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The expanded Small tier now covers models below 600B parameters, with higher ceilings for prompt and generated tokens.
Original AI-generated illustration of adjustable token-capacity gates.
The feature gives designated users a way to sign in when an enterprise identity provider or SSO connection is unavailable.
The service will charge $0.02 per GB for bandwidth after the new monthly allowance.
Tibo Sottiaux says the plan returns to new subscribers with the 5-hour limit still off and more benefits that won't count against usage, but usage nets out at half the API spend.
Li would join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist after the deal closes, which is expected by the end of 2026.
A public preview for Copilot Business and Enterprise customers adds file and message context, per-conversation model choice and Slack reliability fixes.
OpenAI's analytics tools help businesses understand how teams use AI, track spend, and connect usage to measurable outcomes.
Two Dutch litigators have opened Driven Lawyers, an Amsterdam firm built around an in-house AI drafting system, JUVE Patent reported. The founders left partner roles at Vondst and Freshfields and plan to charge fixed fees rather than billing by the hour.
Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI moved on Sept. 14 to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple while continuing to pursue OpenAI. A day later, the federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, ordered the companies to hand over any agreement with Apple for his private review by noon on Sept. 17.
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said competition and liability already give AI labs reason to build safely, breaking with calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman for a coordinated slowdown. Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Cohere's Aidan Gomez also objected.
Gartner projects worldwide spending on AI will reach about $2.7 trillion in 2026, a 49.5% increase from 2025, with infrastructure such as servers, chips and cloud capacity making up more than half the total. The research firm expects spending to climb to roughly $3.6 trillion in 2027.
Canadian AI company Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha said on September 16 they have signed a definitive agreement to combine, formalizing a plan announced in April. The merged company will operate as Cohere with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin, pending regulatory approvals.
Rapta, an Oregon company selling computer-vision quality assurance software for factories, said it closed an $8 million funding round co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners. The company said the money will expand deployments in defense, aerospace and other precision manufacturing.
Two companies selling software used to build and run AI agents announced large rounds a day apart. Temporal said on September 14 it raised a $550 million Series E at a $12.55 billion valuation, and Factory said on September 15 it raised $200 million at a $5 billion valuation.
Salesforce said on Sept. 15 that Salesforce in Claude, the first product of its Claudeforce partnership with Anthropic, is now available to all customers in beta. Announced at the Dreamforce conference, the integration brings CRM data and actions into Claude and includes 37 prebuilt sales skills.
Toronto venture firm Radical Ventures said on September 15 it has secured more than US$1 billion in a first close of its Radical Breakouts Fund, a late-stage vehicle for AI companies backed by several large Canadian pension funds and banks. The firm calls it the largest venture capital fund in Canadian history.
Meta on Sept. 15 introduced Meta One, a subscription service spanning Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta AI. Monthly prices begin at $2.99 for single-app add-ons, and the top business tier starts at $499. The company said its apps and everyday Meta AI use will stay free.
An EY survey of 202 senior AI decision-makers at large publicly traded U.S. companies found that 91% of their organizations use agentic AI, yet about half of those have not updated governance frameworks for it, and 36% of all respondents reported an AI incident that caused material harm.
The Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, a San Francisco startup that audits and certifies AI agents and pairs certification with insurance, said on September 15 it raised a $40 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital with participation from First Harmonic. Total funding now stands at $55 million.
OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a startup that uses neural networks to improve smartphone camera output, for more than $300 million, according to a Wall Street Journal report relayed by TechCrunch and SiliconANGLE. Neither company has publicly confirmed the deal, and OpenAI did not immediately respond to TechCrunch's request for comment.
Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan said on Sept. 14 that it will invest at least $1 billion in technology and AI over the next 10 years and aims to make its in-house AI platform, MX2, available to other law firms by invitation by the end of 2027.
AI-linked shares fell across Asia, Europe and the United States on Sept. 14 after the chief executives of Anthropic and OpenAI, along with Elon Musk, publicly backed slowing the pace of AI model development. Chipmakers took the heaviest losses, while broad U.S. indexes closed only modestly lower.
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