Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models. The deal would mark one of the largest single corporate investments in an AI company to date, deepening Google's financial stake in a firm it has backed for several years. Anthropic sits at the center of a fierce race among major tech companies to secure influence over frontier AI development. Google's move mirrors Amazon's multi-year, multi-billion dollar commitment to Anthropic, suggesting the company is now attracting parallel large-scale bets from two of the biggest cloud players simultaneously. For Google, the investment strengthens its position against Microsoft, which has poured tens of billions into OpenAI. Backing Anthropic gives Google both a financial stake in a rival AI lab and a potential edge in cloud infrastructure deals, since Anthropic runs its models on Google Cloud. Watch for whether this triggers fresh regulatory scrutiny of big-tech AI investment patterns, and how it reshapes capital flow toward other frontier AI startups competing for funding.
Apple has raised MacBook and iPad prices in India by 20% to 42%, citing a sharp surge in memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand. Micron, the leading memory supplier, reported 86% gross margins, confirming that supply pressures have fundamentally shifted component pricing across the consumer electronics
India's central government will take a 1-2% stake in AI unicorn Sarvam once its $300 million funding round closes, converting compute subsidies provided under the IndiaAI Mission into equity. The move sets a precedent for how the government accounts for public support given to homegrown AI startups.
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, featuring a redesigned Siri as a standalone app with chat history, apps launching up to 30 percent faster, and a refined Liquid Glass interface. A developer preview is live now, with public release expected around September 2026.
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote unveiled a fully redesigned Siri and confirmed iOS 27 alongside updates for iPadOS, visionOS, watchOS, and macOS. The Siri overhaul is the most strategically significant move, targeting a competitive gap with Google and Microsoft in AI assistants.
