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A Florida woman is facing felony charges after Anthropic's Claude AI, which she used as a diary, reported her written plan to 'shoot up' the Sheriff's office to police. A human reviewer examined the statements before reporting them, highlighting the privacy and legal implications of AI diary use.

AI Safety & Ethics • Hacker News

Fleuret AI • Pre-Seed

French cybersecurity startup Fleuret AI raised €4 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop its platform for automating penetration testing using agentic AI. The round was led by RAISE Ventures.

ANTH

Anthropic is reportedly becoming America's biggest corporate donor ahead of its mega IPO. Employees donated $540 million in 2025 alone, nearly five times as much as the next-largest Fortune 500 donors, due to a company program that tops up stock donations.

OpenAI has launched the Decisions API in public beta, which evaluates text or images and returns typed answers up to 10x faster than the Responses API. The API is designed for tasks like classification, routing, and prioritization, and is expected to reach general availability in the coming months.

AI Infrastructure • Hacker News

Google is set to remove free access to its Gemini Flash and Pro models starting October 9th, limiting free users to the Flash Lite model. Access to the standard Flash model will require a $4.99/month Google AI Plus subscription, which is also being updated.

AI Products • The Verge AI

Lambda • Unknown

Nvidia-backed AI computing startup Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation. The round is led by Coatue and Blackstone, ahead of a planned 2027 IPO.

SimpL • Pre-Seed

Italian startup SimpL has raised €1.2 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop its AI-powered operating system for generating B2B sales opportunities. The round was led by Techshop Capital.

Comparables.ai • Seed

Comparables.ai, an AI platform for private and public market intelligence, has raised $6 million in seed funding. The funding will support its expansion across multiple markets and further develop its core AI engine.

SAP → TechWolf

German software giant SAP is acquiring TechWolf, a Belgian startup that leverages AI to help companies understand the skills and work of their employees. The deal is reported to be the largest acquisition of a Belgian VC-backed company.

Microsoft revealed the specs and price for its Surface Laptop Ultra, AI PCs that run on Nvidia chips designed to run AI models and agents. The company also showed off an upgrade to its Copilot AI system that will give it access to local files and the ability to take actions across the OS, part of a concept called 'Hybrid Intelligence'.

Hardware • TechCrunch AI

Lambda • Pre-IPO

Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO. The round is led by Coatue and Blackstone.

Sriram Krishnan's Fund • Fund

Former White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan is reportedly raising a ~$500M fund to back growth- and later-stage US AI startups, prioritizing national security.