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Social•Feb 21, 2026
Migrated Anthropic to Agents SDK to Prevent Auth Problems
Switched my entire Anthropic usage on OpenClaw to use the Agents SDK now. Hopefully I don't get auth issues anymore.
By Matthew Berman
Social•Feb 21, 2026
OpenClaw's Model Ambiguity Fuels Hallucinations and Inaccurate Status
It's frustrating how difficult it is to tell which model is being used by OpenClaw. It will frequently hallucinate and even /status will be wrong.
By Matthew Berman
Video•Feb 20, 2026
Google Just Dropped Gemini 3.1... (WOAH)
Google unveiled Gemini 3.1 Pro, the latest upgrade to its Gemini family, positioning it as a high‑performance, multimodal AI model for both consumer and developer platforms. The model shatters prior benchmarks: it scores 77.1% on ARC‑AGI 2, more than double Gemini...
By Matthew Berman
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Anthropic Bans OpenClaw as OpenAI Hires Its Founder
Anthropic just dropped the ban hammer on OpenClaw... I've never seen a faster vibe shift between OpenAI and Anthropic. One hires the founder of OpenClaw, the other shuts it down. Full breakdown of what happened: https://t.co/tyGxE0EUbO
By Matthew Berman
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success
Since I now use multiple models, I customize all of my prompt files (soul, identity, skills etc) for each model. This critically important. For example, Opus 4.6 prompt best practices says don’t use ALL CAPS to emphasize things. GPT5.2 explicitly...
By Matthew Berman
Social•Feb 18, 2026
OpenClaw's Power Multiplies as Workflows Interconnect
.@OpenClaw is the gift that keeps giving. I keep discovering new use cases for it. And the real power law happens when OC starts making connections between the workflows I’ve built for it.
By Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 27, 2025
Intel Secures Nearly $16B in New Capital From NVIDIA, SoftBank and U.S. Government
Intel received nearly $16 billion in new capital comprising $5B from NVIDIA, $2B from SoftBank and an $8.9B investment from the U.S. government for a 10% stake, disclosed alongside its Q3 2025 results. The financing accompanies a return to profitability...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Redwood Materials Raises $350M to Scale Battery Recycling
Redwood Materials raised $350 million in a growth-stage funding round led by Eclipse Ventures with participation from NVIDIA to expand battery recycling and critical materials recovery operations. The capital will support scaling of energy storage recycling capacity amid rising demand...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Fal.ai Closes $1.5B Series C, Valued at $4B+
Multimodal AI platform Fal.ai closed a $1.5B Series C round that pushed its valuation above $4 billion. The company serves over 2 million developers building with images, video, audio, and 3D models.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
OpenEvidence Raises $200M at $6B Valuation for AI Medical Assistant
OpenEvidence, the ‘ChatGPT for doctors’, raised $200M in a growth-stage funding round that values the company at $6B. The round comes three months after a prior raise and follows rapid user growth to 15M monthly consults.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 20, 2025
Meta and Blue Owl Seal $30B Private Financing for Louisiana AI Data Center
Meta partnered with Blue Owl in a record $30 billion private financing via an SPV to fund a Louisiana data center project that secures roughly 5 GW of capacity for AI infrastructure while keeping obligations off Meta’s balance sheet.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
General Intuition Raises $134M Seed Round to Advance AGI Research
General Intuition, a startup spun out of Medal focused on training agents via video-game clips for spatial-temporal reasoning, raised $134M in a seed round to accelerate AGI-related research and agent capabilities. The funding will support training on large-scale game clip...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 16, 2025
NVIDIA, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock to Acquire Aligned Data Centers for $40B
NVIDIA, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock are acquiring Aligned Data Centers in a $40B deal to scale AI-focused data center capacity; Aligned operates 50 campuses with 5 GW planned capacity. The transaction is part of the AI Infrastructure Partnership and is...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 9, 2025
SoftBank Acquires ABB
SoftBank has acquired ABB, according to the article highlighting the deal among tech and energy headlines. The purchase aims to expand SoftBank's industrial and robotics footprint (article does not disclose financial terms).
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 2, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M in Growth-Stage Funding
Periodic Labs secured $300M in a growth-stage funding round reported in the article. The raise was highlighted among AI and tooling news in the October 2, 2025 briefing.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Oct 1, 2025
Periodic Labs Raises $300M to Pursue AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Periodic Labs, a new AI startup founded by ChatGPT co-creator Liam Fedus and former DeepMind researcher Ekin Doğuş Çubuk, has attracted over 20 researchers from major labs and secured $300 million in funding to focus on AI-driven scientific and physical-science...
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 30, 2025
AI Billing Startup Paid Raises $21M to Monetize Enterprise AI Agents
Paid, an AI billing startup helping companies monetize AI agents and move away from seat-based pricing, secured $21 million in a funding round to scale its solution for enterprises.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 26, 2025
Databricks Makes $100M Strategic Investment in OpenAI
Databricks has committed $100 million to OpenAI in a corporate strategic investment, reinforcing a partnership between the analytics platform and the AI research company. The deal underscores continued industry support for OpenAI's AI development and enterprise deployments.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 25, 2025
Oracle Plans $15B Bond Sale to Fund AI Cloud Expansion
Oracle is planning a $15 billion bond sale following major AI compute deals with OpenAI and Meta to fund aggressive investment in its cloud infrastructure to support growing AI demand.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Sep 24, 2025
NVIDIA Commits up to $100B to OpenAI to Facilitate Chip Purchases
NVIDIA has committed up to $100 billion to OpenAI in a strategic corporate investment/commitment structured to facilitate the purchase of as many as 5 million NVIDIA AI chips, deepening ties between the firms and other partners like Microsoft.
Matthew Berman
Deals•Jan 1, 2016
Salesforce Acquired RelateIQ for $390M (as Noted in Author Bio)
The article notes that RelateIQ was acquired by Salesforce for $390 million (mentioned as occurring in 2016) as background on the author's prior company.
Matthew Berman