AI News for February 19, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] OpenAI nears $100B+ funding round, the largest startup raise ever: OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a funding round that will bring in more than $100B, giving the ChatGPT maker additional capital to build out AI infrastructure.
[NEWS] Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raises $1B for spatial intelligence: World Labs, the AI startup from AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, raised $1B in new funding from backers including Autodesk ($200M alone), Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, and AMD.
[TOOLS] Google launches Lyria 3 AI music generation inside Gemini app: Google rolled out DeepMind's Lyria 3 model inside the Gemini app, letting users generate 30-second music tracks from text prompts, photos, or videos.
[NEWS] Microsoft Copilot bug exposed confidential emails for weeks: A Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been summarizing confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention policies meant to protect sensitive information.
[NEWS] OpenAI partners with Tata for 100MW India data center, eyes 1GW expansion: OpenAI is partnering with Tata Group to build AI data center infrastructure in India, starting with 100MW of capacity through TCS's HyperVault business.
[NEWS] Saudi Arabia's Humain invests $3B in Elon Musk's xAI: Saudi Arabian AI company Humain invested $3B into xAI, deepening ties between Musk and the kingdom as it pushes to become a global AI powerhouse.
[RESEARCH] Anthropic study of millions of Claude interactions maps how AI agent autonomy actually works: Anthropic analyzed millions of human-agent interactions across Claude Code and its API to measure how AI autonomy plays out in practice.
[NEWS] Netflix and Warner Bros. escalate legal fight against ByteDance's Seedance: Netflix sent a cease-and-desist letter calling ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 a "high-speed piracy engine," citing AI videos mimicking characters from Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Squid Game.
[NEWS] Figma stock jumps 15% on 40% revenue growth, easing AI disruption fears: Figma reported Q4 revenue of $303.8M (up 40% YoY, accelerating from 38% in Q3) and crossed $1B in annual revenue for the first time.
[NEWS] Ambani's Reliance pledges $110B for AI infrastructure over 7 years: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani announced that Reliance and Jio will invest 10 trillion rupees ($110B) in AI-related infrastructure, joining the global rush into AI data centers and compute.

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