OpenAI’s $40B Raise, Amazon’s Browser Agent, Runway Gen-4 & More AI Shocks

🚨 TODAY'S AI NEWS: OpenAI Raises Record-Breaking $40B to Power AI Future Plus Big Drops from Amazon, Runway, Luma, and More

It’s been a historic day in the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI just raised the largest private tech funding round in history at $40B, pushing its valuation to $300B. Here’s a lightning-fast rundown of all the biggest AI drops from today:

1️⃣ OpenAI Raises $40 Billion – $300B Valuation Secured 🚀

✔ Led by SoftBank, with participation from Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter & Thrive

✔ Funding will scale compute, fuel AGI research, and expand infrastructure

✔ Solidifies OpenAI’s dominance in the race toward artificial general intelligence

2️⃣ A New Open-Weights Model Is Coming From OpenAI 🧠

📌 Sam Altman confirmed a new open-weight model with reasoning is on the way the first since GPT-2

✔ Open-source

✔ Built to be developer-focused and useful

✔ Altman calls it “a very, very good model.”

3️⃣ Amazon AGI Labs Launches Nova Act – A Browser Agent System

Nova Act is Amazon’s new AI agent framework that can control browsers to:

✔ Navigate sites

✔ Perform tasks autonomously

✔ Outperforms Claude 3.7 Sonnet & OpenAI’s CUA

✨ Will power next-gen Alexa+ and includes an SDK for devs to build custom browser agents.

4️⃣ Runway Releases Gen-4 – Video AI Gets an Upgrade 🎥

✔ Generates 5–10 second 1080p videos

✔ Better prompt adherence, object consistency, and scene stability

✔ Stronger world understanding

5️⃣ Luma Labs Adds Cinematic Camera Motion to Ray2 🎬

The new Camera Motion Concepts feature brings:

✔ 20+ precise motion presets

✔ Language-controlled shots like zoom in, orbit, pan right

✔ Smooth transitions for cinematic storytelling

6️⃣ Manus AI Launches Beta Program + Mobile App 📱

✔ Offers $39 and $199/month plans with usage limits

✔ Comes amid a $500M valuation fundraise

✔ Built for AI agents and operators known for high performance in autonomy tasks

7️⃣ Isomorphic Labs Raises $600M for AI Drug Discovery 💊

✔ Backed by Thrive Capital, Alphabet, and GV

✔ Building an AI engine for automated pharmaceutical design

✔ Spinoff from Google DeepMind, responsible for AlphaFold

8️⃣ Agility Robotics Raising $400M for Humanoid "Digit" 🤖

✔ Valuation: $1.75B pre-money

✔ Building humanoids for warehouse & commercial operations

✔ Led by Peggy Johnson (ex-Microsoft)

✔ Aimed at competing with Figure in the humanoid robotics race

🔑 Key Takeaways:

✔ OpenAI’s $40B fundraise marks a new era in AI dominance

✔ Open-source models are making a comeback

✔ Amazon, Runway, and Luma are pushing boundaries in AI agents & media creation

✔ Humanoid robotics and AI drug discovery are hot investment zones

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