AI News for May 14, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in business AI adoption for the first time: Ramp's May AI Index shows Anthropic at 34.4% of US business adoption versus OpenAI at 32.3%, the first crossover since the index began.
[NEWS] Anduril raises $5B Series H at $61B valuation: Defense tech company Anduril closed a $5B Series H led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, doubling its valuation to $61B in less than a year.
[NEWS] Microsoft has spent over $100B on its OpenAI partnership: Court filings from Musk v.
[NEWS] Cerebras prices IPO at $185, above $135 range, after Arm-SoftBank 11th-hour buyout bid: Cerebras Systems priced its IPO at $185 per share, well above the prior $125-135 range, as the AI chipmaker's book ran heavily oversubscribed.
[NEWS] Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs, raises forecast as AI orders surge: Cisco announced layoffs of about 4,000 staff (under 5% of workforce) as it restructures around AI chips, fiber optics, and security.
[TOOLS] Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business with QuickBooks, HubSpot, PayPal connectors: Anthropic shipped Claude for Small Business, a Claude Cowork toggle that plugs the AI into Intuit QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 with 15 pre-built workflows spanning payroll, invoicing, sales campaigns, and month-end close.
[TOOLS] Amazon kills Rufus, launches Alexa for Shopping inside the search bar: Amazon replaced its 2024-era Rufus shopping chatbot with 'Alexa for Shopping,' powered by Alexa+ and embedded directly in Amazon.com's search bar across web, mobile, and Echo Show.
[TOOLS] Meta launches Incognito Chat with end-to-end encryption for Meta AI: Mark Zuckerberg announced Incognito Chat on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app, where conversations are processed inside a Trusted Execution Environment that even Meta can't access, with messages deleted from the device once the session ends.
[NEWS] Alibaba posts first operating loss since 2021 as AI capex 'overshoots': Alibaba reported its first operating loss since the Covid trough as AI infrastructure spending outpaced revenue growth.
[NEWS] Recursive emerges from stealth with $650M to build self-improving AI: Stealth AI lab Recursive officially launched with $650M at a $4.65B valuation, led by GV (Google Ventures) and Greycroft with AMD Ventures and Nvidia participating.

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