🔧 OpenAI Raids Apple for Hardware Talent

Today’s Highlights:

• 🔧 OpenAI Raids Apple for Hardware Talent 

• 🌐 Google Brings Gemini AI to Chrome

• ⚡ xAI launches Grok 4 Fast

• 💷 Microsoft to Invest $30B in UK AI Push

• 🏗️ Microsoft Builds $7B Fairwater AI Campus

• 💸 OpenAI Adds $100B to Server Spending Plan

• 🇺🇸 TikTok US Deal Nears Final Approval

• 🤖 Figure AI Hits $39B Valuation with $1B Raise

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🔧 OpenAI Raids Apple for Hardware Talent 

OpenAI is making a bold push into hardware, aggressively hiring Apple veterans and tapping into Apple’s supply chain network. The company is gearing up for its first consumer device and wants the best of Apple’s talent and partners to make it happen.

The Details:

• More than 25 former Apple engineers have joined OpenAI in 2025 across hardware, camera, and audio teams

• Tang Tan, Apple’s former design chief, now leads OpenAI’s hardware division and drives recruitment

• Partnerships signed with Luxshare (Apple’s main assembler) and Goertek (audio & sensor supplier)

• OpenAI also acquired Jony Ive’s design studio io, embedding world-class design DNA into its device plans

• Early prototypes suggest a pocket-sized AI device that blends advanced voice, vision, and agentic capabilities

Why it matters:

OpenAI is no longer just competing in the cloud — it’s moving directly into Apple’s territory. By poaching its people and supply partners, OpenAI is signaling it wants to build iconic AI-first hardware and challenge Big Tech on its own turf.

GOOGLE

👨‍💻 Google Brings Gemini AI to Chrome

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome for all U.S. desktop users on Mac and Windows, after previously restricting access to Pro and Ultra subscribers. The company also announced upcoming agentic upgrades, turning Chrome from a browser into an active AI assistant.

The Details:

• Gemini can now clarify, summarize, and compare content across multiple tabs in real time

• New AI Mode in the address bar enables conversational search with follow-ups

• Chrome will soon retrieve past pages you visited by asking natural questions, e.g., “Where did I see that walnut desk?”

• Deep integration with Google apps (Calendar, YouTube, Maps) allows scheduling, navigation, and video navigation inside Chrome

• Gemini Nano will detect scams, block fake alerts, and auto-reset compromised passwords on supported platforms

Why it matters:

This move makes Chrome itself an AI-first product, not just a browsing tool. By blending search, productivity, and safety into one seamless flow, Google is pushing the browser war into a new AI-driven phase — directly competing with OpenAI’s Operator and Microsoft’s Copilot.

xAI

⚡ xAI Unveils Grok 4 Fast

Elon Musk’s xAI has launched Grok 4 Fast, a leaner and cheaper version of Grok 4 designed to deliver high-level reasoning at a fraction of the cost.

The Details:

• Built to be 98% cheaper than Grok 4 for equivalent benchmark performance, reducing cost barriers for large-scale adoption

• Uses ~40% fewer “thinking” tokens, making responses faster and more resource-efficient

• Offers a 2M token context window, enabling ultra-long tasks like full-scale project planning or code refactoring

• Unified design merges reasoning and non-reasoning into a single model, with behavior controlled by prompts

• Available now in Fast and Auto modes across CLI, API, and web — with some free access offered to new users

Why it matters:

With Grok 4 Fast, xAI isn’t just cutting prices — it’s reshaping the economics of AI. If the model lives up to its claims, enterprises and developers could adopt advanced reasoning AI at scale, forcing competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic to rethink their cost structures.

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AI & TECH NEWS

💷 Microsoft to Invest $30B in UK AI Push

Microsoft will pour $30B into UK AI and cloud infra by 2028—half funding a supercomputer with 23,000 NVIDIA chips. The rest supports operations and training, aiming to fast-track trustworthy AI adoption across British industries.

💸 OpenAI Adds $100B to Server Spending Plan

OpenAI now plans to spend $350B by 2030—adding $100B more for rented servers. CFO Sarah Friar says compute shortages are already delaying releases. The boost aims to ease usage spikes and fuel next-gen model training.

🇺🇸 TikTok US Deal Nears Final Approval

TikTok’s US spinout is nearly done—Americans will hold 6 of 7 board seats, Oracle will secure the data, and the algorithm stays under US control. Trump and Xi reportedly approved the plan, with ByteDance keeping under 20% ownership.

🏗️ Microsoft Builds $7B Fairwater AI Campus

Microsoft is investing $7B in Fairwater—a massive AI datacenter in Wisconsin to train future models. The project brings jobs, green cooling, renewable offsets, workforce training, and a second site by 2029, boosting Midwest AI infrastructure.

🤖 Figure AI Hits $39B Valuation with $1B Raise

Figure AI just closed a $1B Series C round—backed by Nvidia, Intel, and Brookfield—pushing its valuation to $39B. The robotics startup will scale its humanoid workforce for warehouses and ramp up infrastructure for next-gen robot training.

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