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  1. FuriosaAI's NXT RNGD Server opened up to show its eight red RNGD inference cardsFuriosaAI raises $620 million to take on Nvidia with chips that sip powerFuriosaAI announced a $620 million Series D on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, at a $2.9 billion post-money valuation, to scale production of its RNGD inference accelerator and build its next-generation chip.
  2. Claude Enterprise admin screen for building an in-app survey with Claude's default value questionsClaude Enterprise will now tell your boss what the team actually did with AI — and what it costAnthropic made smart reports, in-app surveys and pooled group budgets generally available for Claude Enterprise on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.
  3. A hand holding a phone showing Empatica's WellPD app daily summary next to the WellPD wrist-worn sensorEmpatica's WellPD puts an FDA-cleared Parkinson's tracker on the wrist, for home useEmpatica launched WellPD on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, an FDA-cleared and CE-marked wrist-worn device and companion app that lets people with Parkinson's monitor their symptoms at home.
  4. Google's SEC-bench Pro chart showing Gemini 4 Carbon at 88.2%, ahead of GPT-6 Astra at 85.4% and Gemini 4 Argon at 83.4%Google's Gemini 4 Carbon arrives two weeks after Argon — and cyber defenders get it firstGoogle DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Carbon on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, two weeks after launching Gemini 4 Argon, with state-of-the-art claims on cybersecurity and long-horizon coding and a staged rollout that starts with cyber defenders.
  5. Apple's new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR DisplayApple finally lets you touch a Mac: the new MacBook Pro gets an OLED touchscreen and a Dynamic IslandApple announced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in 14- and 16-inch sizes, with preorders starting today and availability Friday, Nov. 6.
  6. Formation Bio cofounder and CEO Ben LiuFormation Bio raises a $600 million fund to buy the drugs other companies gave up onFormation Bio said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, that it has $600 million in commitments for its new Drug Development Accelerator Fund, which will acquire clinical-stage drug programs and push them through key trials using the company's AI development platform.
  7. Upwind co-founder and CEO Amiram Shachar holds an Upwind surfboard by the oceanUpwind closes a $400 million Series C at a $3.8 billion valuation to secure the cloud for the AI eraUpwind said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, that it raised a $400 million Series C led by Bessemer Venture Partners, less than nine months after its $250 million Series B, with reports putting its valuation at $3.8 billion.
  8. Amazon's new Alexa device lineup: the all-new Echo Show 16 on a stand, Alexa Photo Frame, Echo Dot, Echo Time and Echo Studio with Home CameraAmazon launches a 16-inch Echo Show, an Echo Studio with a camera and three more Alexa+ devicesAmazon said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, that it is launching five new Alexa devices built for its newer Alexa, including the Echo Show 16 smart display and an Echo Studio speaker that can see the room.
  9. Anthropic chart of Mithril Medicine's LAMA2-CMD mouse results: grip strength and triceps muscle force for untreated, treated and healthy mice, captioned "Treated mice were about twice as strong"Anthropic bought a one-person biotech that used Claude to get a muscular dystrophy drug to mouse results in 18 monthsAnthropic said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, that it acquired Mithril Medicine, a one-person company developing treatments for rare childhood muscular dystrophies, and published early results from six drug-development partnerships that use Claude.
  10. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, left, talks with Oracle co-CEO Clay Magouyrk on stage during their keynote conversation at Oracle AI World 2026 in Las VegasOracle puts its apps inside ChatGPT, lets Codex build on OCI, and becomes the first cloud outside Google to rent out TPUsOracle said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas that it is bringing OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex into its applications and cloud, and that Google's TPUs will be available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  11. MacBook Pro shows a pitch deck open in Keynote alongside a ChatGPT window summarizing it, an example of the new MCP support in Apple Creator StudioApple Creator Studio adds AI assistants to Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Logic Pro — and opens the apps to outside AI agentsApple said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, that Apple Creator Studio is getting intelligent assistants in Keynote, Pages, Numbers and Logic Pro, plus MCP support for external AI agents, as a free update for subscribers in November.
  12. Vera Health co-founders Maxime Allouch and Taieb Bennani seated in leather armchairs in front of a brick wall, in an official Vera Health photoVera Health raises $28.5 million after its clinical AI search spread to 800,000 clinicians by word of mouthVera Health, a clinical AI search engine that grades the evidence behind every answer, said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, it raised a $28.5 million Series A led by Threshold Ventures, bringing total funding to $32 million.
  13. Infisical co-founder and CEO Vlad Matsiiako, short dark hair, black crew-neck sweater, in a circular official Infisical portraitInfisical raises $40 million at a $600 million valuation to lock down secrets for AI agentsInfisical said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, it raised a $40 million Series B at a $600 million valuation, led by Elad Gil, to expand its security platform as AI agents gain access to production systems.
  14. Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, open and angled on a dark background with a glowing M6 chip mark behind it, in Apple's official launch imageApple's M6 lands in a $1,999 MacBook Pro and a $1,499 iMac, with AI bolted into every GPU coreApple announced the 14-inch MacBook Pro and the 24-inch iMac with its new M6 chip on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, with preorders starting Wednesday, Oct. 28 and availability Friday, Nov. 6.
  15. Guidewire CEO Mike Rosenbaum, gray-haired and bearded in a blue linen blazer and checked shirt, in an official Guidewire portraitGuidewire buys AI underwriting startup hyperexponential for $1.7 billionGuidewire said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, it agreed to acquire London-based hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash, funded with a new $1 billion bank term loan and cash on hand.
  16. Close-up of the underside of Anduril's BlueChip laptop, engraved 'BlueChip, Anduril Industries, Designed in California, Built in America' with a U.S. flag, in Anduril's official launch photoAnduril and Qualcomm unveil BlueChip, a U.S.-built laptop for government and defenseAnduril and Qualcomm unveiled BlueChip on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, a new product line starting with a laptop designed and assembled in the U.S. for government, defense, first responders and public safety.
  17. Broadcom investor presentation Transaction Overview diagram: Broadcom delivers technology and residual value support to an SPV that raises capital from Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone and leases the XPU AI accelerators to AnthropicWall Street banks and Blackstone put up $63 billion so Anthropic can lease Broadcom AI racksBank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley announced a $63 billion financing structure on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, to fund Broadcom AI compute capacity leased to Anthropic, with deliveries expected to start in calendar 2027.
  18. Apple HomePod mini 2 color lineup: white, blue, green, pink, and midnight speakers arranged on a light surfaceApple's HomePod mini 2 brings Siri AI to the $149 speaker can, and preorders are openApple announced HomePod mini 2 on Oct. 13, 2026, with preorders at $149 and availability beginning Friday, Oct. 30; Siri AI arrives on the speaker in a future software update.
  19. Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman, in a navy pinstripe blazer, smiling and leaning on a sofa arm in an official Microsoft portraitMicrosoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 employees, more than a quarter of the company, as the AI bill comes dueMicrosoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman told employees on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, that the company is introducing a time-limited Voluntary Exit Offer, and about 60,000 people are eligible, according to people familiar with the matter cited by CNBC, Reuters and Bloomberg.
  20. OpenAI chart of Agents' Last Exam v1 scores versus cost per task, with GPT-6.1 Terra's line sitting above GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra at the low-cost endOpenAI ships GPT-6.1 Terra, a cheaper middle model it says matches Astra on agent work at a tenth of the priceOpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Enterprise and Edu users in ChatGPT Work and Codex, and in the API as gpt-6.1-terra.