French enterprise software startup Pigment has completed a $250 million funding round at a valuation of $2.3 billion, led by the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT, with participation from Nvidia and new and existing investors including Greenoaks, Iconiq, IVP, and Meritech. Pigment provides an enterprise business planning platform, and its customers include Siemens, Unilever, Anthropic, and ElevenLabs. The funds from this round will be used to accelerate R&D and expand its engineering team.
According to Reuters, OpenAI is accelerating a $30 billion fundraising at a valuation that could exceed $1.4 trillion, with existing investors including SoftBank and MGX in talks to participate. OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue has reached $50 billion and is expected to rise to $70 billion by the end of 2026; its previous valuation was $852 billion in March 2026. The report also mentions that Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-November at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, with third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.8 billion and first-half compute and infrastructure spending of nearly $9 billion.
According to Reuters, OpenAI is accelerating a $30 billion fundraising at a valuation that could exceed $1.4 trillion, with existing investors including SoftBank and MGX in talks to participate. OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue has reached $50 billion and is expected to rise to $70 billion by the end of 2026; its previous valuation was $852 billion in March 2026. The report also mentions that Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-November at a valuation of up to $2 trillion, with third
A Mac user was using Claude to develop a temperature monitoring tool when Claude discovered the device was running an XMRig mining program, with the process consuming about 1175% CPU (roughly 12 cores) and temperatures reaching 112 degrees Celsius. Claude also identified that the program achieved persistence through a disguised LaunchAgent startup item, and after obtaining the user's authorization, helped terminate the process and move suspicious files into a quarantine directory; only one file required manual deletion due to permission restrictions.
A Mac user was using Claude to develop a temperature monitoring tool when Claude discovered the device was running an XMRig mining program, with the process consuming about 1175% CPU (roughly 12 cores) and temperatures reaching 112 degrees Celsius. Claude also identified that the program achieved persistence through a disguised LaunchAgent startup item, and after obtaining the user's authorization, helped terminate the process and move suspicious files into a quarantine directory; only one file
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appointed Asha Sharma, who has zero gaming industry experience, to succeed Phil Spencer as Xbox CEO in February of this year. She has already laid off thousands of employees, consolidated studios and reorganized the technology stack, seeking to reverse the financial troubles and market share decline of this $21 billion business. Observers are also questioning whether Nadella is preparing Xbox for a sale or spin-off at a time when Microsoft is fully committing to the AI race.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appointed Asha Sharma, who has zero gaming industry experience, to succeed Phil Spencer as Xbox CEO in February of this year. She has already laid off thousands of employees, consolidated studios and reorganized the technology stack, seeking to reverse the financial troubles and market share decline of this $21 billion business. Observers are also questioning whether Nadella is preparing Xbox for a sale or spin-off at a time when Microsoft is fully committing to the A
The "From Deepfakes to Double Agents" report, published by IRONSCALES after commissioning Censuswide to survey 501 U.S. IT and security practitioners, shows that 77% of respondents said their organization's AI agents or tools had processed malicious, misleading, or unauthorized content in the past year, and 57% reported at least one confirmed incident. 96% of surveyed organizations already use AI tools that can perform actions on their behalf, of which 67% allow them to access ticketing or help desk systems and 49% allow access to email and messaging systems, while 78% of such tools are approved under the leadership of IT departments, with only 6% led by security departments.
The "From Deepfakes to Double Agents" report, published by IRONSCALES after commissioning Censuswide to survey 501 U.S. IT and security practitioners, shows that 77% of respondents said their organization's AI agents or tools had processed malicious, misleading, or unauthorized content in the past year, and 57% reported at least one confirmed incident. 96% of surveyed organizations already use AI tools that can perform actions on their behalf, of which 67% allow them to access ticketing or help