OpenRouter (founded 2023) raised $113M Series B led by CapitalG, announced May 2026, valuing it at ~$1.3B post-money—up from ~$547M a year earlier. It claims 8M users and ~100T tokens/month (~25T/week), fivefold from 5T/week six months ago.
Human Archive says it raised $8.2M in May 2026 to train robots with real-world data from India’s gig workers, using camera-mounted caps and sensors. It has 1,000+ active headsets; workers earn $1/hour, with customers paying less if they consent to recording.
Stord raised $250M on May 26, 2026 at a $3B valuation—up from $1.5B a year earlier—and has now pulled in about $775M total. The round was led by Strike Capital; Google spotlighted its AI interface at Cloud Next in April 2026.
Ferrari and IBM report a 62% increase in race-weekend engagement after rebuilding the fan app to keep fans engaged year-round. The update brings AI race summaries, an AI companion for questions, predictions, multiplayer games and behind-the-scenes stories, plus an Italian version.
Peec, a Berlin GEO startup that checks whether brands appear in AI results for specific prompts like ChatGPT, reports $10M+ annualized revenue from an internal May 2026 dashboard. Six months earlier, a $21M Series A valued above $100M followed >$4M ARR in its first 10 months.
Google added disco-ball app icons to Pixel on May 22, 2026 through the March 2026 “Pixel Drop” custom icons feature, per Android exec Sameer Samat. It follows Spotify’s temporary glittery 20th-anniversary icon that drew backlash (“Alright, we know glitter is not for everyone”).
Waymo suspended freeway driving across all of its US markets on Thursday, May 22, 2026, after concerns emerged about how its autonomous vehicles were handling construction zones. Customers noticed…
Google filed its May 2026 appeal of the federal ruling branding it an illegal search monopolist, calling it “flawed” and “crashed” through legal guardrails. It challenges Judge Amit Mehta’s Aug 2024 guilt and Sep 2025 remedies, arguing its browser/device distribution deals weren’t anticompetitive and that data-sharing with genAI firms exceeded discretion.
Meta released a new standalone app called Forum in May 2026, positioning it as a dedicated space for community discussions built on top of Facebook Groups. The app was quietly launched without a…
Huxe, an app that let users generate podcasts or podcast series from a text prompt, is shutting down. The company announced in May 2026 that it is removing the app from the App Store and Google Play…
Microsoft consumer marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi said in a Thursday internal memo that after 35 years he’ll leave next year, starting May 2026, but stay in his role through 2027 overseeing Windows, consumer Copilot, and Microsoft 365; Satya Nadella and Takeshi Numoto are leading a transition, with no successor named.
Microsoft’s late‑May 2026 Office update lets users move the floating Copilot button to the ribbon via right‑click “Dynamic Action Button,” addressing complaints it blocked Excel cells (a dock option had made it smaller). Katie Kivett said engagement is up, but users want more control; Microsoft also cut “unnecessary” Copilot buttons from Windows 11 about a month earlier.
