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Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · 10 stories
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Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon globally today for developers and enterprises at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Pricing doubles at end of November. Five researchers completed proof work in four weeks. Public version blocked 99% of attack attempts. Scientists can apply for six months of free access.
Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang regarding an alleged affair with a woman spying for the Chinese government. The probe follows reports of a foreign intelligence operation and highlights the company's lack of a named successor. Nvidia stock fell 4.2% on Monday, and the company's value dropped by 200 billion dollars in one session.
Anthropic retracts its November 10 IPO filing targeting a $1.4 trillion valuation and $64.35 billion raise. The company posted a $104 billion net loss for the period and a $42 billion loss last year, despite revenue of $33.2 billion for the first nine months of 2026. Offering includes 825 million total shares. Customer count grew from 1,500 to over 11,900.
In February 2026, US President Donald Trump directs the government to stop work with Anthropic. The Pentagon declares the startup a supply-chain risk, prompting Anthropic to file a lawsuit in March 2026 to block the national security blacklist. This action follows the company's rapid valuation growth to $380 billion by early 2026.
Anthropic launches Claude Meetings, Sheets, Whiteboards, and Data on Tuesday in San Francisco. The suite adds interactive connectors for Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot to serve knowledge workers ahead of a potential IPO valued at roughly $1.4 trillion. Targets share price between $70 and $78. IPO registration filed with SEC on November 10.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, causing Nvidia shares to drop 4.3% and wiping out about $230 billion in shareholder value. The incident threatens the AI industry as Nvidia controls over 80% of the global GPU market.
Nvidia hired Wachtell Lipton on Tuesday to investigate CEO Jensen Huang's affair with alleged spy Alice Huang. The board announced this after Huang admitted the relationship, causing Nvidia stock to drop 4.2% on Monday and about 6% on Tuesday.
Smart ring maker Oura acquired virtual primary care company Counsel Health for $625 million in an all-cash deal announced Tuesday. The transaction closes before year-end to combine biometric data with on-demand physicians. Oura revenue grew 153% to $533 million in the quarter to 30 September, while Counsel CEO Muthu Alagappan joins as chief clinical AI officer.
Goldman Sachs analysts project Anthropic revenue will reach approximately $52 billion in 2026 and exceed $600 billion by 2030. The bank expects the AI startup to generate operating profit in 2029 and achieve positive free cash flow by the end of the decade, representing a 130-fold sales increase.
Apple launches a built-in Sign Language interpretation feature on Apple TV starting Friday, Nov. 13, with the film Being Heumann. The feature supports American and British Sign Language for this title and the movie F1, with more titles following later this year. Users enable the option in settings on iOS 27.2 devices, where a new icon indicates availability.
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