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OpenAI's top models are coming to Google Cloud.

GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolling out in Google Cloud's Model Garden as a private preview for select enterprise customers. General availability is planned "in the coming weeks" (OpenAI; Google Cloud).

Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a proactive agent for professionals and small businesses.

It's built around Opus 5.5, sends a morning brief, watches connected apps and keeps working in the background on its own virtual machine. It waits for approval before sending, paying, signing or deleting anything. It's a waitlisted research preview, starting with US Pro and Max subscribers (Anthropic; CNBC).

DeepSeek is wrapping up a raise of about $15B (100B yuan).

That's double its original target, and the round values the company at 500B yuan before the new money. CATL and Tencent are among the biggest investors, and Midea, Meituan and Geely are new backers. The terms aren't final, according to four people Reuters spoke to (Reuters via StreetInsider).

Meta says more than 10M people in the US and Canada have set up Muse.

Zuckerberg says about a quarter of them use it on any given day, with shopping a top use. Meta narrowed its 2026 capex range to $135-145B (TechCrunch; Meta).

Flapping Airplanes, an AI lab about a year old, raised a $1B Series A co-led by Index and Lux, reportedly at a $6B valuation (TechCrunch).