OpenAI's very busy week, from its funding round to its model launches; Clay's $100M Series C; Lovable's new unicorn status; Latent Labs' new no-code web interface; Google DeepMind's Aeneas; FuriosaAI's new partnership with LG AI Research; and more
OpenAI has finally launched GPT-5, an AI system that combines a non-reasoning model, a reasoning model, and a router that determines which model should be used with each user query. GPT-5 is coming to all ChatGPT users and to OpenAI's API platform at staggeringly competitive prices.
Clay raised $100 million in Series C funding at a $3.1 billion valuation, as the company remains on track to bring in $100 million in revenue. The raised funding will be allocated to accelerate product development, as the company continues developing its "IDE for GTM".
OpenAI released its first open-weight models since 2019: the text-only gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b. This launch marks a strategic shift for the company, amid pressure from Chinese AI labs and the Trump administration's push for open U.S. AI technologies.
OpenAI raised $8.3 billion at a $300 billion valuation in a heavily oversubscribed round led by Dragoneer Investment Group, as the company's revenue surges toward $20 billion annually while navigating a complex restructuring from nonprofit to for-profit status.
Fundamental Research Labs raised $33M in Series A funding to develop autonomous AI agents that bring cutting-edge research to consumer products designed to work alongside humans. The company's products include a spreadsheet-based agent, "Shortcuts", and a general-purpose assistant, "Fairies".
Google Labs launched Opal, an experimental no-code platform that enables users to build and share AI mini-applications by describing workflows in natural language, which the tool then converts into powerful AI-powered applications.
Julius AI has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to expand its natural language data analysis platform. Julius AI can generate insights and visualizations by simply asking questions in plain English.
Italian startup IdentifAI raised €5 million in Series A funding to expand its real-time deepfakes and synthetic content detection platform. IdentifAI's mission has become critical in a world where the explosive growth of AI continues to erode our trust in digital content.
Google DeepMind's Aeneas AI model revolutionizes ancient history research by analyzing Roman inscriptions with 73% accuracy in text restoration and helping historians find contextual parallels in seconds rather than weeks.
FuriosaAI secured a major partnership with LG AI Research to power their EXAONE AI models with superior energy-efficient chips, just months after rejecting Meta's $800 million acquisition offer.
AI-powered compliance startup Delve has raised a $32 million Series A at a $300 million valuation. After pivoting from healthcare AI to automate regulatory compliance workflows, the startup now serves over 500 companies, including AI unicorn Lovable.