Startups & Funding May 19, 2026 Dust Closes $65M Series B for Enterprise AI Agents at an Undisclosed Multiple Dust raised $65M Series B for enterprise AI workplace agents on a busy May 18 funding day. It did not disclose the valuation. Jordan Beck
AI & ML May 15, 2026 Anthropic Just Won PwC. The First Big Four Partnership Validates the Embedded-Consulting Model. Anthropic announced that PwC is deploying Claude across client engagements. The deal lands ten days after the Goldman-Blackstone enterprise services JV. Maya Iverson
Big Tech May 11, 2026 The AI Labs Are Quietly Turning Into Consulting Firms Anthropic just formed a $1.5B JV with Goldman, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman to embed engineers in mid-sized companies. This is the McKinsey playbook with model weights. Hank Reed
Startups & Funding May 11, 2026 OpenAI Spun Out a Venture Arm and Sold 19 Investors a Piece at $10B OpenAI raised $4B at a $10B valuation for a new entity called The Development Company, with 19 outside investors and no dilution at the parent. Jordan Beck
AI & ML May 8, 2026 Anthropic Drops Ten Pre-Built Agents for Banks and Insurers Anthropic released ten Claude-based agents for financial-services workflows such as pitchbook drafting, credit memos, and compliance escalation, moving banks from building agents to buying them. Maya Iverson