Nvidia, Palantir Curb Claude Use After Anthropic’s June Retention Shift
Nvidia and Palantir Technologies are restricting use of Anthropic's Fable (Claude) model for sensitive work after a June 2026 policy…
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Alex Index
Cross-beat data-industry correspondent. Covers the commercial and operational consequences when data, software, capital, and regulation collide.
Z Squared Buys Paradox Data for $5M in Preferred Stock, Adds $1 Site Lease
Z Squared closed its acquisition of Paradox Data for $5 million paid entirely in preferred stock and structured a nominal…
Mistral Raises €3B at €21B Valuation, Led by Samsung, Not a US Hyperscaler
Mistral AI closed a €3 billion Series D on September 9, 2026 at a post-money valuation above €21 billion, led…
Bruce Markets Touts Meritz Link as ‘Blind Trading’ Fix; Sept. 1 Halt Complicates That
Bruce Markets announced Sept. 13, 2026 that Meritz Securities connected to its overnight U.S. equities data feed, framing it as…
Custodea Raises €350K Seed, Says EU Hosting Solves SME Data Control
The Brussels-area startup closed a €350,000 seed round from investors in its own network to build a unified data layer…
Meta Sued Over NameTag Facial-ID and AI Models Trained on FB Photos
A federal class action filed September 4, 2026 in Chicago alleges Meta extracted biometric data from Facebook and Instagram photos…
Flock Safety’s Dropdown Fix Hides the Paper Trail Behind ‘LMAO’ Plate Searches
EFF's September 14, 2026 analysis of Flock Safety ALPR audit logs found officers nationwide justified license-plate searches with entries like…
Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face Buy Shows the AI Infrastructure IPO Is Going Extinct
Nvidia's acquisition of the open-source model hub for $12.9 billion — after rejecting the startup's own $500 million offer just…
sci2sci Raises €1.2M Pre-Seed to Force AI Systems to Show Their Work
Berlin startup sci2sci raised €1.2 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Heliad and IBB Ventures, announced September 8, 2026, to…
Mistral Raises €3B at €21B+ Valuation, Led by Samsung, Not a European Fund
Mistral's Series D, reported by Tech.eu on September 8, 2026, values the French AI company above €21 billion three years…