OpenAI Raises $11 Billion First Tranche at $1.25 Trillion
OpenAI has secured about $11 billion in a first tranche valuing it at $1.25 trillion; money transferred by Friday as the round may reach about $20 billion.
Artificial intelligence
Cashfree Checkout for Agents Goes Live With WebMCP
Cashfree Checkout for Agents goes live with WebMCP so AI shopping agents can handle checkout while shoppers approve payment; live from 6 November 2026.
Coforge Joins SpaceXSI as Grok Transformation Partner
On 6 November 2026 Coforge joined SpaceXSI’s Partner Network as a Transformation Partner to deploy Grok AI into client workflows via Momentuum blue.
Thinking Machines Launches Inkling 2 Small MoE Model
Thinking Machines Lab launched Inkling 2 Small on 5 November 2026: 594B MoE, 17B active, 1M context on Tinker; Apache 2.0 weights next week.
Visa Agentic Commerce Benchmark: AI Agents Pass 57%
Visa launched the Agentic Commerce Benchmark on 5 November 2026: 22 AI models faced 15 shopping tasks, with a 57.2% pass rate and top models at 82.2%
Madras University Approves Sutherland AI Inclusive Lab
Cult.fit standardised on OpenAI Codex, shipping 20+ internal apps, $100,000+ software savings and 50%+ lower support costs, OpenAI said on 5 November 2026.
METR Finds Anthropic AI R&D Pace Has Nearly Doubled
METR’s 5 November 2026 assessment finds Anthropic likely improving AI capabilities ~2x faster since late 2025, mostly via AI used for R&D.
Anthropic Makes Claude Inference Hooks GA for Enterprise
Anthropic made Claude Enterprise inference hooks generally available around 5 November 2026, adding Security Center, DLP checks and EDR for CISOs.
OpenAI Rates GPT-6 Cyber Critical for Cybersecurity
OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Cyber on 5 November 2026, rating it Critical for cybersecurity after a 51% relative jump on ExploitGym versus GPT-5.6 Cyber.
Aina Ring Opens Preorders for AI Agent Control
Aina opened $399 preorders on 5 November 2026 for a titanium smart ring that lets wearers approve AI agent actions without unlocking a phone.
