Enterprises that flooded AI tools with unlimited budgets burned cash without proportionate returns. Uber burned its annual AI budget in four months. A CEO switched from Claude to DeepSeek and said costs crashed. Here is what every SMB owner should take from the enterprise reckoning before it happens to them.
Google’s Gemini 3.5 Live Translate does real-time speech-to-speech translation across 70+ languages with no awkward pause between speaker and reply. Here is what it actually means if you have ever lost a customer because neither of you spoke the other’s language.
OpenAI just released GPT-5.5-Cyber and a public initiative called Patch the Planet to automatically fix vulnerabilities in open-source software. You can’t use the tool directly, but if your business runs on WordPress, Shopify, or any open-source stack, the patches reach you anyway.
Anthropic’s new Claude Tag gives Claude persistent memory inside Slack, built on top of the Claude for Small Business toolkit launched in May. Here’s what it actually changes for a small team, and what to set up before you let an AI remember everything.
ChatGPT’s global market share fell below 50% for the first time as Gemini and Claude gain ground, with Claude growing 452% year over year. Here’s why three credible AI assistants competing for your business is good news, not a warning sign.
OpenAI launched a $150 million Partner Network on June 14 to certify consultants and integrators who deploy AI for businesses. Here’s what the tiers and specializations actually mean if you’re trying to find someone trustworthy to help your small business adopt AI.
Salesforce is paying $3.6 billion for Fin, the AI agent platform formerly known as Intercom, which already resolves 76% of support tickets on its own across 30,000 customers. Here’s what the deal actually means if you’re running a small business, not a stock portfolio.
SpaceX is buying the AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in stock, days after its own record-breaking IPO. Here is what actually changes for small businesses that depend on Cursor and other AI tools, and the vendor-concentration lesson worth taking from it.
OpenAI’s new “Dreaming” memory system makes ChatGPT remember your business context more accurately, and for the first time it is coming to free accounts too. Here is what changed, why the free rollout matters more than the headline numbers, and how to use it without handing over more than you mean to.
Microsoft Scout, an always-on Autopilot agent for Microsoft 365, monitors Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint continuously and acts without waiting for a prompt. Work IQ APIs reached GA on June 16. Here is what small businesses need to know before it arrives on your subscription.
