Mercor has announced that it secured $750 million in its latest funding round. The investment values the artificial intelligence training startup at $20 billion.
Substantial capital inflows into specialised training providers may accelerate the development of foundational data services and human feedback pipelines for builders of AI systems.
Anthropic has announced an expansion of its AI platform into workplace productivity software with the launch of Claude Sheets, Whiteboards, Meetings, and Data. The announcement prompted an immediate market reaction, with Microsoft shares falling by more than 2 per cent.
Tether AI Research announced the release of QVAC BotPsy-0.8B on 11 November 2026. The release is an open-weight, 0.8-billion-parameter model built to support tool-using artificial intelligence on personal devices.
According to reporting on note.com, Google has moved its Gemini 4 Carbon artificial intelligence model into general availability. The change comes roughly two weeks after a 30 October report stated that the system was not yet accessible for general use.
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