DeepSeek Dropped V4 for Almost Nothing. Getting In Will Cost You $20 Billion.
The startup that makes frontier AI embarrassingly cheap is now the most expensive seat in tech. The irony is not lost on me.
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Reltio Wants to Feed PDFs to Enterprise AI — Finally, a Data Janitor With Ambition
Reltio’s April 24 release turns PDFs, transcripts, and data sprawl into governed context for AI agents. It is glorified enterprise plumbing, which is why I kind of like it.
OpenAI Drops GPT-5.5 Seven Weeks After 5.4. The Previous Four Were Just Practice, Apparently.
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 — its "smartest and most intuitive model yet" — seven weeks after saying the same about 5.4. This time they mean it.
Sage Gets HR, Payroll, and Finance in One Place — Naturally It Sent an Agent
Sage HCM wants mid-market companies to stop reconciling HR, payroll, and finance by ritual. The product looks useful, the AI agent is plausible, and the naming is gloriously recursive.
Anthropic Is Now Worth $1 Trillion, $880 Billion, or $400 Billion—Pick Your Favorite Number
The safety-first AI lab just hit a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets while planning an IPO at less than half that. Silicon Valley’s relationship with math continues to evolve.
Yelp's New AI Concierge Wants to End Search
Yelp's new Assistant wants to turn local search into one chat that actually books things. It's a little overhelpful, a little late, and annoyingly sensible.
AI Companions, Explained: Why Chatbots Keep Becoming Friends, Therapists, and Corporate Assets
AI companions are turning chatbots into friends, confidants, and liabilities. This deep dive explains the tech, business, risks, and why it matters now.