Company Watch

Announcements from major AI companies

Tracking announcements from the major AI companies, by company.

Microsoft AI / MAI

Microsoft Unveils Seven In-House MAI Models at Build 2026, Including First Reasoning Model

Microsoft AI introduced a full-stack family of seven models trained from scratch with "zero distillation," led by the MAI-Thinking-1 reasoning model it claims rivals Claude Opus on coding benchmarks.

OpenAI / GPT-Rosalind

OpenAI Expands Life-Sciences Model GPT-Rosalind With GPT-5.5 Agentic Capabilities

OpenAI added agentic coding and tool use from GPT-5.5 to its drug-discovery-focused GPT-Rosalind, strengthening reasoning for research and experimental workflows.

Suno / Funding

Music-Generation Startup Suno Raises $400M Series D at $5.4B Valuation

Suno announced a $400 million Series D round, valuing the AI music-generation company at $5.4 billion.

Gopuff and xAI Launch Grok-Powered Shopping Assistant "Go"

Gopuff and xAI launched "Go," an AI personal shopping assistant powered by Grok text, audio and image models. Using purchase history, time, location and real-time X signals, Go builds carts and takes voice or text orders, with delivery in as little as 15 minutes from Gopuff's 400-plus micro-fulfillment centers.