise security features protect against AI prompt injection and data exfiltration with deterministic controls for high-risk users.

Microsoft develops MAI-1-preview foundation model trained on 15,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, reducing OpenAI reliance while maintaining partnership through 2032.

AI startup Anthropic closes $30B Series G funding led by GIC and Coatue, achieving $380B valuation with $14B run-rate revenue growing 10x annually.

Claude Opus 4.6 introduces groundbreaking features including 1M token context window, agent teams for parallel coordination, and adaptive thinking for enterprise workflows.

OpenAI enhances its Responses API with server-side compaction, hosted shell containers, and agent skills standard for building long-running autonomous AI agents.

New Microsoft Cyber Pulse report reveals over 80% of Fortune 500 companies are deploying AI agents with low-code/no-code tools, emphasizing governance and security.

Google Cloud introduces the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program, offering developers 35 monthly learning credits, hands-on training, and certification pathways to build production-ready AI agents using the Agent Development Kit and Gemini Enterprise platform.

Microsoft reveals that its AI assistant Copilot has surpassed 1 million paid seats, demonstrating strong enterprise demand for AI-powered productivity tools across its ecosystem.

Harvey secures $200M led by Sequoia and GIC at $11B valuation, jumping $3B in months with $190M ARR as legal AI adoption accelerates across law firms.

Microsoft discloses Microsoft 365 Copilot has 15M paid seats (up 160% YoY) and GitHub Copilot reaches 4.7M paid subscribers.

Microsoft introduces AI QuickStart programme with IMDA and UOB support, enabling enterprises to deploy AI solutions within three months at capped costs.

Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are projected to spend close to $700 billion combined on AI infrastructure in 2026, marking a 60% increase from 2025.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, featuring improved coding skills, longer agentic task sustainability, and innovative agent teams functionality for enterprise applications.

Fundamental raises $255M for Nexus, a Large Tabular Model that brings AI foundation model capabilities to enterprise structured data.

OpenAI launches Frontier, an end-to-end platform enabling enterprises to build, deploy, and manage AI agents like human employees.

Snowflake partners with OpenAI in $200M deal to embed GPT models directly into enterprise data platforms for AI-powered analytics and agents.

Voice AI leader ElevenLabs secures $500M Series D funding led by Sequoia Capital, reaching $11B valuation with $330M ARR from enterprise adoption.

Microsoft announces major sales leadership promotions as company intensifies focus on AI product commercialization and enterprise adoption.

Palantir reports record Q4 earnings with 70% revenue growth and 137% commercial growth, demonstrating real AI-driven results amid sector turmoil.

Microsoft's flagship AI product Copilot faces significant implementation problems as enterprises struggle with deployment and user adoption issues.