Friday, 6 February 2026
Welcome to today's roundup of the most interesting developments in AI and technology.
Top Stories
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools
The startup -- with backing from Accel -- is building a financial layer that handles the authentication and micro-payments required for AI agents.
Read moreReddit looks to AI search as its next big opportunity
During the company's fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, it offered an update on its plans to merge traditional and AI search together and hinted that although search is not yet monetized, "it's
Read moreAWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high
AWS recorded its best quarter, in terms of revenue growth, in 13 quarters in Q4 2025 as AI drives AWS adoption.
Read moreAmazon and Google are winning the AI capex race — but what’s the prize?
In 2026, Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money!
Read moreOpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own
The new model is built to accelerate the capabilities of Codex, the agentic coding tool OpenAI launched earlier this week.
Read moreElon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
Read moreOpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while treating them like human employees.
Read moreAnthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
The newest version of Anthropic's model is designed to broaden its capabilities and appeal, allowing for a greater variety of uses and customers.
Read moreMeta tests a stand-alone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos
Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a dedicated feed that displays AI videos from others.
Read moreFundamental raises $255M Series A with a new take on big data analysis
Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises.
Read moreElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI, as OpenAI, Google, and Apple push conversational systems into wearables, new hardware, and everyday interactions.
Read moreSam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
He posted a novella-sized rant that devolved into to calling his rival "dishonest" and "authoritarian."
Read moreAlphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors
Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call.
Read moreGoogle’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users
Google revealed a significant milestone for its Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI.
Read moreMeet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps
Gizmo's app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps... and it's a lot of fun.
Read moreAI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation
The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation.
Read moreAmazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production.
Read moreA16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team,&
Read moreWhat a16z is actually funding (and what it’s ignoring) when it comes to AI infra
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, 
Read moreTinder looks to AI to help fight ‘swipe fatigue’ and dating app burnout
Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches.
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