Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With 40% Lower Costs And Over 30% Faster Output

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in its new Claude 5.5 family, delivering performance comparable to Claude Fable 5.1 across most tasks while costing 40% less to run than Claude Opus 5 on typical workloads. The company also reported more than 30% faster output generation and improvements in agentic coding, computer use, and knowledge work. The launch is accompanied by increased usage limits for Claude's paid subscription plans.

meshIQ Launches AgentIQ To Provide Real-Time Governance And Control Over Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

meshIQ has launched AgentIQ, a new AI agent governance solution designed to provide enterprises with real-time visibility, oversight, and control over autonomous AI agents. The platform operates directly within an agent's execution flow, allowing organizations to enforce policies, intervene in potentially risky activities, and maintain comprehensive audit records as AI agents operate across different enterprise systems and frameworks.

Nscale IPO Filing Reveals $103.4 Billion In Active And Contracted AI Infrastructure Agreements

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Nscale has filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, revealing $103.4 billion in active and contracted total contract value (TCV) as of August 31, 2026. The London-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company disclosed the figure in its September 18 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, highlighting the scale of its agreements with major technology companies and AI developers. Nscale plans to list on the NYSE under the ticker symbol NSCL.

Shopify Integrates Shop Pay With Meta Muse For AI-Powered Checkout

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Shopify will integrate its Shop Pay system with Meta’s Muse personal AI agent, allowing users to complete purchases from participating merchants without leaving the AI conversation, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip And Plans Model With Up To 10 Trillion Parameters

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Alibaba Group is significantly expanding its artificial intelligence ambitions with a new processor, a much larger foundation model and a major increase in data-center capacity, according to Reuters.

Sela’s AI Agents Help Originate $1 Billion In Loans Per Month, Company Raises $21 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Sela, the market-leading voice AI system for mortgage sales, has announced a total of $21 million in funding across Seed and Series A, led by Costanoa, with participation from Emergence Capital. Sela's AI agents currently help loan officers originate more than $1 billion in new mortgages per month, and the company has crossed $10 million in annualized run-rate revenue in 18 months. Six of the ten largest independent mortgage banks now use Sela.

AMD Reaches $1 Trillion Market Value As AI Demand Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Advanced Micro Devices surpassed a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time as investors increased their exposure to companies supplying processors and systems for artificial intelligence. AMD shares increased 9.95% to a record $615.52, making the company the fourth U.S. chipmaker to reach the milestone. Nvidia, Broadcom and Micron previously crossed the $1 trillion threshold.

Verda Raises $189 Million Series B To Become Europe’s Latest AI Infrastructure Unicorn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2026

Verda, the Helsinki-founded AI infrastructure company, has hit unicorn status after raising $189 million in an oversubscribed Series B plus additional investment. The round is led by Emergence Capital, an early backer of Salesforce and Zoom, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners, Supermicro, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Lifeline Ventures, 6 Degrees Capital, byFounders, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), and a group of angel investors including Ola Tørudbakken of Meta and Mark Saroufim of Core Auto and GPUMODE.