Tencent advances toward AI agent launch for WeChat's 1.4 billion users, FT reports

Anthropic lines up banks for IPO, racing OpenAI to go public first

Anthropic has selected banks to lead its initial public offering, competing with rival OpenAI to go public first.

Alphabet says nearly 40% of its ~$85B in planned AI equity offerings will cover tax obligations from employee equity awards, per The Information.

Nearly 40% of Alphabet's planned $85 billion in equity offerings for AI will go toward covering tax obligations tied to employee equity awards, according to The Information.

Wordsmith raises $70M Series B for AI contract drafting tools. The legal AI startup's total funding reaches $100M, per Business Insider.

AI legal tech startup Wordsmith raised $70M in Series B funding, bringing total funding to $100M, as reported by Business Insider.

Iran refused nuclear talks in Islamabad, source says. First phase of negotiations failed due to Iran's unwillingness to discuss nuclear issues, per a member of Tehran's media team.

Iran's refusal to enter nuclear negotiations caused the failure of the first phase of Islamabad talks, a source from the Tehran negotiating team's media team said, according to reports.