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AI search engine Perplexity has reportedly offered $34.5 billion in cash to acquire Google Chrome, according to Reuters and confirmed by Perplexity to TechCrunch. The unsolicited bid promises to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open source, with an additional $3 billion investment to support the project. Perplexity is also pledging not to alter Chrome’s user…
Every year enterprises pay $350B to big consultancies and systems integrators to ensure API’s work smoothly. Refold AI to end this tax on business with a platform that removes API complexity into repeatable, productized software with AI. San Mateo, California – August 13, 2025; Enterprise software runs on APIs but connecting those APIs remains frustratingly…
Metaforms to expand its platform of intelligent agents purpose-built for the market research industry. With leading agencies already in production, the company is reshaping how insight work gets done. San Francisco, CA – July 31, 2025; The market research boom is creating an unexpected casualty: the agencies themselves. In an industry where clients expect faster…
Z.ai, formerly Zhipu, has launched its new GLM-4.5 large language model, aiming to challenge DeepSeek and other rivals with a more cost-efficient and compact design. The startup claims the model is not only cheaper to operate but also smarter, thanks to its “agentic” AI architecture — a system that breaks down tasks into smaller components…
Microsoft is intensifying its artificial intelligence (AI) arms race with Google and Meta by aggressively poaching top-tier talent from Google DeepMind. Under the leadership of Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and now CEO of Microsoft AI, the tech giant has recently hired over two dozen DeepMind veterans in a bid to strengthen its consumer-facing AI…